Как превратить windows в ubuntu

Windows 11 contains lots of built-in customization options. You can easily change the wallpaper, accent colors, fonts, and even the style of the icons. But even after making those changes, Windows still looks like, well, Windows. What if you want to make Windows look like Linux?

There are many Linux distros, each with a distinct design style and UI. Ubuntu is widely considered one of the more attractive and usable versions. And with just a little work and some third-party software, it is possible to make Windows 11 look just like it.

But First, Create a System Restore Point

It is always a good idea to create a new system restore point before a project like this. Although customizing the UI and adding themes is relatively safe, there is potential for problems to occur.

A few minutes taken to create a restore point now can save hours of frustration later if things go wrong.

Make Windows 11 Look Like Ubuntu, the Quick Method

There are lots of good themes available for Windows 11 that will make it look like Ubuntu with a few clicks. But you’re going to have to pay for the convenience.

You can find some great Ubuntu skin packs on DeviantArt and Skinpacks.com. The exact installation method will vary, but they usually have clear instructions. The average price is between $4.99 and $9.99, so not a huge amount.

Make Windows 11 Look Like Ubuntu, the DIY Method

You can make Windows 11 more like Ubuntu without spending anything but time. This method aims to make Windows 11 look like a default install of Ubuntu, not one of the Ubuntu variations such as Budgie.

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1. Change the Accent Color

Let’s start with the easiest change: the accent colors. Ubuntu uses a core set of colors, as shown on the official Ubuntu website.

1. Open Settings > Personalization > Colors, and scroll down to Accent Color.
2. Set the Accent Color to Manual and click View Colors.
3. In the accent color picker, click on More and then enter #E95420 in the hexadecimal field. Click Done.
4. Back in the Colors settings, make sure Transparency Effects are On.

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You can also change to Dark Mode, as it looks closer to how the current version of Ubuntu looks.

2. Hide the Desktop Icons

The Ubuntu desktop is generally much cleaner than the average Windows desktop. It doesn’t have app and file icons all over it.

Right-click anywhere on the desktop and choose View > Show desktop icons. Once this is deselected, your icons will vanish. You can get them back by repeating the process if you need to.

3. Change the Mouse Cursor

The mouse cursor style might seem a small change, but it helps give Windows 11 the look of Ubuntu. Download the Ubuntu Cursors pack and extract the files from the compressed folder.

1. Open Settings > Bluetooth & device > Mouse > Additional mouse settings.
2. Select the Pointers tab, and with Normal Select highlighted, click Browse.
3. Navigate to the extracted Ubuntu Cursors folder, select the Ubuntu Normal Select cursor, and click Open.
4. Repeat this for all the other mouse cursors, then click Apply.

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4. Customize the PowerShell Font and Color

The standard terminal in Ubuntu uses a particular font and color scheme. You can change the style of PowerShell to look like the Ubuntu terminal. You can get the official font from the Ubuntu website. Download the file and extract the contents to a folder.

1. Open Settings > Personalization > Fonts.
2. Select all the font files in the extracted folder, and drag them into the fonts window.
3. Now open PowerShell. You can just search for it in Windows Search.
4. Right-click on the top bar and select Properties from the menu.
5. In the Font tab, select Ubuntu Mono.
6. In the Colors tab, select Screen Text and change the color to White. Select Screen Background and change the RBG values to 94, 39, and 80.
7. Click Ok and close PowerShell.

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7. Hide the Taskbar

Now to deal with the Windows Taskbar. You can do this the quick and easy way or the more complete way.

The easy way is to open Settings > Personalization > Taskbar. Then select Automatically hide the taskbar. It will still be available should you need it, but it won’t be on the screen and spoiling the Ubuntu look.

The more complete way requires an extra bit of software: Taskbar Hider.

1. Download the program version relevant to you (32-bit or 64-bit) and extract the file.
2. Double-click the program file to run it, and choose the hotkey you want to use.
3. You can also set it to automatically hide the Taskbar when Windows starts up.
4. Click Ok, and then press the hotkey you chose to hide the Taskbar.

