Three steps make your Ubuntu Desktop beautiful and efficient

Step 3: Make your Ubuntu Desktop beautiful and efficient-general Linux technology-Linux technology and application information. For more information, see the following. How to make your Ubuntu Desktop look beautiful and efficient at the same time? You only need to perform the following three steps:
I. Avant window navigator:
The Avant window navigator (AWN) is a Mac-like dock-bar (as it is now) located horizontally below your screen (vertical support is under development) to help you start programs or open browsing directories. You can install the control to make it more efficient, such as checking emails, reporting local weather, and displaying time and calendar. Next let's get started (to build a beautiful desktop)

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Install the Avant window navigator:
1) Make sure your system supports desktop effects. I have seen a lot of online searches for hours for such problems: Why can't AWN be started? In the command window, enter:
Compiz
What information is prompted? If you see a message like this :... Aborting and using fallback:/usr/bin/metacity then you are unfortunate. If you cannot use desktop effects, you cannot use AWN.
2) Obtain AWN. If you are using Ubuntu Gutsy, You need to enable unsupported updates (gutsy-backports) in your software library list ). To System> System Management> Software Source. Under the "Update" tab, select Unsupported Update (gutsy-backports)Close the dialog box and let Ubuntu automatically update the software library. If you are using Ubuntu hard, you don't need to do anything, because AWN is now included in the universe/gnome repository.
Now you can execute the following command:
Sudo apt-get install avant-window-navigator awn-manager
After installation, you can run AWN through the Application> attachment. However, without controls, AWN does not seem too personal or efficient.
3) install the additional control and add the following two software libraries to your software source list (required for both hard and Gutsy)
Deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/reacocard-awn/ubuntu/ gutsy main
Deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/reacocard-awn/ubuntu/ gutsy main
After Ubuntu automatically updates the software information, you can use the following command:
Sudo apt-get install avant-window-navigator-bzr awn-core-applets-bzr awn-manager-bzr
4) now add the control to the dock bar, right-click the dock bar, click the parameter configuration, select the Applets tab, and add the control you like.
II. GnomeDo
GonmeDo is a one-person starter similar to QuickSilver on Mac and Launchy on Windows. It allows you to use a combination of buttons to start/open an application/location. With just one click, it will search for installed applications, and then you can perform some common operations, such as opening, playing, and running. I promise you will forget the history of opening the running program dialog box.
I like GnomeDo because of its learning ability. Assume that you have installed the Avant window navigator, aMSN, and Amarok. You often use Amarok and click "A" to open the Amarok instead of other programs.
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Install GnomeDo:
1) if you use Gutsy, add the following two software libraries to your software source list:
Deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/do-core/ubuntu gutsy main
Deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/do-core/ubuntu gutsy main
Ubuntu hard drive users can get lazy (Ha! I mean lucky .)
2) run the following command to install GnomeDo:
Sudo apt-get install gnome-do
Now you can run GnomeDo through the Application> attachment. Generally, you can start it with the shortcut key "Super + space" (the Super here should be Ctrl.
III. beautification adjustment:
You now have the "efficient" feature. To make the desktop more beautiful, you need to make a small adjustment to your system:
1) Delete the bottom panel
You no longer need it. Right-click the Panel and click Delete.
2) make the top panel transparent:
Enable transparency on the top panel, right-click the panel, select Properties, select solid color in the background tab, and set full transparency.
3) Enable 3D vision and AWN transparency
Click parameter configuration on the Edge: Task Appearance(Task appearance) settings: The text color is white, the text shadow color is #1B3B12 transparency is 225, the text background color is black transparency is 37, the arrow color is white, the transparency is 102
In the panel appearance label, set the visual orientation to 3D, enable the rounded corner, the Panel corner to 45 degrees, the Panel height to 48, the icon offset to 10, the main border color to black, and the transparency to 106, the inner angle is white and the transparency is 35. Remove the separator line between the initiator and the task.
Set the gradient color below the glass engine label: the gradient color of the first step is #454545 transparency 29, the color of the second step is #010101 transparency 68, and the gradient color of the first and second steps is highlighted white, the transparency is 11.
4) download the beautiful desktop background hereHttp://www.studiotwentyeight.com/wallpapers.htm
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