Turn Your Ubuntu Intrepid Into Mac OSX Leopard
This is an updated version of my previous post Turn Ubuntu Hardy into Mac OSX.
That post was written six months ago and many things have changed during this period of time: release of Ubuntu Intrepid, newer Mac4Lin theme, better globalmenu applet etc. As such, I have decided to rewrite this tutorial for the Intrepid platform.
Disclaimer: This tutorial was based on Ubuntu Intrepid and Mac4Lin RC1 themes. I don’t guarantee that it will work on other distro or other version of Ubuntu.
Download the Mac4Lin themes and extract it to your Home folder. You should see a Mac4Lin_v1.0_RC1 folder that contains all the configuration files in your Home directory.
Preparing the installation path
Next, in your Home directory, press Ctrl + H to reveal all the hidden files. Check if any of the three folders .themes, .fonts, .emerald exist. If not, create three folders and name them .themes, .fonts, .emerald. Create another folder within .emerald folder and name it themes.
Installing the Mac4Lin themes
Open a terminal, type in:
cd Mac4Lin_v1.0_RC1
sh Mac4Lin_Install_v1.0_RC.sh
This will install the Gnome themes (window border and icons), change the wallpaper and the panel background.
During the installation process, the installer will ask you for root access in order to install certain components (refer to the image below). Type y to continue.
After the installation, your desktop should look something like this:
Installing the AWN dock
(The AWN dock may/may not work in all machine. If you find that it does not work after following the instructions below, you may want to try out Cairo dock that is less demanding on the machine.)
The AWN dock requires a compositing manager to work. If your system supports Compiz, it will be able to run AWN as well. if not, we have to install the X compositing manager.
Go to System -> Preferences -> Appearance, click on the Visual Effects tab. Click on the Extra radio button. If you see the following image, then your computer does not support Compiz. (If you don’t see the image below, proceed directly to install AWN.)
You have to install the alternative X composition manager
sudo apt-get install xcompmgr
Add it to your auto-start list. Go to System -> Preferences -> Session. Add the following:
Install AWN
The AWN dock is already included in the Intrepid repository, so you can easily install it by clicking this link. Alternatively, you can also type the following command in the terminal:
sudo apt-get install avant-window-navigator
Once the installation is done, go to Preferences -> AWN Manager. On the left pane, click on the Themes. On the right, click Add. Navigate to the Mac4Lin_v1.0_RC1 folder. Open up the AWN folder and select Mac4Lin_AWN_v1.0_RC.tar.gz. Click Open. The AWN theme should be installed now. Check the radio button beside the theme and click Apply. Click Close.
Before we launch the AWN, we need to remove the bottom panel so that there won’t be an overlap. At the bottom panel, right-click the mouse and select Delete This Panel. Activate AWN by going to Applications -> Accessories -> Avant Window Navigator. You should see the AWN loading up in the bottom of the screen. To add applications to the dock, click on the Applications at the top panel and navigate to the particular application you want to add. Drag the application icon to the dock. That’s it. You should see something like the image below:
To start AWN everytime you log in, go to System -> Preferences -> Sessions. Click Add. Fill up the following:
Click Add, follow by Close. AWN will now automatically load when you login to your computer.
Installing OSX font
Go to System -> Preferences -> Appearance. Click on the Fonts tab Change the following field to the same as the image below:
Make sure the Subpixel smoothing (LCDs) button is checked. Click Close.
Installing Global menu
There is a repository for Ubuntu Intrepid that you can add to the sources.list, but it is not the updated version (0.6) and it is buggy. Instead, we will download the latest version (0.7.1) from the code homepage. In the future when the repository is updated to the newer and more stable version, I will update this post again.
For 32-bit machine
Download gnome-globalmenu-0.7.1-1.fc10.i386.rpm to your Home folder from the Globalmenu Google code site.
Note that the file is of rpm format. We need to use alien to convert it to deb format.
In the terminal, type:
sudo apt-get install alien
sudo alien --scripts gnome-globalmenu-0.7.1-1.fc10.i386.rpm
This will create a gnome-globalmenu-0.7.1-1.fc10.i386.deb file in your Home folder. Double-click on the deb file to activate the installer. Click Install Package to install Globalmenu.
For 64-bit machine
Open your text-editor (Applications -> Accessories -> Text Editor).
