Ubuntu to Blubuntu , it's a zip
If you thought that the default Ubuntu mix of Brown and Orange sucked , then here’s your chance to make it cool blue. You don’t need to download anything big. Just a couple of wallpapers and a splash screen. Are you ready to take a dip into blue territory ? Then let’s begin…
1.Login Window
First thing’s first. Let’s make the Login Window blue. Go to System>Administration>Login Window
Select any blue Login Window like Circles or Happy Gnome and click on the radio button beside it.
Now , click on the security tab and click on the check box beside ” Allow local system administrator login “. This allows graphical root login which we wil use later.
That’s it , you are done with the login window.
2.Wallpaper
I must admit that all those brown and orange wallpapers get to your head after sometime. So why not have a fluid , cool , blue wallpaper. Unfortunately Ubuntu doesn’t pack any blue wallpapers by default , so you will have to download your own. How about a couple of blue wallpapers that I made…
Now use them as your wallpapers , or you could find more at Gnome look .
Cool , now you have a blue wallpaper.
3. Gnome Panel
Do this only after you have your blue wallpaper.
Configuring the Gnome panel is easy.
Just right click on a blank space in the panel and select properties.
In the background tab , select something blue as your solid color and set the transparency to your choice. This helps blend the panel with the wallpaper.
Done that , now you have a blue panel.
4.GTK+ Theme
Configuring your default GTK theme is easy. Click on System>Preferences>Theme.
Click on the “Theme details” button.
In the ” Controls ” tab , choose Clearlooks.
In the Window border tab , choose Human.
In the Icons tab , choose Tango.
Now , click on the close button and then save your theme as Blubuntu.
Wow , that was easy.
5.Splash screen
Do this only after you have completed the previous four steps.
That little image in the middle of the screen , that you see just after logging in , is your splash screen. They are alwasy .png images.
Download a bluish Splash Screen , or you could try my custom made Splash Screen…
Usplash
Download the image to your desktop and make two copies.
Name the 1st one as ubuntu-splash , and the 2nd one as ubuntu-slick. DO NOT CHANGE THE EXTENSION.
I am assuming that your username is eric .
Now , log out.
In your new , blue login screen type your username as root.
Give your root password and login as root. ( Read Step 1. for further reference )
Navigate to /usr/share/pixmaps/splash and there rename your existing splash images to 1,2,3 or anything other that ubuntu-splash and ubuntu-slick.
Navigate to /home/eric/desktop ( I HAVE ASSUMED THAT YOUR USERNAME IS eric ). Copy the two splash images and paste them in /usr/share/pixmaps/splash
Now , log out and login.
Result
You now have a blue login window , blue splash , blue windows , blue panel and best of all , a blue wallpaper. So right now you are the proud owner of Blubuntu…
This is what my desktop looked like…
Comments and suggestions are welcome . Oh and do tell me if it helped… If you want Ubuntu 6.10 to have a consistent blue theme , the do contribute to Ubuntu art. Here’s the link , I do say that you might find some of my work there.
Enjoy Ubuntu.
technorati tags:ubuntu, cool, blue, gnome, kde, blubuntu, linux
Coool , thanks for this tut ,man.
blubuntu
July 24, 2006
No prob. My pleasure.
teen
July 24, 2006
I am emulating mac’s looks over it :]
Qwerty Maniac
July 24, 2006
umm. havent u heard of splash screen ? it can be located in sytem>prefrences>splash screen.
if its not visible be default, make it visible with alacarte.
