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this is how I made my ubuntu 18.04 look like I want it to

prep

Need the following:

make beautiful:

  • Set the following themes:
    • Applications: Flat-Remix-GTK-Dark
    • Cursor: DMZ-Black
    • Icons: Flat-Remix
    • Shell: Flat-Remix-dark-miami
  • In fonts, change:
    • window Title to Righteous Regular
    • Interface to Comfortaa Regular
    • Monospace tp Ubuntu Mono derivative Powerline Regular

login screen

To change the login screen, navigate to /etc/alternatives and open gdm3.css with admin privileges with sudo nano gdm3.css

the background color is located in #lockDialogGroup. you can also change it with an image instead (need to move the image to the shared user folder: https://askubuntu.com/questions/981614/how-can-i-change-the-purple-background-color-of-the-lock-screen-on-ubuntu-17-10?rq=1)

to change the logo, replace the logo at /usr/share/plymouth. move the original logo into a safe location

add web applications

To add web applications, download chromium (other browsers can do this as well I guess), go to the website you want, click on menu -> more tools -> add to desktop

Here are the apps I added and also attached to the dock:

  • google gmail (new ui)
  • google calendar
  • google photos
  • google drive

I also created one for GitHub but didn't add that to the dock itself

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Desktop preview:

Desktop preview

Lock screen preview:

Lock screen preview

Login preview:

Lock screen preview

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non-development apps

non-development apps

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