Transform Ubuntu 10.04/10.10 into Mac OS X Snow Leopard [EN/FR]

Very fast and easy way to transform either Ubuntu Lucid Lynx (10.04) or Maverick Meerkat (10.10) to Mac OS X Snow Leopard (10.6).

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For Ubuntu Maverick Meerkat (10.10) : http://bit.ly/MacubuntuFor1010
For Ubuntu Lucid Lynx (10.04 LTS) : http://bit.ly/MacubuntuFor1004LTS
// UPDATE //
To get a better global-menu (the Apple menu / Finder bar):
- Remove the old Finder bar by right-clicking and selecting Remove from panel.
- Then open Terminal (press Alt+F2 and type "gnome-terminal") and then type:
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:nilarimogard/webupd8
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install gnome-globalmenu
- RESTART the computer.
- Right-click on the top panel and click Add to panel. Then select "Global Menu Panel Applet".
There you go! You now have a very similar Mac OS X feel.
//ANOTHER UPDATE//
In case you want to install this on another Linux distro, try installing it via terminal:
1) Go to the folder where you've downloaded the file, and then open the terminal (press Alt + F2 and type gnome-terminal). Then drag the file in the folder "Macbuntu" called "Install.sh" to the terminal window. It should look something like this:
~ $ '/home/xskydevilx/Downloads/Macbuntu-10.10/install.sh'
- then add the following string after the quotes -- "force", and it should like something like this:
~ $ '/home/xskydevilx/Downloads/Macbuntu-10.10/install.sh' force
FINALLY, press ENTER and begin installing it on your distro (GNOME of course)
*SIDE NOTE: This may not work so well with all distributions. I have tested it, and it works on Linux Mint, but if you have an another distribution, DO THIS AT YOUR OWN RISK.
Oh, and I pronounced 'Meerkat' incorrectly. The eer in the middle of the word is pronounced as /i:/. Sorry.

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[andreidavidcandrianu]

thx man...awesome...

[xskydevilx]

@andreidavidcandrianu - You're welcome, mate.

[Ateeq72]

this aint work on ubuntu 11.10 :(

[xskydevilx]

@Ateeq72 - The title doesn't say it does.

[xskydevilx]

@snipe2531 - Yeah, that's to be expected since 11.10 uses gtk3.

[jahaines579]

Cool!

[xskydevilx]

@jguerrerofrescotti And yet - you've searched and watched the entire video, in order to leave a comment telling me how you don't want to transform it?

[fennectech]

i gots maverick meerkat!!!!!!!!!!!

[Ateeq72]

@ xskydevilx yes dude ... gotcha!!!!!.........

[snipe2531]

does it work on 11.10 :(

[dallase1]

I installed this and it's Awesome looks real cool but there is one problem, when I try to boot into recovery mode my screen just displays 2 lines of small multicolored boxes son I can't do anything since I don't know what is on the screen to be able to select options or shut down so I have to hit Ctrl Alt Del to safely exit out and re boot also when it is booting in normal mode while it's booting and the splash screen showing the progress should be displayed it shows a garbled display.

[CpDragon5573]

I'm Testing It On Windows...