@qwerty maniac, i have achieved some level of success at doing that. but its sort of a cross breed between vista and mac os x. here’s a screenshot – http://img225.imageshack.us/img225/97/macosvistajk0.png
everythingelse
July 24, 2006
That Splash Screen manager comes only when we do apt-get install gnome-splashscreen-manager btw. And for an excellent art manager we can use gnome-art. That screenshot was excellent man, I liked it 😀 Am trying to get some good app skins at gnome-look 🙂
Qwerty Maniac
July 24, 2006
Nope there’s no such thing in System>Preferences.
teen
July 24, 2006
So Qwerty , you solved your problem then..
teen
July 24, 2006
Yeah yesterday, and as I mentioned, to get splashscreen manager u gotta install it 🙂
Qwerty Maniac
July 24, 2006
I’ll get it.
teen
July 24, 2006
Has anyone figured out how to change the color of the image and text when ubuntu is loading the kernel, because the brown is ass ulgy.
mehuser
July 24, 2006
I do have a suggestion. The text on the panel is still black. This tends to not look so hot on a transparent panel with a blue background.
I have the hack to make the panel have white text, or any color you want.
However, the instructions are a little bit long, and I wouldn’t want to take up that much room in your comments.
I welcome any and all to check out the hack. It is very easy, as long as you follow the instructions.
I hope that this is helpful to you and all of your readers.
Brent
July 24, 2006
drapper? not!
DAPPER!
kyca
July 24, 2006
drapper
teen
July 25, 2006
Its dapper 😛
Qwerty Maniac
July 25, 2006
OK , I’ll come up with an edit.
teen
July 25, 2006
You could always switch to Kubuntu. That comes with a blue theme as standard 🙂
raetsel
July 25, 2006
Yeah , but it comes with KDE…
Oh the horror !
After my experience with KNoppix I’d rather stay away from KDE.
teen
July 26, 2006
Heh, KDE is kinda easy too, not as simple but easy.
But here’s my desktop, “Who bit my apple?” (180~ KB)
Qwerty Maniac
July 26, 2006
Hey, don’t tell people to switch to Kubuntu!
Hey don’t tell people that KDE sucks!
8)
I’m interested to test Mepis 6.0 which is built on Ubuntu. This will surely kill Kubuntu.
By the way, you can have KDE and Gnome if you wish (not just on Ubuntu too). You just select which environment you wish to run, on the session login.
Brent
July 26, 2006
Yeah but its useless isnt it 😛
Qwerty Maniac
July 26, 2006
Why’s it uselss? By that logic would a dual-boot be worthless too?
Brent
July 26, 2006
Oh shit sorry, I mixed up comments between 2 blogs. I didnt mean to say that here. The mixed up comment was this.
Hehe, I dont see why I must use KDE for KDE apps, since they run on my Gnome itself! *almost all do*
Am using Ubuntu for Python now and Windows for C# soon. Maybe ASP too later.
Qwerty Maniac
July 27, 2006
So what do you think of my take on Blubuntu?
It is great to diversify the options is it not?
By the way, your wallpapers are slick man!
8)
Brent
July 31, 2006
You Blubuntu looks amazing. I’m gonna try it out.
teen
July 31, 2006
Have you tried writing a bash script to do this for you ?
metalsam
July 31, 2006
lol ! No idea about bash scripting…
teen
July 31, 2006
Go for it. If you can create a working script for this, I will edit it in tomy post about Blubuntu.
I wrote the “For Dummies” type of montage, you know? But a bash script would be a nice touch, for power-geeks.
Brent
July 31, 2006
Ill see what I can do 😀
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August 2, 2006
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August 5, 2006
Your blog has the touch.. 😉
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August 11, 2006
Very, very nice!!
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August 22, 2006
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Hey, now you need to get a new mouse cursor theme! (You can change it from the Mouse control panel, by the way.)
I highly recommend ComixCursor, find it at gnome-look.org
Curtis
September 11, 2006
Lol prety cool…..how will you get mouse curser theme for macos….
Macbuntu
October 16, 2006
Telling people to activate root login is a BAD idea – you can do this effectively with sudo mv, sudo cp and gksudo nautilus. There’s a reason Ubuntu doesn’t have the root account by default.
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October 17, 2006
Are you planning to provide the splash screen etc. for ubuntu edgy?
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December 26, 2006
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