Copy and paste the following:
# Uncomment to load the GTK module
export GTK_MODULES=globalmenu-gnome
# Uncomment to tell the GTK module to open a Gtk
# TreeView for all menus in the application you start.
# export GNOMENU_FUN=1
# Uncomment to disable global menu.
# export GNOMENU_DISABLED=1
# Uncomment to print a lot of debugging messages
# export GNOMENU_VERBOSE=1
# Uncomment to save the debugging messages to the given file.
# export GNOMENU_LOG_FILE=/tmp/gnomenu.log
# uncomment to disable the plugin for specific programs.
# export GTK_MENUBAR_NO_MAC="fast-user-switch-applet"
Save the file as .gnomerc in the Home folder.
In your terminal,
gksu gedit /etc/apt/sources.list
Add the following line to the end of the file. Save and close.
deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/globalmenu-team/ubuntu intrepid main
Back in your terminal,
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install gnome2-globalmenu
Now, on the top panel, remove all the icons and menu from the left side of the panel. Right-click on the icon and select “Remove from panel”.
On the right of the top panel, remove the logout icon. Still on the right hand side of the top panel, right click and select ‘Add to panel‘. Scroll down the list and add ‘Search for files‘. This will add the spotlight icon to the panel.
On the left of the top panel, right click and select ‘Add to panel‘. Scroll down the list and add Main Menu and Global Menu Panel Applet.
The Globalmenu might not appear or work well after you have added it. Logout and login again and you should see the globalmenu working perfectly on the top panel.
Right click on the globalmenu and select Preferences. Check “Enable Global Menu” and unchecked “Icon”.
The globalmenu is compatible with most of the GTK application. However, some programs, such as Firefox will not work with it.
Creating Dashboard effect
We will use a combination of screenlets and Compiz widget plugin to achieve the dashboard effect.
If you have not installed Screenlets, click here to install.
If you have not installed Compiz Configuration Settings Manager, click here to install.
Alternatively, you can also type the following command in terminal to install:
sudo apt-get install screenlets compizconfig-settings-manager
Go to System->Preferences->CompizConfig Settings Manager. On the Left, click on Desktop. On the right, put a check beside ‘Widget layer’
Go to Applications –>Accessories->Screenlets. Activate the widgets that you want to display. Right click on the widget and select ‘Properties’. Go to Options tab and select ‘Treat as widget’. Do this for all the widgets that you have activated.
You can now see your dashboard in action by pressing F9.
Fixing up some small detail
Until now, your desktop should be very close to a Mac desktop, but there are still some small details such as the Gnome icon at the top panel, mouse cursor etc. Let’s fix them up now.
Replace the apple logo
1. Download the apple icon (Right-click and select “save link as”).
2. Go to Places –> Home Folder. Press Ctrl + H to reveal the hidden files.
3. Navigate to /.icons/Mac4Lin_Icons_v1.0_RC/scalable/places. Scroll down to find the images distributor-logo.png, gnome-main-menu.png, main-menu.png and start-here.png. Note that all of them are the same image. Rename them to distributor-logo.png.old, gnome-main-menu.png.old, main-menu.png.old and start-here.png.old respectively.
4. Now, with the apple icon that you have downloaded, make four copies and rename them to distributor-logo.png, gnome-main-menu.png, main-menu.png and start-here.png. Copy and paste all of them to the folder.
5. Logout and login again. The logo at the top panel should change to the apple icon now.
Changing mouse cursor
Go to System –> Preferences –> Appearance. Select Customize. Click on the Pointer tab. Select Mac4Lin_Cursors_v1.0_RC. Click Close.
Configuring usplash screen
Until now, you have done up the interior, it’s time to fix the exterior: usplash screen and grub screen.
Install startupmanager by clicking here or type the following command in the terminal:
sudo apt-get install startupmanager
Go to System -> Administration -> Startup-Manager. Click on the Appearance tab.
Press the Manage bootloader themes button. This will pop up a window allowing you to select the background image for the GRUB.
Click on the Add button and navigate to File System –> Home –> Username –> Mac4Lin_v1.0_RC1 –> GRUB. You should see three files. Refer to the below screenshots on how each file looks like. Pick the one that you like best.
Back to the main window, select the image from the drop down bar. Remember to check the box “Use background image for bootloader menu”.