If you prefer, you can move the taskbar to the top of the screen to emulate the top bar of Ubuntu. You will need to use a tool like Taskbar11, which lets you change the location and size of the bar. It also allows you to remove most taskbar icons. It won’t look exactly right, but it can get quite close to the Ubuntu style.

8. Add a Linkbar

One of the key features of Ubuntu is the Linkbar. Luckily, you can download a very similar Linkbar tool for Windows.

1. Download the Linkbar file and then right-click it and select Extract all.
2. Double-click on the Linkbar64 file, and choose who can use it: everyone or just you).
3. You have to select a folder. This is where items you add to the link bar will be stored. Then click Apply.
4. Right-click in the Linkbar and choose Settings. Change the color to Black.
5. Set the Position on screen option to Left and the Order of shortcuts to Up to down.
6. To add items to the Linkbar, right-click on it and choose New > Shortcut.
7. Click Browse and find the app you want to add. You can select a shortcut to the app or the app .exe file. Repeat this for all apps you want to add.

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9. Change the Desktop Wallpaper

Changing the desktop wallpaper on Windows 11 is one of the quickest ways to make it look like Ubuntu. There are lots of suitable wallpapers available online that use the recognizable purple and orange Ubuntu color scheme. Our favorite collection can be found at Wallpaper Access.

10. Install WSL and Ubuntu

This final step is completely optional. If you are happy just having Windows look like Ubuntu, you don’t need to do anything more. But for the full Ubuntu experience, you will need WSL.

1. Open PowerShell as an Administrator and type: wsl — install.
2. Download and install Ubuntu from the Microsoft Store. This may take a while as it is around 600MB.
3. Once it is installed, you can open Ubuntu from the Start Menu. You can also place a shortcut to it in the Linkbar.
4. A terminal window will open, allowing you to enter Linux commands as if your Windows computer was a Ubuntu computer.

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Reverting to Windows 11 Default Style

Hopefully, you created a restore point, as we recommended at the beginning. If so, you can restore Windows using System Restore if you don’t like the end result.

If you didn’t, or if you don’t want to lose other changes you have made, you can reset each step.

1. Uninstall software such as the Linkbar and Taskbar Hider.
2. Change the accent color to whatever you prefer.
3. Change the mouse pointer back to default.
4. Unhide the desktop icons.
5. Revert the PowerShell style back to default.

If you went for the quick method of installing a Ubuntu skin pack or theme, you can usually uninstall it in Add or Remove Programs. Check the instructions for the individual theme or skin pack for additional uninstall advice.

Make Windows Look Like Ubuntu Linux

If you want to bring some of the Ubuntu style to Windows 11, you can do so quite easily. Buying a pre-made skin pack is the quickest and most complete method. But with a few pieces of free software and some easy style changes, anyone can make Windows 11 look more like Ubuntu without spending a cent.

Imagine for a moment that you’re stranded on a desert island. You’re a software developer and have been using Linux systems or an Apple Mac ever since you were old enough to type on a keyboard. Yet the only things that you were able to bring with you to your desert island was a Windows machine, and enough tea and biscuits to last a lifetime. Luckily the island already has an internet connection — what do you do?

Okay, you could just download Ubuntu and install it onto a Virtual Machine, but there is another way. Which as it happens, also involves installing Ubuntu…

A Week Without My Macbook

I was in a very similar situation recently, although instead of being stranded on a desert island I was forced to leave my MacBook with the Apple Store while they fixed a weird issue with my touch bar.

I had to find a way to keep working while my development machine was in the shop. I love using a Unix command line and tools such as ZSH and Oh-my-zsh!. In my day job, I have to use Ruby and Node on a regular basis, and I love using iTerm2 as my main terminal emulator. I also primarily use desktop tools like Visual Studio Code, Docker, and Slack.

One option would be to simply install Docker and set up a containerized development environment, but that would be too easy.

Could I continue using my normal development tools and my workflow without my MacBook? I set out to find out!

