Customizing the Ubuntu Desktop

In this video I do a walk through setting up my desktop theme. I default (as in came with ubuntu) controls window decorations and icons. A custom wallpaper downloaded from the web, and a custom panel background created in GIMP. I also rearrange the top panel icons and completely remove the lower panel.

To get more icons, wallpapers, themes, window decorations, etc. go to http://gnome-look.org or http://art.gnome.org.

If you want the wallpaper google "black cube sea" or "blackcube sea" and it should come up.

I had to re-create the panel background image. It doesn't have the reddish glass at the top it's white which is more of a neutral color. You can dowload it from here http://lioncode.net78.net/liwl/downloads/panel1.png. It's 10x24 instead of 1x24, it'll work all the same. It's 10x24 so you can see it.

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• ubuntu desktop customizing
• desktop cutomizing
• ubuntu

[MrArnaudlouis]

Hi dude, cool your video, well i have a prob and i hope you can help me. I played with my panel and deleted it, and actually i can regain the same abilities ( ex when i open a prg i can see it on the panel can you help me on this please) all the application i open i can't really see the prg opened, at first was cool but now really suck.. lol

[learnitwithlion]

@MrArnaudlouis If you mean the you don't have the window buttons on the panel then right click the panel -> Add to Panel -> Window List or Window Selector. Window List will put long buttons with the window title on the panel. Ugly if you use a vertical panel. Window Selector will add a single icon to the panel. This icon changes depending on which window is active. When you click it you get a list of open windows to choose from.

Hope this helped!

[sarcastic22]

it seems that Ubuntu has better customization than windows =)

..thx for video..

[mrmagoo662]

I love that intro song. Good vid

[bennybee100]

freddies dead thats what I said

[learnitwithlion]

@xxmrbloodxx I actually created the panel background. Unfortunately I don't have it anymore, but if you have GIMP you can create it by creating an image 24 pixels tall, run a white to transparent gradient from top to middle, and reduce layer opacity to about 50%.

[xxmrbloodxx]

@learnitwithlion can i have a download link to the panel backround please

[MrArnaudlouis]

@learnitwithlion thank you very much..

[learnitwithlion]

@MrYafawi Just google "black cube sea" or "blackcube sea" and it should come up. I put it the description and added an annotation too. I get this kind of comment a lot for this vid. And thanks for the props.

[learnitwithlion]

thx, I think

[MrYafawi]

@learnitwithlion i dont want it, im dying to get it xD... you are freakin awesome