There is a bug in Ubuntu Intrepid that prevent the user from changing the usplash screen. We have to do a workaround using splashy. Here’s the hack for it:
Remove the default usplash
sudo apt-get autoremove usplash
Download these two files to your desktop:
libsplashy1_0.3.10-1_i386.deb
splashy_0.3.10-1_i386.deb
Double-click the downloaded files to install.
Download the osx-splash splashy theme file to your Home folder.
In your terminal,
sudo splashy_config –i ~/osx-splash.tar.gz
sudo mv /etc/splashy/config.xml /etc/splashy/config.xml.old
sudo cp /etc/splashy/themes/osx-splash/config.xml /etc/splashy/config.xml
Now, we need to edit the GRUB file
gksu gedit /boot/grub/menu.lst
Scroll down till you find the kernel entry. Append the term vga=792 to the end of the kernel line (see screenshot below). Save and close.
That’s it.
Complete Screenshots
Grub screen
Login screen
Intrepid Mac OSX desktop
Intrepid Mac OSX desktop with dashboard effect
Uninstallation
If you want to change the theme back to the original setting, here is what you need to do:
1. Remove the globalmenu from the top panel
2. Remove all the installed files:
sudo apt-get autoremove splashy libsplashy1 gnome-globalmenu
3. Restore the usplash theme and remove the vga=792 from the GRUB file.
sudo apt-get install usplash
4. Uninstall the Mac4Lin themes
cd Mac4Lin_v1.0_RC
sh Mac4Lin_Uninstall_v1.0_RC.sh
Enjoy!
References: Ubuntu Forum, Splashy, Bauer-Power
Tags: Intrepid, Mac, mac transformation, Ubuntu
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Excellent tutorial!! I was longing for such a kind of detailed tutorial to turn my ubuntu into Mac.
Thank you very much!!
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Or, and here’s an idea – Just go get a Mac.
I mean, honestly, yay for Linux’s amazing versatility that it can be transformed to look like just about anything…but the whole reason I RUN Linux is because it’s NOT owned by Apple and it’s NOT owned by Bill Gates, it’s owned by ME.
And personally, developing your own style on the desktop is the ultimate. Everything else is just being a lemming all over again.
Cheers,
Ghost|BOFH
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If I’m not going to have gay secks everyday, why should I pretend to?
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Lol horrible mixture of lame apps and ugly themes. It’s far away from mac os x pecfection and beauty. Don’t rape Ubuntu. Default Human desktop is pretier.
http://-kol.deviantart.com/art/Mac-Desktop-19575062
http://pinky-von-pout.deviantart.com/art/Mellow-68658174
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great manual man, I will be trying to make this work with my Fedora really soon and you helped me work out some little details I didnt know how to do…
I dont know as for what Ghost was saying… I think that Linux is about making it what you want it to be…If you like Mac but dont want to pay for that then Linux gives us an oportunity to pretend :P I think that it is a “free choice” and if somebody wants to have their linux loook exactly like vista why not…That is what Linux is about
FREE choice :)
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that is a really great tutorial, (slight spelling mistake on loading the splash stuff spalsh)
I run Ubunt as the other OS on my Macbook…
I also have used this theme to halp a Mac user migrate just a little more comfortably to Ubuntu. Visually This helps
Could i just add, at one point, you ask the users to remove the gnome panel on the bottom of the page, for anyone who doesn’t known F12 is the right click key.
I hope you don’t mind. i have added this as a howto on my webpage, and linked it back to you.
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Ho man I tried your gide for Ubuntu 8.4 but this is great for us that have the Intrepid. Really it works, Good job man.
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All that I can say in one word: “Perfect”
Tanks a lot man it realy worked for me
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Almost perfect. Everything was fine up the the point of splashy. No matter how I try the command
sudo splashy_config –i ~/osx-splash.tar.gz
returns the error “Missing arguments” no amount of alteration of the syntax makes any difference.
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Just got mailed a comment from a Garth on this topic
sudo splashy_config –i ~/osx-splash.tar.gz
Doesn’t work, because the -i isn’t actually a minus edit the command line and delete -i and retype it..
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Thanks for this. Great tutorial. There only bit I came unstuck on was the splashy installation. It conflicted with Usplash and therefore would not install.