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Cross-Platform Applications

Of course, a lot of the applications I just mentioned are available cross-platform, with many of them being HTML, CSS, and JavaScript applications wrapped up using Electron. This covers apps like Visual Studio Code and Slack, which are the two main tools I use day-to-day.

I occasionally dip into using Intellij for Scala development and again this runs cross-platform. So it looks like all the desktop applications I need are available, which is great!

For my main development and blog writing activities, I primarily use Git, Ruby and NodeJS. Fortunately, there are Windows installers for all of these that ultimately work, but they all feel a bit Windows-y. For example, the best way to use Git on Windows is to use Git for Windows, which provides a Git Bash application that drops you into a terminal running Git. Or you can use a desktop application like GitHub Desktop, or the built-in Git interface inside Visual Studio Code.

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As for Ruby, I enjoy using RVM, which makes the installation and management of different Ruby versions very easy and relatively painless. Windows is supported using something like Cygwin, but again it’s not really a native solution and I ran into issues getting it to work the way I’m used to.

All of these are good solutions (if you can get them working) but seeing as the goal of this exercise is to figure out a way to work just like I have been doing on my MacBook, I wanted to explore further.

Terminal Velocity

I really enjoy using the terminal for the speed and ability to get things done concisely and quickly. Using a terminal that supports features such as tabs, horizontal and vertical splitting, and Unix command utilities and features like piping and output redirection is very important to me.

Unfortunately, this is where Windows starts to break down. Windows has Command Prompt, which doesn’t support any of those nice UI features that I like, and with me not being familiar with Windows shell script, I find it cumbersome. There is also Powershell and, as the name suggests, is very powerful but it’s something new I’d have to learn. Ultimately, it would take time until I’m as productive as before. Interestingly for the Powershell users, posh-git gives you adornments in the terminal as the Git status of the current folder, which is one of the features I like about Oh-my-zsh.

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I’m in love with iTerm2 on the Mac for its ability to use tabs, split windows, profiles, and theming, so is there anything that gets me close?

Hyper is a terminal emulator that supports at least the UI features of being able to use tabs and window splitting. It’s based on Electron and so is cross-platform, and supports more advanced features like themes and plugins. I do like theming my applications so that they look more pleasing to the eye, but I was willing to forget about that for this short-lived exercise.

However, it’s just an emulator and therefore is still just using Windows shell script. Something more fundamental under the hood would have to change.

Enter the Windows Subsystem for Linux

Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) is a way to run native Linux commands and tools alongside your existing Windows apps. It doesn’t use a virtual machine and is as easy to access as opening a terminal window. To quote directly from the documentation:

The Windows Subsystem for Linux lets developers run GNU/Linux environment — including most command-line tools, utilities, and applications — directly on Windows, unmodified, without the overhead of a virtual machine.

Sounds good, doesn’t it? In theory, I should be able to use all the command-line tools that I’m used to without leaving my Windows desktop environment.

To install WSL, you need to be on the Windows 10 Fall Creator’s Update (build 16215). Then, you can install the feature by using the «Turn Windows features on or off» facility and ticking «Windows Subsystem for Linux»:

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It can also be installed by running this Powershell command:

# Run this inside Powershell to enable the WSL feature
Enable-WindowsOptionalFeature -Online -FeatureName Microsoft-Windows-Subsystem-Linux

Note: The machine may need to be restarted once WSL is installed

One of the many Linux distributions on the Windows Store can then be installed as a Windows App. I chose Ubuntu as it’s the one I’m most familiar with. An Ubuntu app becomes available once it’s installed, but the normal Windows Command Prompt app can be used in its place if you so wish.
Then, to enter a Linux terminal, open Command Prompt (or your terminal emulator of choice) and type wsl to get started. The next thing you will see is your Linux command prompt.
# My WSL command prompt inside the Command Prompt application
/c/Users/steve >
So what can be done from here? Supposedly anything that can normally be done from an Ubuntu terminal. Let’s check what release of Ubuntu I’m using:
> lsb_release -a

No LSB modules are available.
Distributor ID: Ubuntu
Description:    Ubuntu 18.04.2 LTS
Release:        18.04
Codename:       bionic
Use curl?
> curl -i google.com

