How did they get this vista-like transparency?

[ginjaninja405]

As I asked, I really really would like to know how I could get this transparency for my Ubuntu install, here is the image for reference:

http://public.bay.livefilestore.com/y1p4CFnHsRBapVWQUSJmWfwrB6l-QgJk5Ahfm_cYkZA6f6haIYW_EX5xyqcyRvMBNrdjOJLH93ypkj 1UJJqWC8jBw/image%5B3%5D.png

Can anybody help?
Thanks!

Sam

[Maheriano]

It's part of Compiz if you enable it. I think you might also be able to set it in the theme.

[nilarimogard]

That would be RGBA transparency (http://www.webupd8.org/2010/05/enable-rgba-transparency-in-ubuntu-910.html).

[ginjaninja405]

That would be RGBA transparency (http://www.webupd8.org/2010/05/enable-rgba-transparency-in-ubuntu-910.html).

Thanks for the help, I've installed everything and followed the tutorial word for word, but now I get a plain white background and whenever I go to change it, it sort of hangs for about 20 seconds, and then doesn't do it. Any idea what's going wrong?

[ronnielsen1]

You could try this way. You don't have to install the whole 7 look

http://my.opera.com/ubuntunerd1/blog/how-to-make-ubuntu-look-like-windows7



you also need another package call "libemeraldengine0" Mark it for installation as well. click Mark then Apply again in the new window that appears. Then, close Synaptic Package Manager.

next download the windows7 "Emerald theme" from here (http://www.gnome-look.org/content/show.php/Who+Needs+Windows+7+%3F?content=105399) now go to >system > Preferences > Emerald Theme Manager.
click on Import and browse to the location where you downloaded the Windows7 Theme highlight it and press open.

once the theme is installed if you don't see any changes Hit "Alt+f2" and restart Emerald by typing this command:
emerald --replace
you should now be able to see the transparency in your window borders, now download the clean version of the windows7 wallpaper from here (http://www.4shared.com/file/110446452/d03e3272/img-wallpapers-windows-7-wallpaper-microsoft-15253jpg.html) install it by right clicking on an empty area of your desktop and scroll to "Change Desktop Background" it should look like this


You could try this way. You don't have to install the whole 7 look

But if you want to and you're running 10.04
http://ubuntu.sun.ac.za/index.php?title=W7_Theme

[yossell]

Thanks for the help, I've installed everything and followed the tutorial word for word, but now I get a plain white background and whenever I go to change it, it sort of hangs for about 20 seconds, and then doesn't do it. Any idea what's going wrong?

Same here - it borked my system badly and I, with difficulty, followed the steps for removal. Grateful that things are back to normal now... As the tutorial warned, it doesn't look like this is yet ready for mainstream use.

[jimbo99]

Actually you hit on a problem that demonstrates a problem with history. In case you didn't know it, the Vista like transparency is a copy of compiz/beryl. Those products were available to Linux users long before they were in Vista. Microsoft essentially copied Linux in this regard.

I hope you'll take that forward with you. Give credit where it is due. Linux was the first to market with those features and remains king.

[nilarimogard]

Thanks for the help, I've installed everything and followed the tutorial word for word, but now I get a plain white background and whenever I go to change it, it sort of hangs for about 20 seconds, and then doesn't do it. Any idea what's going wrong?

With a decent graphics card, it can't go wrong (unless you skipped a step or you're not using a theme with RGBA enabled). What can go wrong is that some apps might fail to start. At least that's the case for Lucid (I'm not sure about Karmic).

We'll probably get RGBA transparency included in the next Ubuntu 10.10 Maverick Meerkat.