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Make Ubuntu Lucid look like a mac…

admin — Thu, 10 Jun 2010 10:54:15 +0000

I really love linux, especially Ubuntu. Ubuntu is my favorite distro, because it’s user friendly and looks good while still being a very solid and stable OS. But there is something about Mac’s UI, they just look great… they look so great that when I saw this post about making Ubuntu Lucid looking like mac, I immediately had to try it :) and it looks GREAT, just like mac OS

Ubuntu 9.10 wallpapers and Icons

admin — Sat, 03 Oct 2009 16:32:37 +0000

I just love wallpapers… :) I keep collecting them and frequently change mine on all my machines.

Here are the Ubuntu 9.10 Wallpapers and Here are the Icons.

Source: Lifehacker

Running a portable Ubuntu inside Windows

admin — Fri, 08 May 2009 15:24:47 +0000

Yes, your read it right – Ubuntu inside Windows, not dual booting, not even a virtual machine.

If you are running a 32-bit version of XP, Vista or even Windows 7 (I keep hoping for a 64-bit version), you can give Portable Ubuntu a try. Portable Ubuntu will give you the top bar (you’ll recognize it if you have ever used ubuntu…) right in your windows environment.

It is very easy to use / run:

Download it from here
Extract it (execute the file you downloaded)
Execute the “run_portable_ubuntu.bat” batch file in the directory you extracted it to. The initial loading takes some time (up to 30/40 seconds) but once it’s running it runs smooth and fast.

Basically this is a portable virtual machine that runs in seamless mode, meaning you can run both the host and the guest side by side.

This makes this Ubuntu a great portable OS to take with you on your disk on key, external HDD. After installing updates and adding a few programs, the size of the entire folder is still less than 2 GB.