HTTP/1.1 301 Moved Permanently
Location: http://www.google.com/
Content-Type: text/html; charset=UTF-8
Date: Tue, 26 Feb 2019 10:42:51 GMT
Expires: Thu, 28 Mar 2019 10:42:51 GMT
Cache-Control: public, max-age=2592000
Server: gws
Content-Length: 219
X-XSS-Protection: 1; mode=block
X-Frame-Options: SAMEORIGIN
Install Vim?
> sudo apt-get install vim

Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
The following package was automatically installed and is no longer required:
  libfreetype6
Use 'sudo apt autoremove' to remove it.
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 1 reinstalled, 0 to remove and 3 not upgraded.
Need to get 1152 kB of archives.
After this operation, 0 B of additional disk space will be used.
Get:1 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic/main amd64 vim amd64 2:8.0.1453-1ubuntu1 [1152 kB]
Fetched 1152 kB in 0s (2468 kB/s)
(Reading database ... 39405 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to unpack .../vim_2%3a8.0.1453-1ubuntu1_amd64.deb ...
Unpacking vim (2:8.0.1453-1ubuntu1) over (2:8.0.1453-1ubuntu1) ...
Setting up vim (2:8.0.1453-1ubuntu1) ...
As you can see, apt-get is available and can be used to install any software that would normally be available on a native instance of Ubuntu.
Can something like NVM be installed the same way as on a native Linux distribution?

For the purposes of this recording and in the interest of time, I had already installed NVM on this machine, but not Node itself. Take a look and see what happens!

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Thankfully, nothing unremarkable happens! I get Node 10 and NPM installed just as happily as I would have done on a native Ubuntu install. I can also confirm that I was able to install RVM perfectly well, by following the installation instructions that I would have normally followed on Linux.
Furthermore, I was able to install ZSH and Oh-my-zsh without any issues, again using the instructions provided for Linux. With this in place, I’m already most of the way towards working the way I’m used to on my Macbook!
Developers, Developers, Developers
Now that I have the tools installed, what is the actual development experience like?
I can happily report that it is fairly unintrusive to the point where I almost forget I’m working on a Windows machine. Thanks to the fact that Windows drives are automatically mounted into your Linux environment, I still get access to my files and folders from within my Ubuntu environment. This means I can use Git and all the other command-line utilities that I’m used to, but still manipulate those files using whatever editor on the host Windows machine I want. By default, your host drives are available in the /mnt folder. So a Windows path of D:\Development\auth0 would be available in your Linux environment as /mnt/d/Development/auth0.
At the moment, it’s not possible to get access to the Linux filesystem from the Windows host, but that will change in Windows 10 build 1903. In a nutshell, WSL will start a 9P file server on bootup with Windows as the client, serving Linux files over an internal network protocol.
Windows UI features
For me, the operating system shell is just as part a part of the development experience as the software I use to do my job. For example, I’m a heavy user of OSX’s Spotlight feature, and I regularly navigate through my operating system simply by using text search; it’s very easy to press Cmd+Space and search for what I want.
Windows 10 supports just the same functionality and allows me to move around the operating system very easily, opening programs and manipulating windows simply by using the keyboard. Pressing Windows Key opens the Windows Start Menu, where I can just start typing what I want. Admittedly this is not obvious, as there is no focussed text box to indicate to the user that they’re able to type a search term.
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Another feature of OSX that I often use is multiple desktops, or Spaces. This is part of the Mission Control feature that can partition applications into different Spaces, allowing you to easily swipe between them. I use this feature to organize my work better. As an example, with every instance of Visual Studio Code that I have open, I tend to have a corresponding instance of iTerm2 open at my working directory for the project I’m working on. Using multiple desktops, I can group these instances together so that I have different desktops set up for different projects. I can switch between different desktops using a trackpad gesture, or by using Ctrl+Left/Right Arrow to move between them.
Luckily for me, Windows 10 supports this exact feature! Just like on OSX, different desktops can be created that play host to different instances of running applications, and I can switch between them using simple keyboard commands. Pressing Win Key+Tab gives me a Mission Control-like overview of my available desktops and applications. I can even specify that an instance of an app is available across all my desktops (it’s handy to have my favorite music player available wherever I need it!).