Is it possible to use this osx splash theme on Usplash? I have no idea how to get into usplash but will search for the answer online.
regards,
Jonathan
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Damien Reply:
January 12th, 2009 at 1:01 am
The osx-splash is a theme for splashy. You won’t be able to use it for usplash. Moreover, there is some issue in Ubuntu Intrepid that prevent anyone to change the usplash image, unless you are willing to hack it and recompile the usplash theme.
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AWN is clunky , try Cairo Dock
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/CairoDock
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This is my first linux experience and so far Im loving it.This transformation pack is awesome and helped me forget all about my XP. Thanks man!
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Damien Reply:
January 12th, 2009 at 1:01 am
You are welcome. Glad you like it.
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Thank you! I’ve been using Ubuntu for a year now. Less than a week ago installed Ubuntu Intrepid 86_64 bit version. Was following your instruction and pretty impressed by the look of my box ).
But one problem is still bugging me, cannot install global-menu. alien reports the architecture problem.
Could you please help me?
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Great article. Love it. It’s been a year I totally moved on Linux but this is the first time I decided to try something like this, and, to be honest, impressed. Looks great. Thank you.
But I cannot install global-menu. I’m using Ubuntu Intrepid 64 bit version. alien swears on architecture. Is it possible to get it work on my machine somehow? Google didn’t help me with this so far.
And again, thank you for a great article!
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Damien Reply:
January 13th, 2009 at 12:40 am
You can try installing from the PPA package:
In your terminal,
gksu gedit /etc/apt/sources.list
Add these two lines to the end of the file.
deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/gnome2-globalmenu/ubuntu intrepid main
deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/gnome2-globalmenu/ubuntu intrepid main
Save and close.
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install gnome2-globalmenu
More instruction can be found at Global menu Google Code
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Antares Reply:
January 13th, 2009 at 12:36 pm
Hi,
Thanks for the tutorial so far. I have gotten most of everything up and running. However, I have one small glitch on this part of the instructions. I have installed the applet as given here (the 64 bit one) but it does not appear under the “Add to panel” list. How do I know if I have installed correctly and how can I get the applet to appear? Thanks.
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Imran Reply:
April 23rd, 2009 at 9:22 am
Hi Damien
I tried installing the global menu as u mentioned above but i get this error when i execute the sudo apt-get update command
W: GPG error: http://ppa.launchpad.net hardy Release: The following signatures couldn’t be verified because the public key is not available: NO_PUBKEY 7D2C7A23BF810CD5
W: You may want to run apt-get update to correct these problems
Is it becoz i’m using 64bit ubuntu? I’m using 9.04 beta edition right now
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Very good tutorial, thanks a lot!
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Hi
I like the idea of this tutorial but had problems from the start. I found Mac4Lin would not install unless the command was:
sh Mac4Lin_Install_v1.0_RC.sh
AWN installed, but will not run, so having got only 20% of the way through I am stuck.
Pity, looked like a good idea.
Also the uninstall commands list the wrong directory for the uninstall script.
Will try it again when I have a decent computer running Ubuntu.
Cheers
Tim
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The globalmenu for 64-bit is a buggy one. I have updated the tutorial to install the globalmenu from the Launchpad repository (for 64-bit machine). Please test it and let me know if it works.
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hey i followed your instructions to install the AWN dock. got all the way to where you run the app from accessories, but no-go. any ideas? i’m running a fresh install of ubuntu intrepid…
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Damien Reply:
January 14th, 2009 at 10:07 am
Does your computer supports Compiz? AWN needs a compositing manager to work. If you can run Compiz, you should be able to run AWN
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Nice Work :-)
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im new to this and im confused on one part.
how do u log out and in again once u removed the log off toolbar?
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Damien Reply:
January 15th, 2009 at 1:05 am
You can log out via the Main Menu dropdown bar. Click on the Menu icon at the top left panel. You should see the logout button.
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Dude,
I saw this article and i installed Ubuntu again, since i missed it and this is a great way of make your desktop look cool. But, i never worked with this terminal thing, when i type cd Mac4Lin_1.0_RC1
Mac4Lin_Install_v1.0_RC.sh it says: ‘Bash .. blabla no such file”… what the hell dude, what do i do? I want this so much!
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Damien Reply:
January 15th, 2009 at 1:14 am
First, make sure you have extracted the Mac4Lin folder to your Home directory.
Second, go to the Mac4Lin folder and make sure that the Mac4Lin_Install_v1.0_RC.sh file is there.
