User Guides The Ultimate Ubuntu Customization Guide!

PhOeNiX · Jul 14, 2007

great guide man..maybe will try it someday when i get bored of windows.....or have all the free time to do all that...repped

Dark Star · Jul 14, 2007

It looks like its huge but its pretty easy and will take few mins

Use it and if you face any problem post here

Arihant.EXE · Aug 1, 2007

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Dark Star · Aug 12, 2007

A small how to on Simdock

There are 2 ways by which you can install it. Simdock is a dock for those who are on low system specs and wanna run dock without berly / compiz.

Download : - SourceForge.net: SimDock
unzip the zip file and copy the folder in /home/<user name>
Then open terminal and type this cd /home/<user name>/simdock
Then type ./configure [ Note: You must have G++ with extras installed else compiling wil stop ]
Then type make.
Then after the step finishes type sudo make install.

Note : You can get this error

Code:

checking for wx-config... no
configure: error:
                wxWidgets must be installed on your system.

                Please check that wx-config is in path, the directory
                where wxWidgets libraries are installed (returned by
                'wx-config --libs' or 'wx-config --static --libs' command)
                is in LD_LIBRARY_PATH or equivalent variable and
                wxWidgets version is 2.8.0 or above.

To get out of this error type this

Code:

sudo apt-get install libwxgtk2.8-dev

Now thats a complicated 1

So if you are not into Compiling and all get the .deb file from here

Application Information
Click on 32 /64 bit depending on your OS

Double Click and Install ..

Now the dock gets installed no need to on Berly for that

If you need berly dock read 2nd page of the guide

Here what my desktop looks after this install

Now thats @ 256 Mb and onboard GPu.. Guess at more what Linux can do

hyeah:

sevensins · Aug 13, 2007

Well i would like to add one more thing..

To make the root applications match your desktop theme just open up a terminal and type the following....

sudo ln -s /home/<insert your username here>/.themes /root/.themes
sudo ln -s /home/<insert your username here>/.icons /root/.icons
sudo ln -s /home/<insert your username here>/.fonts /root/.fonts

Hope this helps..

Dark Star · Aug 20, 2007

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 :hap2:

Open Terminal and write this

Code:

gksudo gedit /etc/apt/sources.list

Add these lines to the bottom:

Code:

deb [url]http://download.tuxfamily.org/syzygy42/[/url] feisty avant-window-navigator

deb-src [url]http://download.tuxfamily.org/syzygy42/[/url] feisty avant-window-navigator

Then do this in a terminal:

Code:

wget [url]http://download.tuxfamily.org/syzygy42/8434D43A.gpg[/url] -O- | sudo apt-key add -

sudo apt-get update

sudo apt-get upgrade

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

Code:

sudo apt-get install avant-window-navigator-bzr

The Affinity in this repo requires Tracker to work properly:

Code:

sudo apt-get install tracker

Or for Affinity SVN do

Code:

sudo apt-get install affinity-svn

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

Dark Star · Aug 21, 2007

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

Code:

sudo mv <folder name> /usr/local/share/screenlets

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 :hap2:

bhunnu16 · Aug 26, 2007

thanks for this great post