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A word about Docker
I wanted to touch on my experience using Docker with this setup. I already have Docker Desktop installed on my host Windows machine, and I was concerned that I may have had to uninstall that in order to get it working inside WSL. Either that, or I would have to live with having two instances of Docker on my machine taking up valuable hard-drive space; one for the Windows host, and another inside WSL.
Thankfully, I didn’t have to do either of those things and following these instructions on setting Docker up to work on WSL (flawlessly, as the article title puts it) was very easy and painless. The basic principle is that Docker running on the Windows host can also be used by the Docker client running inside WSL, as the two are interfaced by a REST API. The key piece of configuration is to tell the Docker client inside WSL where the host is. By default, it connects to a Docker instance running on the same machine, but in this case, we can point it to the instance running on the Windows host.
After having gone through the setup myself, I can confirm that Docker from inside WSL works as expected!
SSH keys
As you might expect from reading through this post, generating SSH keys works exactly the same way as on any other Linux distro. I followed the SSH key guide on GitHub.com and it just works. The caveat is that the SSH key will be generated for your WSL install, and so the key will need to be added to any services you use that require SSH keys.
This is fine for me, but if you already have an SSH key for your Windows profile then you can symlink your .ssh folder into your WSL install if you wish to use the same keys.
I’ve Now Sold My Macbook!
I haven’t actually sold my Macbook. However, given everything that I’ve experienced getting my development environment pretty close to what I’m used to, I’m pretty certain that I would be able to live without it for a while longer. I love that I have all the command-line tools that I’m used to available to me, as well as the ability to use multiple desktops, search, and use all my favorite desktop applications.
So far I haven’t found an instance where Windows Subsystem for Linux has provided an obstacle where I can’t get working, although I admit that even the use-case I present here is probably quite simplistic compared to how some other people would like to use it.
Are you a WSL user? Have your experiences been good or bad? Tell us about it in the comments below!

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Are you a Windows user who’s decided to switch to Linux? But, maybe your work or your favorite game wants you to use Windows.

Compared to Linux, Windows doesn’t provide a lot of customization options. But that doesn’t mean you can’t tweak it to make them look better.

There are a lot of third-party applications that claim they can change how Windows look. But most of them either aren’t stable or can break your Windows. Read further on how you can make windows look like Linux in the safest possible way.

Make Windows Look Like Linux

Turn Windows Into Linux (Paid Version)

Deviantart has lots of themes designed for all versions of Windows that look a lot like Linux. They have a detailed guide on how to install it.

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Turn Linux Into Windows (Free Version)

If you are looking for a free alternative, then it becomes a little complicated. You would have to piece together bits from different places. Also, the internet is full of fake applications on this topic. So you never know if you are going to break your Windows trying to force a modification.

Windows doesn’t provide a lot of flexibility in modifying its default settings. So we would need to make do with what is available for us. For example, you cannot change the system font in Windows. And, the taskbar has no customization whatsoever. 

A lot of times, there is no choice but to consider third-party applications. They may not integrate well with the system and not quite what you want. I have compiled online resources into different sections. Each section tackles one aspect of customization.

Customizing to look like Linux is a very broad topic. No two Linux distributions look the same. So we will stick to customizing Windows to look like the default Ubuntu.

Change Mouse Cursor

1. Down Ubuntu Cursors.

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1. Once the download completes, go to the Downloads folder.
2. Click on the downloaded file and select extract all.

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1. Click on Start Menu and type Mouse settings to bring up a new window.

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1. Under Related settings, select Additional mouse options.

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1. Go to the Pointers tab.

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1. With Normal Select selected, click on Browse.
2. Head to the newly extracted folder from Step 3.
3. Select Ubuntu Normal cursor file and click Open.