If the above are correct, open up a new terminal and type
cd Mac4Lin_v1.0_RC1
It should show something like username@username-desktop:~/Mac4Lin_v1.0_RC1$
Type
Mac4Lin_Install_v1.0_RC.sh
If that doesn’t work, try putting a sh infront of the command, i.e
sh Mac4Lin_Install_v1.0_RC.sh
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Evan Reply:
January 15th, 2009 at 6:38 am
Hi
For the newbies, you need to run the Mac4Lin_Install_v1.0_RC.sh like this (without the quotes):
“./Mac4Lin_Install_v1.0_RC.sh”
Cheers
Evan
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I did the 64-bit installation and have tried various methods to get global menu.
I did what you told Hodi to do and opened terminal,
“gksu gedit /etc/apt/sources.list
Add these two lines to the end of the file.
deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/gnome2-globalmenu/ubuntu intrepid main
deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/gnome2-globalmenu/ubuntu intrepid main”
I got his error message.
Gtk message: Failed to load module “globalmenu-gnome”: libglobalmenu-gnome.so: cannot open shared object file or directory. Everything else works
fine!
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Damien Reply:
January 15th, 2009 at 1:16 am
@Sebastian: I just found out that the PPA repository on the Globalmenu site is empty. I have updated the post for 64bit machine. Check out the tutorial again and tell me if it works.
You have to “gksu gedit /etc/apt/sources.list” again to remove the two lines that you have added.
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hi, i have the problem with
sudo splashy_config –i ~/osx-splash.tar.gz
i’ve downloaded the osx-splash.tar.gz file to my home folder
after i typed sudo splashy_config –i ~/osx-splash.tar.gz in my terminal, the result is
>Install themetar: This does not look like a tar archive
tar: Skipping to next header
tar: Error exit delayed from previous errors
[ FAIL ]
An error occurred checking theme
[ FAIL ]
This format is invalid
could u plz help me out from this problem? thanks in advance.
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having an issue with global menu applet–in fact, the global menu project seems a bit haphazard as i was looking at it last night and the directory to dl was empty and the install instructions are not so user friendly. however, several hours ago, they just updated to a 7.2. no biggie, dl’d it, installed it, but not showing up in add to panel or add/remove. checked dependencies etc. i’m on a 32 bit notebook, would it be worth using the 64 bit edit and getting the gtk module?
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Damien Reply:
January 17th, 2009 at 11:03 am
Globlmenu 0.7.2 is not working well at the moment. You can still get the 0.7.1 here.
I will continue to test with 0.7.2 and will update again once I get it working.
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Hi
my dock’s not showing even after i run the Avant Window Navigator… any idea how that happens? now if i delete my panel then i’m stuck with nothing underneath TT…
thx for the reply :D…
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Damien Reply:
January 17th, 2009 at 11:00 am
AWN requires a compositing manager to work. Does your computer support Compiz?
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Hi,
I just installed a fresh Ubuntu 8.1 (32bits) on my laptop and followed the steps above. All works great except I cannot get the global menu to work.
From http://code.google.com/p/gnome2-globalmenu/downloads/list I could not find gnome-globalmenu-0.7.1-1.fc10.i386.rpm so I downloaded the latest gnome-globalmenu-0.7.2-1.fc10.src.rpm for use. I am able to use alien to convert the rpm file to deb and install the package. The installation window says “Installation finished” but I see the following when I expand the terminal detail on the window:
(Reading database … 119207 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to replace gnome-globalmenu 0.7.2-2 (using …/gnome-globalmenu_0.7.2-2_i386.deb) …
Unpacking replacement gnome-globalmenu …
Setting up gnome-globalmenu (0.7.2-2) …
I do not see any global-menu in the add panel list. Please advise what can I do to get the menu working.
Thanks,
Clement
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Damien Reply:
January 17th, 2009 at 10:59 am
I tried globalmenu 0.7.2-2 and it didn’t work too. You might want to remove it and install 0.7.1-1 instead.
The rpm file can be found at http://gnome2-globalmenu.googlecode.com/files/gnome-globalmenu-0.7.1-1.fc10.i386.rpm
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Sounds good but how do I remove the newer version? I look into the package manager and could not find it..
Please help. Thank you!
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Logi Reply:
January 17th, 2009 at 1:27 pm
Look under ” Uninstallation ” section on this page.
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It works!
