Large collection of ubuntu system beautification

1. Do not beautify the font of the hard drive, because the Chinese fonts such as wenquanyi font of the hard drive are already quite perfect, unless the font is not properly displayed. Beautification method:
1) powerful font Management Software Fontmatrix: Sudo apt-Get install fontmatrix
If no package exists in the source file, go to http://www.getdeb.net/find the Deb package and install composer:
Application-image-fontmatrix: file-import, the imported fonts are displayed on the left panel, and then edit-activate all current (active! Go to the System-appearance-font and check it out. It's all there.

The export function is also very practical. In ubuntu, you need to install additional fonts in many places and export the selected system fonts to the appropriate places.

2)(Skip)To manually modify the configuration file, use the following method (take /For example/Windows/fonts/msyh. TTF ):
Reference: http://forum.ubuntu.org.cn/viewtopic.php? T = 116665
1). Put the font in/usr/share/fonts/Vista/after the download (how to download the font and how to put it in the Vista directory without my instruction)
Sudo chmod + Rx/usr/share/fonts/Vista/*. TTF (you must change the permission)
2). Create font Cache Information
Code:
Sudo mkfontscale
Sudo mkfontdir
Sudo FC-Cache-FV
3) decompress the attachment and copy the configuration file to/etc/fonts /.
4) overwrite the local. conf file.
Code:
CD/etc/fonts/CONF. avail
Sudo CP ../local. conf 51-local.conf # overwrite 51-local.conf
5). modify the configuration file
Code:
CD/etc/fonts/CONF. avail
Sudo gedit 69-language-selector-zh-cn.conf
In
<String> bitstream Vera serif </string>
<String> bitstream Vera sans </string>
<String> bitstream Vera sans mono </string>
Add
Code:
<String> Microsoft yahei </string>
<String> segoe UI </string>
6). Restart X (CTRL + ALT + backspace)
You will find that almost all fonts in the system have become! This includes the inconsistency between Firefox and the system fonts reflected by many people. Firefox fonts (including menus and webpages) are both elegant.

I found that when I first used the font of wenquanyi zhenghei, I needed to adjust the font size to at least 13 to make the display clearer, so I used the Microsoft Font for beautification. Because the font size Segment 8-12 is a dot matrix rather than a vector by default, the solution is as follows:
$ Sudo apt-Get install fontforge # Install fontforge
Then save the following script as zenhei_nobitmap.fe.

Code:

#! /Usr/bin/fontforge Open ("wqy-zenhei.ttf "); Generate ("wqy-zenhei-nobitmap.ttf "); Close ();

Then place the script in the wqy-zenhei.ttf directory and execute

Code:

Fontforge-script zenhei_nobitmap.fe

In addition: the solution on the Forum http://forum.ubuntu.org.cn/viewtopic.php? T = 116318: Set the dot matrix display in the configuration file to vector display, and overwrite/etc/fonts/CONF. d/44-wqy-zenhei.conf in the system.

OptimizationUbuntu8.04MediumGnomeEnvironmentKDEProgram font(For exampleAmarok):
Sudo apt-Get install qt4-qtconfig kcontrol (does not necessarily use kcontrol, first download the former try)
After installation is complete, run on the terminal: qtconfig-qt4 or system-preference-qt4 settings
Set the KDE control center to go to "appearance & themes (appearance and subject)"-"fonts (font)" and set the font as your favorite.

2. compiz fusion effect:
To enable compiz fusion, you can install the restricted driver in the source and the dedicated Linux driver from the manufacturer. When the restricted driver cannot be enabled, you can only install the original driver without thinking about it.

1) for the hard drive, the system comes with compiz and compiz fusion.
Many of ATI's graphics cards cannot be turned on. Despite the use of restricted drivers, I use ATI x1250 integrated graphics cards.
You can manually download the Linux driver of ATI without busy starting the restricted driver of the system. On the homepage: http://ati.amd.com/support/driver.html, select the driver of the restricted driver.

