Linux getting started Tutorial: 3D special effects and desktop beautification

Linux getting started Tutorial: 3D special effects and desktop beautification

When Linux Desktop distributions are just getting their hands, they are more or less not satisfied. It is necessary to make some changes to them. There are no lack of tutorials and experience posts on various Linux 3D special effects and desktop beautification, which is a good reference for our Linux fans. Before you beautify your desktop, remember the following:

1. Desktop beautification is a matter of benevolence and wisdom. It is possible that you think the interface is very beautiful, and others think that the Earth is scum; it is possible that you think the special effects are dazzling, and others think that they are flashy. For me, I don't like desktop widgets, either on a computer or on a mobile phone. So my computer desktop is always bald, except for the background image. However, I like to make the console window translucent. Therefore, readers may have different opinions as described in this article. In addition, I think it is important to understand the Linux Desktop beautification mechanism.

2. Desktop beautification is a very time-consuming task. I don't know how many days and nights I spent on tossing my Linux Desktop System. Many effects need to be tried in person. Every setting is changed and changed. The final result may be a relatively simple beautification.

3. Desktop beautification is a very dangerous thing. Although the Linux system is robust, it does not mean that its graphic interface can be left alone without crashing. I used to break the Ubuntu graphical interface for many times and had to reinstall the system because it could not be repaired. Therefore, before you beautify the desktop, make sure to back up the system or try it on the virtual machine. Otherwise, you are solely responsible for the consequences.

4. Desktop beautification is a matter of luck. The hardware and software you use may determine whether some software can be correctly installed and run. My laptop is a Nvidia GT 720M graphics card. The installation of the graphics card driver is smooth, but the effects of water print are not available. On the contrary, on my virtual machine, the water print effects run normally.

Different desktop systems have different beautification methods. I usually don't need KDE. When I was tossing Fedora and Ubuntu, I used Gnome desktops and Gnome 3. I didn't use classic Gnome 2. The Desktop Manager for Fedora 20 is Gnome-shell, while the Desktop Manager for Ubuntu 14.04 is Ubuntu Unity. I have made little beautification of Gnome-shell, so this article focuses on Ubuntu Unity.

I think desktop beautification can be implemented in the following aspects:

1. Themes and wallpapers. This is common for any system. In the Fedora 20 system, you can use yum list | grep theme and yum list | grep wallpaper to find the themes and wallpapers provided in the official software source. In Ubuntu 14.04, you can use sudo aptitude search theme and sudo aptitude search wallpaper to find the themes and wallpapers provided in the official software source. After the topic is installed, the Fedora system uses gnome-tweak-tool to set the topic, while Ubuntu uses unity-tweak-tool to set the topic. In addition, you can access the website

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