The Ultimate Ubuntu Customization Guide!

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Another How To : Avant Windows Manager the best and the most stable Dock for Linux well I had to say but its more user friendly and better than Kiba.. Though Kiba Akamaru is gr8 but Avant maintains the simplicity and stands at the top

Note : This how to is only for Ubuntu Users

Open Terminal and write this
Add these lines to the bottom:
Then do this in a terminal:
Now to install the stable AWN version do

NOTICE: No stable AWN at this time. It will be added at the next release

Or for AWN BZR do

The Affinity in this repo requires Tracker to work properly:
Or for Affinity SVN do
That's done AVN is the best and here my desktop with it Note Berly/CF is needed to run it perfectly .. I am on Compiz Fusion atm

A small how to on Adding screenlets and having Sidebar on Ubuntu

1'st install Screenlets as mentioned in the guide then after it get installed Download few screenlets from Gnome-Look

Now since You need to move those screenlets in Folder . 1'st Unzip the zipped pack .. then Extract the folder to Desktop

After that copy the folder to /home/<user name> ... Then Open Terminal and type the following

After the folder gets copied to the original folder .. You need to Open Screenlets manager . From Main Menu->Accessories-> Screenlets Double click on Control Screenlet Here in Scrrenshot you can see its icon


Now A small icon will be there at your desktop its main Screenlet Launching Icon . .Right click and add Screenlets

To Download few recommended here you go

Sidebar : Click Here
CPU Meter : Vistaish Looks
Disk Usage : Click Here

Note: Few screenlets comes pre-installed like Calender,Weather and few more. For Screenlets you need to have Beryl runing

Here are my Desktop with Sidebar

Hope it helps Plz do post your Screenshots after applying this guide

thanks for this great post