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i am have trouble getting the avn dock to work im using vm fusion2 to boot the linux i checked its right one and for some reason it wont let me put anything in my home so i just put in in the only user i have and then it goes in. also when i try the code in terminal it cant find it or says bad file name and when i try to start avn dock it flashes for a second in the uper left hand conner and doesnt load. any help would be appreciated
thank you
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Hi! I want to ask something: Why isn’t the Startup Manager getting themed. It seems to only have the window caption and border themed, but not the buttons and other controls. Anyway, this is the reason I removed Intrepid from my HD, in favor of Windows 7. Thanks!
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i cant install the global menu i tried the 32 bit way and i couldnt install it in the rpm format, in installed in a tar.gz format, also wen i tried the 64-bit way terminal said that ther was no such file after i typed sudo apt-get install gnome2-globalmenu, and i did do sudo apt-get update plz help
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Bodi Reply:
January 19th, 2009 at 1:52 am
I’m having the same problem as Mark. I went through the same steps.. and same results.
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Damien Reply:
January 19th, 2009 at 3:06 am
did you add the globalmenu PPA to your sources.list?
In your terminal, type
gksu gedit /etc/apt/sources.list
Add the following line to the end of the file. Save and close.
deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/globalmenu-team/ubuntu intrepid main
Backt to your terminal,
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install gnome2-globalmenu
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Bodi Reply:
January 19th, 2009 at 4:40 am
I received an error:
Install these packages without verification [y/N]? y
(Reading database … 107669 files and directories currently installed.)
Unpacking gnome2-globalmenu (from …/gnome2-globalmenu_0.6.1678-0ubuntu2_i386.deb) …
dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/gnome2-globalmenu_0.6.1678-0ubuntu2_i386.deb (–unpack):
trying to overwrite `/usr/lib/libgnomenu.so.0.0.0′, which is also in package gnome2-globalmenu-applet
Errors were encountered while processing:
/var/cache/apt/archives/gnome2-globalmenu_0.6.1678-0ubuntu2_i386.deb
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
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I tried installing via 32 and 64 bit ways and no error occurred. However, when I try to add to panel, I can’t find the global menu in the choices. You have any idea what’s going on in my setup? Thanks.
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Damien Reply:
January 19th, 2009 at 10:02 am
Did you install the globalmenu 0.7.1.1. Make sure that you are not installing the latest 0.7.2 version. Also, you won’t be able to use both methods (32 and 64-bit) to install.
If you are using 32-bit machine, use the 32-bit machine way with version 0.7.1.1.
If you are using 64-bit machine, use the repository way.
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hey thanks I back read the comments and found the answer there. Had a hard time though because I installed an older version from source and had problems in uninstalling it. I just finished installing now using the 0.7.1.1 version and it’s working now. thanks!
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i have done most of what you said but the Avant will not load, but that aside i removed my pannel like you said, now how do i get it back the way it was?
thanks
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After installing Mac4Lin etc on either the desktop or the home folder and typing:
cd Mac4Lin_1.0_RC1
Mac4Lin_Install_v1.0_RC.sh
what I get is: ~$ cd Mac4Lin_1.0_RC1
bash: cd: Mac4Lin_1.0_RC1: No such file or directory
XXXXX :~$ Mac4Lin_Install_v1.0_RC.sh
Pity but won’t be getting the great looking desktop
vrij
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Damien Reply:
January 20th, 2009 at 1:13 am
try
sh Mac4Lin_Install_v1.0_RC.sh
instead
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Hi,
Please can you tell me a way to turn my Windows XP SP2 into a Mac! That would be really very helpful and welcome treat for me.
Sourav
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Damien Reply:
January 20th, 2009 at 1:15 am
Check out this transformation pack. It should turn your XP into a Mac.
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two things:
1. just to let you know, this tutorial also works in Fedora 10 (gnome)
2. I couldn’t figure out how to change the login screen. Help is appreciated? (keep in mind that I’m using Fedora 10. I’m not sure if that’s relevant, but it could be)
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i did what you told me to do then this happened
E: dpkg was interrupted, you must manually run ‘dpkg –configure -a’ to correct the problem.
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Damien Reply:
January 20th, 2009 at 1:19 am
Are you using a 32-bit or 64-bit machine? I would advise you to remove all the globalmenu related files that you have installed previously before you attempt again the method for your machine.
