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How to customize your Ubuntu to look like Mac

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Macbuntu is not only about a theme. It can also install: Global Menu, Docky, Ubuntu-Tweak, Cheese, Compiz Extras and will change the look of the Login screen, Metacity, set Compiz effects and modify the top panel completely.

Download and run Macbuntu


To install Macbuntu, you can either manually download the archive, extract it and then run the "install.sh" script via a terminal or copy/paste the following commands in a terminal to download and run it:

Ubuntu 10.04 Lucid Lynx:
wget https://downloads.sourceforge.net/project/macbuntu/macbuntu-10.04/v2.2/Macbuntu-10.04.tar.gz -O /tmp/Macbuntu-10.04.tar.gz

tar xzvf /tmp/Macbuntu-10.04.tar.gz -C /tmp
cd /tmp/Macbuntu-10.04/
./install.sh

Ubuntu 10.10 Maverick Meerkat:
wget https://downloads.sourceforge.net/project/macbuntu/macbuntu-10.10/v2.3/Macbuntu-10.10.tar.gz -O /tmp/Macbuntu-10.10.tar.gz
tar xzvf /tmp/Macbuntu-10.10.tar.gz -C /tmp
cd /tmp/Macbuntu-10.10/
./install.sh

Uninstall
If you don't like the Mac OSX look after all, Macbuntu comes with an uninstall script. Use it (you'll have to redownload the packages in /tmp/ using the above commands, but don't run the "install.sh" script and instead, use the "uninstall.sh" script) like so:

Ubuntu 10.04:
cd /tmp/Macbuntu-10.04/
./uninstall.sh
Ubuntu 10.10:
cd /tmp/Macbuntu-10.10/
./uninstall.sh

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