You can tweak your login window as well.
This is the login window which you see when you first boot Ubuntu and enter your login and password.
You can tweak your login window as well.
This is the login window which you see when you first boot Ubuntu and enter your login and password.
Conky is a simple, lightweight system monitor application that can display information on your desktop and allows you to monitor several processes simultaneously. For those who like to keep a minimal desktop, but still want to have quick access to various information such as emails, weather, memory usage etc, then Conky is just the application for you.
Epidermis theme manager is an open source GTK application for managing, automatically downloading and installing themes of various types, in order to transform the look of your Linux desktop, from the moment you turn it on until the moment you turn it off.
It remembers the time of your previous boot/shutdown, and will smoothly increase the bar according to this time. Since the boot/shutdown times change very little, you will get a very precise bar with a very smooth animation showing exactly how much time is left!
To make the perfect desktop, it is NOT enough just changing into a cool background and apply a nice theme. The secret, which I will guide you through consists in my guide of 9 steps:
Due to legal issues with Apple, Compiz Fusion is not allowed to have the vacuum effect for minimizing windows. If you are determined to re-enable it, here’s how:
Don’t have a graphics card capable of running desktop effects with Compiz on Ubuntu? By enabling compositing in GNOME’s default Metacity window manager, you get some eye candy and can run applications that require or benefit from a compositing window manager. Metacity uses your CPU instead of a graphics card, so it’ll work on anything – even a virtual machine.
The pack I’ve created features:
-A modified emerald theme with transparency seamlessly blending into windows. No Vista or OSX theme looks this good.
-Transparent panel backgrounds of your choice
-A small selection of green nature backgrounds reminiscent of OSX Leopard and some Vista wallpapers (They just look good with this theme)
-The beautiful Rainlendar calender, which has just as much functionality as its looks.
-An extremely moddable panel called “Ubuntu System Panel”. You’re free to try this out, but it requires a bit more effort to fit your tastes.
The Generator is capable of theming the Gnome and XFCE desktop environments, as well as a wide range of common GTK applications
A comprehensive howto for theming the gnome desktop in Ubuntu.
