How to: Customize Ubuntu Linux
This guide will let you pimp you Ubuntu Linux to look like Windows Vista or Mac OS X. Linux is awesome.
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Changes are part of Nature so as with Technology, though this cannot be True for Windows and Mac cause the life cycle of a single Version is too much which is not the case with Linux. Open Source evolve at very rapid rate and with evolution comes new & special changes. Today with a hike in Linux acceptance its pretty hard for competitors to provide similar solutions at free of cost... I have tried to kept the guide as simple as I can so that even a newbie can understand how to make changes.There are few major changes in Ubuntu Themes and Icon Control Panel so please read carefully so that you can get everything....
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Tweaking Ubuntu to look like Windows leaves me a little nauseated. In the first place most people who switched to linux do not want to see Windows again. If you want to see a Windows lookalike just switch your sessions box when you boot up to KDE. KDE resembles a Windows screen and GDE resembles the Mac screen. When you’ve done that you can drag and drop all the apps you want right to the desktop. But why would you want to see a Windows screen again unless you’re lonely for Microsoft.
Mike,
You can use these tweak to create totally different looking desktop as it offers lots of customization option.
I see what you mean. You can FURTHER customize the desktop to your own liking. That’s cool, especially if you’re into several different operations such as videos and pictures, or spreadsheets and writing. Not to mention the fact that your desktop can be much more efficient. It always amazes me the way Linux can be so user-friendly in order to make life a little more tolerable to the every-day computer user.
I have tryd for many days now to find a dawnload for
Compiz Fusion to use whit Ubuntu 7.10 and I cant find any. The pages I have visit are very confusing. I have tryed ubuntu.com and google bud I cant find any places where I cout dawnload. I am new at Linux and whil give it a try. Are there any help somwhere?
Lars,
It is installed by default, all you have to do is
just read this page to activate the same.
Actually, many of the hangups that normal users have about adopting a system other than windows is that they have to learn so much over again. Such as a new interface, programs, compabilities, etc. So a Windows ‘clone’ on Linux would be a great thing for a large number of people. If you want to see Linux make it to the mainstream market, it will take some things like that. Its not everyone’s piece of pie, but thats why we are using a customizable OS anyways.
Also, I thought linux was about choice, you don’t like it? great don’t install/use it, but for those who do, I say more power to you. Make it look how you want, use it the way you like to and make it serve your needs.