Haven't had the time to post anything useful really. Just got my HP9000 series laptop from repair (a fried nvidia chip was replaced). That means I can get down to doing what I like at its very best, pimping my Linux. It also means I can put my Acer laptop to a well needed rest, along with its old age system specifications(which I am very grateful for). It really pays to have a spare laptop, specially in college and at work and the Acer served me well for nearly four months without problems.
With my HP laptop back, I am ready to give the actual unity interface a try once Natty comes out from the beta status and is fully released. No more faux/fake unity for me. As the end-semester exams loom around the corner and Natty's release still 10 days away, its fair to say I would be inactive online and buried deep in books and reports before I get to make this transformation
I would hate to see this Ubuntu setup go away as I have been upgrading it since Jaunty Jackalope days and currently is in Karmic Koala. Through out that time, I made lots of changes to suit my sweet tooth. With Natty's release, I plan to do a clean installation, freshen things up. Means I would lose everything I done to the system so far. Gone would be all the great themes and docks.
Luckily I had a few screenshots of what my Linux box looked like an year ago when I did a slow transformation of the interface from a mac-look-alike to a windows-look-alike. Thought I would share some of those screenshots with the general public
With my HP laptop back, I am ready to give the actual unity interface a try once Natty comes out from the beta status and is fully released. No more faux/fake unity for me. As the end-semester exams loom around the corner and Natty's release still 10 days away, its fair to say I would be inactive online and buried deep in books and reports before I get to make this transformation
I would hate to see this Ubuntu setup go away as I have been upgrading it since Jaunty Jackalope days and currently is in Karmic Koala. Through out that time, I made lots of changes to suit my sweet tooth. With Natty's release, I plan to do a clean installation, freshen things up. Means I would lose everything I done to the system so far. Gone would be all the great themes and docks.
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| The four viewports |
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| Looking like mac... with two docks, Docky(bottom) and Cairo-dock(right). Global menu applet on the top panel |
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| Changing to windows |
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| Choosing the right background |
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| Yes... I like this background!! |
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| Getting rid of the mac-like windows border to something darker |
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| Window border changed... now to add some Screenlets |
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| Docky gone. Panel moved to the bottom. Cairo dock moved up to the top and looks 3D |
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| Some Screenlets added. Upgrade is 17 hours away from completing!! |
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| Weird screenshot capturing Gnomenu fading away |
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| Gimp... working on a background until the upgrade completes |
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| Reading some online local news. Headlines? Protestors learning to protest in a Maldivian tourist resort |
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| Upgrade still going on. Checking out Cairo dock |
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| Killing time with Fifa07 on wine. Yes... the game was legally purchased. |
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| Adding more screenlets on other viewports |
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| Viewport 3 with custom screenlets |
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| Viewport 4 |
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| Gnomenu with a slight bug that makes the start menu appear a lil higher. Problem was resolved on startup. |
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