Youtube video (New)
GNOME Shell + Unity2D http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nW-PqT4fx0w
Cinnamon + Unity2D http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=65wVYifJk-I
*Important:
+ There has been an issue of prolonged loading time of DE because of LightDM. The solution is to use GDM instead of LightDM. A how-to can be found here http://www.webupd8.org/2011/07/how-t...ightdm-or.html
+ Restarting GNOME Shell causes HUD and Unity Dash to malfunction. Restarting only the Shell Theme (rt instead of r in Alt F2) is OK though.
+ When Logging out or Shutting down, try to use the menu of GNOME Shell. Otherwise, the gnome-session will likely hang (open System monitor and kill gnome-session in order to restart). This is because GNOME Shell in running on top of Unity, it is in control.
*My customization
Unity-2D
Dconf-tools must be installed first
+ By default when you are going with GNOME Shell on top of Unity, tabbing the left <Super> key will bring up Overview. For people who don't like this, we can ship Overview to the right <Super> key.Code:sudo apt-get dconf-tools
Navigate to Org.gnome.mutter >> overlay-key >> change from Super_L to Super_RCode:dconf-editor
Log out and log back.
+ Do you know that by clicking on the launchers that have more than one opening window, a small Overview will come up (like an app-switcher)? If you are experiencing SLOW performance with this function (I mean slow, not ugly, because mine is also ugly for we are running in mutter, not compiz), follow this:
Navigate to com.canonical.unity-2d >> check use-openglCode:dconf-editor
Log out and log back.
+ To change color of the Unity Dash:
Navigate to com.canonical.unity-2d >> averrage-bg-color >> change the color code (codes can be got from here by clicking on one of the color box and then clicking on the color wheel)Code:dconf-editor
+ Stop showing apport (crash report dialogs). This will not disable crash reporting. We can still silently support Ubuntu.
Navigate to com.ubuntu.update-notifier >> uncheck show-apport-crashesCode:dconf-editor
How-to with GNOME Shell:
1/ Install Gnome-tweak-tool (this will install all other necessary packages)
2/ Make sure you are in Unity-2d session, then type gnome-shell --replace in the terminalCode:sudo apt-get install gnome-tweak-tool
*To make this permanent, add that command line to start-up applications.Code:gnome-shell --replace
3/ Open the link below and install the gnome-shell extension to auto-hide the top-panel of Gnome Shell, so we can see that of Unity-2D, which has Appmenu and other applets on it.
https://extensions.gnome.org/extensi...anel-settings/
After 15s or less, there will be a new icon on the top-panel of GNOME Shell. Click on it >> Visibility >> Autohide. All done.
*Extras:
Now you can enjoy the GnoUnity experience: move your mouse to the top edge to reveal the GNOME Shell panel, to the top-left corner to reveal Hot Corner, to the bottom edge to reveal notification bar; press the <super> key or Alt F1 to reveal GNOME Shell overview. There are some other tips if you really want to get into this weird type of desktop environment.
4/ To be able to use many other extensions of GNOME Shell as well as to change the theme of GNOME Shell:
(type N and press enter at the end of the process)Code:sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ricotz/testing sudo apt-get install ppa-purge sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install gnome-shell-extensions sudo ppa-purge ppa:ricotz/testing
Restart the shell (Alt F2 >> R >> Enter) or just log out and log back in.
Other GNOME Shell extensions can be found here https://extensions.gnome.org
GNOME Shell themes can be found here http://gnome-shell.deviantart.com/gallery/28081982
5/ Customize Unity2D:
Very good tips about Unity2D can be found here http://www.webupd8.org/2012/04/thing...ng-ubuntu.html (keep in mind that Unity2D is NOT the same as Unity3D) or you may want to take a look at the Important and My customization at the beginning of this thread.
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
How-to with Cinnamon:
1/ Install Cinnamon stable
2/ Make sure you are in Unity-2d session, then type cinnamon --replace in the terminalCode:sudo add-apt-repository ppa:gwendal-lebihan-dev/cinnamon-stable sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install cinnamon
*To make this permanent, add that command line to start-up applications.Code:cinnamon --replace
3/ To further tweak Cinnamon:
And install the themes and applets that you like.Code:sudo add-apt-repository ppa:bimsebasse/cinnamonextras sudo apt-get update
Bookmarks