Direct installation:
Sudo sh ati-driver-installer-8-4-x86.x86_64.run
Sudo aticonfig -- Initial
Sudo reboot

Compile and install:
Refer to the following article for 12 steps. The startup is successful:Http://forum.ubuntu.org.cn/viewtopic.php? T = 96952 & START = 0 & postdays = 0 & postorder = ASC & Highlight =
Or search: "Install Ati's latest 7.12/8.44.3 graphics card driver and enable 3D effects"

3) set the 3D desktop:
# Sudo apt-Get Insall compizconfig-settings-Manager
And compiz-switch (optional): Switch, download by yourself,Http://forlong.blogage.de/article/pages/Compiz-Switch
(1) make sure there are more than two desktops
(2) Click "Advanced dekdtop effects Settings" in "system-Preferences" to bring up the "compiz config settings manager" dialog box,
Select "desktop cube", "Rotating cube rotate cube", and "cube inverted cube reflection.
Press CTRL + ALT, and click the left mouse button and drag it to show the cube.
Other functions are slowly explored, but there are conflicts between special effect plug-ins,

4) Flame character
Select compizconfig-> paint fire on the screen.
You can set the flame color in compizconfig-> paint fire on the screen-> fire particle color. Check randomly colored fire to write colorful text.
TIPS: the default shortcut key is SHIFT + win + left mouse button, and shift + win + c is the clear effect.

5) desktop display
Select compizconfig-> Expo
TIPS: the default shortcut is win + E.

6) 3D Window Switching Effect
Select compizconfig-> shift switcher.
Two switching effects can be selected in switcher mode, one is flip3d switching similar to Vista, and the other is coverflow switching similar to Mac.
TIPS: the default shortcut is win + TAB.

7) water drop effect
Check compizconfig-> water effect,
Shift + F9: Switch
CTRL + win + left mouse button: Draw rain

8) cancel the window shake effect: I think people's heads should shake as well. I personally think this special effect is annoying.
Cancel compizconfig-> wobbly windows

9) The most important and interesting special effect is animation. Especially when it is set to a random effect.
Refer:Http://forum.ubuntu.org.cn/viewtopic.php? T = 104839(Detailed settings of 3D desktop effects in Ubuntu 7.10)

3. Theme beautification:
Collection: sudo apt-Get install gcursor gnome-art drapes ubuntustudio-Look screenlets
How to install theme:
Desktop theme, mouse pointer theme: Installation in appearance. In the source, you can directly apt-Get.

Gcursor mouse topic management, provides five kinds of mouse, In the appearance-"topic custom mouse.
Gnome-Art: GNOME theme, which must be connected to the Internet and be downloaded online. The network speed is very high.
Drapes: automatically replaces desktop wallpaper desktop drapes
Ubuntustudio-Look: Install the Ubuntu studio topic ubuntustudio-wallpapers on Ubuntu and set it in the appearance,ChangeUbuntuUgly icon.
Screenlets: desktop small panel program, this is good.

4. Install the floating panel Awn (MAC effect) avant-window-Navigator:
Sudo apt-Get install avant-window-Navigator
Automatic Start upon startup:
System-> preferences-> sessions: Add avant-window-Navigator.
Awn needs to enable the compiz special effect to start. Sometimes the AWN is closed due to a fault and the taskbar does not exist. In this case, run the command line to start awn and enter the command avant-window-Navigator.
Or rename it to awn and simplify the input: alias awn = 'avant-window-navigator'

3D effect: Awn-preferences-General-bar appearance-look-3D look

With mac4lin beautify icon with the theme, this is good, very handsome: see http://forum.ubuntu.org.cn/viewtopic.php? P = 703091 #703091

If awn is messy, you can delete and reload it.
Sudo apt-Get -- purge remove avant-window-Navigator # -- purge is deleted along with the configuration file
Sudo apt-Get install avant-window-Navigator # reinstall

5. How to display the desktop icon (my computer, home directory, and Resource Recycling bucket ):
Application> System Tools> Configuration editor> apps> Nautilus> desktop>
Computer_icon_visible (check)
Home_icon_visible (check)
Trash_icon_visible (check)