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1. Select Apply. The mouse cursor should now change.
2. Repeat Steps 7-9 for all cursor types.
3. Select OK.

Change Accent Color

1. Right-click on Desktop and select Personalize.

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1. Click on Colors.

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1. Enable Transparency effects if not already enabled.

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1. Scroll down to colors and select Custom color.

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1. Select More.

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1. Enter #5E2750 as the hex color code and select Done. This is the code for dominant color used in Ubuntu according to their official website.

Hide Desktop Icons

1. Right-click on Desktop and Go to View.
2. Under Expanded View, click on Show Desktop Icons to uncheck it.

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1. The desktop icons should disappear. To get them back, repeat steps 1 and 2. You can also hide recycle bin only.

Hide the Taskbar

1. Go and grab Taskbar Hider application. Windows 10 doesn’t have a built-in way of hiding the taskbar permanently so we’ll install this instead. Select 32 bit or 64 as needed.

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1. Once downloaded, extract the application to the Downloads folder.

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1. Open Powershell or Command Prompt (Press Windows Key + X).
2. Go to this location by typing cd Downloads
3. Type TaskBarHider.exe -hide -exit. This will hide the taskbar.

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1. If you need to get it back, type TaskBarHider.exe -show -exit.

Change Powershell Font

1. Download Ubuntu fonts.

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1. Extract to Downloads folder.
2. Right-click on Desktop and select Personalize.
3. Select Fonts from the left navigation pane.

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1. Open the folder you extracted from Step 2.

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1. Select all fonts and Drag and Drop them to the Fonts window. Wait until they finish installing.

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1. Open Powershell.

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1. Do a Right-click on the window bar and select Properties.
2. Select Font tab.
3. Scroll and select Ubuntu Mono from the font list.

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1. Increase Size if needed.
2. Click on OK.

Change Powershell Colors

1. Open Powershell.
2. Do a Right-click on the window bar and select Properties.
3. Select Colors.
4. Select Screen Text and click on the White palette.

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1. Select Screen Background.
2. Under the Red, Green and Blue values, enter 94, 39, and 80 respectively. This gives you the official color palette of Ubuntu.

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1. Click on OK.

Install Launcher

1. Download Linkbar.
2. Once complete, extract to the Downloads folder.

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1. Open the extracted folder and open LinkBar64.exe or LinkBar.exe(32bit).

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1. Linkbar now appears on the left side of the screen. Right-click on it and select Settings.
2. Make sure the Style is set to Accent to match the Windows color scheme.

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1. To add a launcher, right-click on Linkbar again and select Shortcut from New.

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1. Click on Browse.

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1. Open a Folder location or browse to the application you want.

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1. Select OK.
2. Click Next.

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1. Type name of new launcher and select Finish.

Download Wallpaper

1. Get a Ubuntu wallpaper.
2. Go to the Downloads folder and do a right-click on it.
3. Select Set As Desktop Background. Dark wallpapers might work well too.

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Install WSL

1. Open Powershell in Administrator Mode.
2. Type wsl --install. This can take some time to complete.
3. Go to the Windows App Store.

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1. Search for Ubuntu and open it.

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1. Select Install.
2. Once completed, you can launch Ubuntu from the Start Menu.

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1. A terminal window pops up that can be used to enter commands on Windows as if it was an Ubuntu machine.

WSL is one of the ambitious projects by Microsoft. WSL shows its commitment to empowering Linux. Microsoft plans to contribute more to WSL to make it powerful in the future. This means that Windows is going to feel more like Linux in new versions.

Change WSL Terminal Colors and Fonts

1. Do a Right-click on the window bar of WSL and select Properties.

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1. Select Colors.
2. Select Screen Text and click on the White palette.
3. Select Screen Background.
4. Under the Red Green and Blue values, enter 94, 39, and 80 respectively.

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1. Select Fonts.
2. Select Ubuntu Mono.
3. Click OK.

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And there you go. The end result would be something like the following screenshots.

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Frequently Asked Questions

Can I Make Linux Look Like Windows?

