UBUNTU 10.04 DESKTOP CUSTOMIZATION
HEY GUYS, THIS IS OFFICIALLY MY FIRST "HOW TO" GUIDE. I'M GOING TO SHOW YOU , HOW TO CUSTOMIZE YOUR DESKTOP WITH CAIRO-DOCK For Ubuntu 10.04. BELOW IS THE DEFAULT DESKTOP FOR UBUNTU 10.04
now we are going to install Cairo-Dock with the Apt command, go to applications – Accessories and then Terminal which is the command line for Linux then you type sudo apt-get install Cairo-dock Cairo-dock-plug-ins you are going to get a prompt for your administrator password
type your password wait for the downloading process to finish!!! just relax for a couple minutes ... Once the package is downloaded go to applications, then accessories, there is going to be two options Cairo dock (no open GL) and GLX- Dock( Open GL) basically no open is a regular desktop environment and Open GL has 3D capabilities (Requires Graphic card) Once you choose your option just click on it at the Accessories tab bar.
After you open Cairo-DOCK you should get the 3d plane some how similar to this one you can configure Cairo-dock anytime by right clicking in it.
How to Manage new themes??? Cairo-dock provides you with a variety of themes, that you can access by right clicking the plane go to Cairo-dock then Manage themes. Choose the one that you prefer the most. Today my choice would be Mac OSX just click on it and then click apply . Mac OSX is the default desktop theme for MAC OS.
Cairo-dock configuration: to configure Cairo-dock just right click the slide go to Cairo dock then configure, click on it you should get a window like this one below..
Here you can configure the behavior, Appearance, Add-ons, and themes of your Cairo-dock..
If you have any questions or suggestion just leave a comment, and I'll get back to you thanks..