To remove the files, you can type the following command in your terminal:
sudo apt-get autoremove gnome2-globalmenu
sudo apt-get autoremove gnome-globalmenu
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i cant change the log in screen either nor can i install splashy. i get errors while installing splashy. please help.
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Sam Reply:
January 20th, 2009 at 1:13 pm
Me too.
When I type “sudo splashy_config –i ~/osx-splash.tar.gz” I get the error:
Splashy ERROR: Cannot read XML File <>. Exiting…
Splashy ERROR: Error occured while starting Splashy
Make sure that you can read Splashy’s configuration file
:-(
Everything else worked soooo fine.
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Hi,
The code above worked out excellent, apart from the very end.
I tried installing splashy but when i type “sudo splashy_config –i ~/osx-splash.tar.gz” I get the following error:
Splashy ERROR: Cannot read XML File <>. Exiting…
Splashy ERROR: Error occured while starting Splashy
Make sure that you can read Splashy’s configuration file
:(
Everything else looks so good.
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Damien Reply:
January 21st, 2009 at 1:31 am
Download the osx-splash.tar.gz file and try again. The file could be corrupted while you were downloading.
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hi,
i have downloaded the file recommended to me for my XP SP2 but after doing the necessary according to the instructions nothing has changed, no looks nothing.As instructed i have done the configuration in safe mode but to no help. Alas!!!!
please tell me what is to be done!!!!
Sourav
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Hello,
Work good till I get the following message :
abc@xyz:~$ sudo splashy_config –i ~/osx-splash.tar.gz
[sudo] password for olivier:
Arguments manquants (= missing arguments in english)
utilisation: splashy_config [option] arg
[-h, --help][-s, --set-theme THÈME][-i, --install-theme THÈME.tar.gz]
[-r, --remove-theme THÈME][--info][-c, --create-theme [args...]]
[-g, --get-key XPATH]
Voir –help pour plus d’informations
Help me please !
Thanks you
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Olivier Reply:
January 21st, 2009 at 4:14 am
Hey Tks Damien,
You where right, after many tries i finally figured out the problem.
Working now and so is the whole thing.
So tks to you i now have a really cool Intrepid desktop.
Great tutorial !
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For those who are having problem with the splashy, instead of copying the command sudo splashy_config -i ~/osx-splash.tar.gz from here, type it in the terminal manually. Wordpress decipher the dash in the “-i” differently from the terminal.
The rest should work.
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this is what i looking for, thanks for the great and comprehensive tutorial. now i can make my intrepid desktop much nicer
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I’m having big problems with the global menu panel applet. I followed your instructions but when I try to place it in the top panel It gives me an error(translated from finnish):”The panel had problems loading application “OAFIID:GlobalMenu_PanelApplet” do you want to remove it from desktop?”
What’s going on?
I’m new to linux so I’ve got no idea what’s going on…
Thanks.
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Damien Reply:
January 22nd, 2009 at 1:22 am
Did you use the 32-bit or 4-bit instructions?
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Hello Damien,
I’ve done your excellent “Turn Your Ubuntu Intrepid Into Mac OSX Leopard” as prescribed and it’s working like a beauty.
Having heard elogiously about Cairo-dock, I would like to try it out and compare.
Can I just shoot ahead or should I do an uninstallation first ?
Thanks
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Hello Damien,
Everything went perfect untill i came to the “AWN Dock” part. Im following ur instructions: Applications-Accessories-Avant Window Manager but nothing happend. It simply wont activate AWN and yes, i have removed bottom panel before i tried that. Is there anything i should know about it? Any1 else with this problem?
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Brilliant work. I didnt get it all finished last night but will finish rest tonight but the guide works and is easy to follow.
Now, is there any possibility of someone doing the same with an XP look/feel for Ubuntu?
With a Mac and an XP “theme” it really makes it very plausible to convert people to Ubuntu from those 2 OSs.
I’m very tempted to stay with Ubuntu now it looks and acts a little more familiar!
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Damien Reply:
January 24th, 2009 at 12:21 am
There is already a XP desktop environment available for Linux. You can check it out at XPDE.
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Hi Damien,
brilliant work. Maybe you can help me:
i think my 2 windows manager are not compatible, in my startup session menu i have gnome-wm and xcompmgr
If i enable both at startup everything works but not the dock. If i disable gnome one the dock works but then i have problems with the windows. what do you think i should do?
thanks again, Lorenzo
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