Unlike Windows, Linux comes with a lot of customization options. You can choose from a wide variety of themes, color combinations, and desktop apps. You can even find out-of-the-box solutions to Linux systems that look like Windows. A few ready-to-go solutions are available below.

LinuxFx

This is a Ubuntu-based Linux targeted at users who are making a switch from Windows. The interface looks as close to Windows as possible. You can choose to either run it as a virtual machine or a USB bootable drive. Or, you can also choose to install it on your PC.

ZorinOS

Zorin OS is designed for both Windows and macOS users who want to switch to Linux. The interface is very simple and intuitive. It also includes many applications by default.

UkUI

UkUI can be installed on default Ubuntu to give it easier customization options. You can choose from a ton of icons, fonts, and interface options to make Ubuntu look like Windows 10.

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Are you in the thought of shifting from Windows 11 to Linux? But, it might be your work or favorite game that wants you to keep on using the same OS. Is the wide variety of software, games and ease of use? Well, you can follow any of the 8 steps below to make Windows 11 look and feel like a Linux OS and even more specifically like Ubuntu or Mint. Doesn’t that sound real? It is!

As a comparison window does not provide users with more customization options than Unix but it doesn’t mean it cannot be tweaked to look better.

Today, many third-party applications are available in the market that claim that they can change how it looks, but the issue is that they don’t have much stability and can also break various services.

Let’s dive into it..

Before you change the look of Windows

#1 – Using a premium theme or skin

Many themes are designed by Deviantart for all versions of Windows which look much like Linux. You can find many freemium ones from authors who make them as a hobby.

#2 – Use a custom Distro

There are some complications when we go for the free alternative as need to collect pieces from different places. The worst part, the internet is loaded with fake apps. In all this, we don’t know if they are going to break the OS in forcing modification.

Windows on the other hand do not provide users with much flexibility in modifying its default settings. Therefore we need to make use of what is available and we cannot change the system font plus the taskbar has no customization as well.

So what we are left with are third-party applications. These might not integrate with the system well and are not what we seek. So, we have made for you a list of online resources in various sections in which each is used to tackle one aspect of customization.

If we say that we need to customize it to look like Linux, then it is quite a huge topic. Keep in mind that no two distributions look the very same so what we are left with is the customization to look like default Ubuntu.

You would ask, why not just download and install Ubuntu? You will need to learn Linux commands and how to navigate the terminal CLI. The choice is yours.

Prerequisite: Make sure your know-how themes and skin packs work and how to install them before you continue. This will make the guide much easier to follow.

Make your Windows 11 PC or Laptop Look Like Linux – Give it a Ubuntu or Mint Feel

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Alter your mouse cursor

1. You need to download Ubuntu cursors.
2. Once done, head over to the “download” folder.
3. Hit file download and choose “extract all”.
4. After this click the “start menu” and type in “mouse settings”, this shall bring up a new window.
5. Choose “additional mouse options” from under “related settings”.
6. Head over to the “pointers” tab.
7. With “normal select” choose, you need to click on “browse”.
8. Now, go to the newly extracted folder.
9. Choose “Ubuntu normal cursor file” and hit “open”.
10. Hit “apply”, the cursor of the mouse should now change.
11. For all cursor types just repeat steps 7-9.
12. Hit “OK”.

Give your accents a new life

• You need to click right on the desktop and then choose “personalize”.
• Hit “colors”.
• Next, you need to enable “transparency efforts” if they are not enabled already.
• Go down to colors and then choose “custom color”.
• Choose “more”.
• Then you need to enter “#S6E349” as hex color code and hit “done”. This is the dominant color code used in Ubuntu according to their official site.

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Hideaway your icons

• You need to click right on the desktop and head to “View”.
• Choose “show desktop icons” from under the expanded view to uncheck it.
• The icons of the desktop should disappear. Now, to get them back all you need to do is repeat steps 1 and 2 plus you can also hide the recycle bin only.

Hide Taskbar

1. You need to grab the “taskbar hider” app. Version 11 comes with a built-in way of permanently hiding the taskbar so we shall install this instead. You need to choose 32 or 64 bit as required.
2. As it gets downloaded you need to extract the app to the “downloads” folder.
3. Next, you need to open “PowerShell” or “Command Prompt” (from the keyboard press “Windows Key” + “X”.
4. After this, go to this location by typing in “cd Downloads”.
5. It would be best if you typed “TaskBarHider.exe –hide –exit”. This shall hide the taskbar.
6. To get it back you need to type in “TaskBarHider.exe –show –exit”.

Give PowerShell a new look

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1. First, you need to download Ubuntu Fonts.
2. Once downloaded, you need to extract the “downloads” folder.
3. Click right on the “desktop” and choose “personalize”.
4. Next, select “fonts” there from the next navigation pane.
5. The open folder has been extracted.
6. Then you must choose all the fonts and drag and drop them to the “fonts” window. After this, you need to wait until they finish the installation.
7. Open “PowerShell”.
8. Click right on the window bar and then choose “properties”.
9. Next, choose the “font” tab.
10. Go down and choose “Ubuntu Mono” there from the list of fonts.
11. If required, increase size.
12. Hit “OK”.

You need to change the colors so please do:

• First, you need to open the “PowerShell”.
• Click right on the window bar and then choose “properties”.
• Choose “colors”.
• After this choose “screen text” and hit “white palette”.
• Choose “screen background”.
• There under the red, green and blue values, enter in 94, 39, and 80 respectively. This shall present you with Ubuntu’s official color palette.
• Hit “ok”

Add Linkbar Launcher

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• First, you need to download the “Linkbar utility”.
• Once done, you need to extract the “downloads” folder.
• After this, you need to open up the extracted folder and then open “LinkBar.exe” or “LinkBar.exe (32-bit).
• For now, link bar appears on the screen’s left screen, on this click right and choose “settings”.
• You need to be sure that the style is set to “accent” in order to match with the color scheme of the window.
• Now if you wish to add a launcher, again click right on the “Linkbar” and then choose “shortcut” therefrom “new”.
• Hit “browse”
• Next, open up a folder location or browse to your desired app.
• Choose “ok”
• Hit “next”.
• You need to type in name of the new launcher and hit “finish”.

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Add Ubuntu or Mint Wallpapers

• You need to get the “Ubuntu Wallpaper”.
• Head towards the “downloads” folder and click right on this.
• Choose “select as desktop background”. Dark wallpapers work well as well.

Tip: If you want to save time, look for a Linux Mint theme that you like and it will do all of this for you.

Use Windows Subsystem for Linux

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1. First, you need to open “PowerShell” in “Administration mode”.
2. Type in “wsl –install”. This might take some time to complete.
3. Head towards “App Store”.
4. You need to make search for “Ubuntu” and open it.
5. Choose “install”.
6. As the process of installation is completed, launch “Ubuntu” there from the “start menu”.
7. You shall see a terminal window pop-up that can be used to enter commands on Windows as if Ubuntu were a machine.

One of the most ambitious projects given out by Microsoft is WSL. It is used to show its commitment to empowering Linux. Microsoft aims to make more contributions towards WSL so that it becomes even more powerful shortly. To put a long story short, it will feel more like Linux in upcoming new versions. You will need to change the colors in the terminal with the following steps:

1. You need the first click right on the window bar of WSL and then choose “properties”.
2. Choose “colors”.
3. Choose “screen text” and then hit “white palette”.
4. Choose “screen background”.
5. From under red, green and blue values, you need to enter in values 94, 39 and 80 respectively.
6. Choose “fonts”
7. Choose “Ubuntu Mono”
8. Hit “Ok”.

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Is it worth transforming Windows 11 to look like Ubuntu?

I know this is more tech and geek savvy when it comes to desktop customization. However, if you are an Ubuntu or Mint fanboy then it is a must I say. Windows 11 has many benefits hence why you would want to know how to make it look or feel like Linux. This will save you from actually having to use the terminal and be limited to a handful of alternative open-source software.

I am very interested in hearing your thoughts about this, please leave your desktop screenshots and feedback in the comments.