Существует такой пакет, который поможет автоматически настроить внешний вид Вашего Linux-дистрибутива, похожим на внешний вид операционной системы Windows 7. Он называется Win2-7 Pack (для среды Gnome) и Vistar7 (для KDE). Новый внешний вид программ сохраняется даже и в запускаемых в Wine приложениях. В пакете, в качестве web-браузера, используется Firefox, в котором есть плагин, позволяющий браузеру выглядеть, как Internet Explorer с эффектами Aero. Также пакет заменяет приветствие, иконки, анимацию, обои, курсоры, шрифты и многое другое.
Недавно вышла версия пакета под номером 5.8.
Для того, чтобы скачать, зайдите на эту страницу или выполните в терминале следующие команды:
wget lite.fr.nf./r-f — скачать пакет (45,3 Мб)
unlzma Win2-7Pack-filename.tar.lzma
tar -xvf Win2-7Pack.tar
cd Win2-7Pack_v5.8_Multilang_Aero
И потом, чтобы установить, запускаем скрипт — ./GUIInstall.sh
Кстати, чтобы деинсталлировать, запускаем такой скрипт — ./GUIUninstall.sh
И скриншот для представления действий пакета:
Ubuntu despite its recent improvements in appearance, arguably does not match the elegance of the Windows 7 Aero Glass Look. If you are a Windows user who recently started using Ubuntu or a hardcore Linux enthusiast interested in the Windows Aero Glass effect for your Ubuntu desktop. Here is a guide to help you do just that.
First of all, open the Terminal in Ubuntu from Applications –> Accessories. After that, enter the following commands in the Terminal (one after the other).
cd $HOME sudo wget https://web.lib.sun.ac.za/ubuntu/files/help/theme/gnome/win7-setup.sh sudo chmod 0755 $HOME/win7-setup.sh $HOME/win7-setup.sh
This will download the Windows 7 theme package.
Once the package is downloaded, you will see a prompt to start the Win7 theme installation. Click OK to continue.
This will be followed by a number of different prompt where you will simply require clicking on OK to continue. During these prompts you might be asked to install certain packages required to complete the process. For example, you may require installing Wine, which allows running Windows programs in Linux environment.
After the rest of the packages are installed, open the Terminal again and enter the following command:
setup-win7-theme
After that, Ubuntu will transform into a Windows 7 like desktop. Logout and Login for the changes to fully take effect.
That’s all you need to do to give your Ubuntu desktop the Windows 7 appearance.
It is to be noted that the new appearance might take some time to get use to, as the Ubuntu applications might start appearing unfamiliar because of the Windows 7 look that their interface will adopt. A good example is the Ubuntu Software center that will look much like a common directory opened in Windows explorer.
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Installing the Win7 Theme
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Ubuntu has pretty good theming system, visual effects, and eye-candy stuff, but you may love the elegance of Windows 7 Aero class, transparency, or the Start Menu. Today we’ll show you how to transform Ubuntu to look like Windows 7.
Of course, it won’t be an exact match, but it’s close enough that at first glance a lot of people would think it’s Windows 7. Keep reading to see how to do this.
Installing the Win7 Theme
Let’s start by entering some commands—just open up a terminal window and enter this:
cd ~/
sudo wget http://web.lib.sun.ac.za/ubuntu/files/help/theme/gnome/win7-setup.sh
sudo chmod 0755 ~/win7-setup.sh
~/win7-setup.sh
This will download a script file that will be used later to tell your computer what files to download to complete the Win7 theme packages install. Once finished, a window will tell you that the installation will start now so just press OK.
Another window will pop up asking if you want to continue, answer yes for that window too. Now the terminal will begin downloading and installing the theme. It may take some time depending on your Internet speed. After that, a window like this will appear:
Press OK, then back in the terminal enter:
setup-win7-theme
This command will setup Win7 theme and your computer will start transforming into windows style immediately. Wait for a few seconds and you will see a window asking you to logout so logout and log in again and this is what you will see:
Now your Ubuntu looks almost exactly like Windows. Congratulations! Now you have WinBuntu! You can even right-click the start button and choose “properties” to customize the start menu.
If you want, you can install Internet Explorer-like themes for Firefox. You can also use Windows 7 wallpaper for you desktop to give it a complete feel of Windows 7. The download links are down at the end of the article.
Uninstalling the Win7 Theme
During the setup of Win7 theme script, a backup of the previous Gnome settings got saved in your home folder, so if you ever get bored of this theme, you can uninstall it and rollback to previous Gnome state. The only downside though, is that there is no automatic uninstallation.
It’s not hard to do the uninstallation. Open your home folder there should be a file named “win7-uninstall.tar.gz”, open it with your archive manager and you’ll find your home folder, double-click it and you’ll see your username, double-click it too. There should be a “.gconf” file, extract that file to your home folder.
Logout and log back in, that’s it. Your theme is back to normal gnome as if nothing has happened. Cool, isn’t it?
Forcefully uninstalling
In some cases when you try uninstalling the theme it won’t uninstall completely, leaving some Windows 7 icons or desktop wallpaper. In cases like this, you’ll have to remove the theme by deleting it’s files manually but don’t worry, it is easier than you think. Just open up a terminal window and type the following command followed by the enter key.
rm -rf .gnome .gnome2 .gconf .gconfd .metacity
NOTE: This will restore your gnome appearance setting back to the default like when you first installed Ubuntu.
Firefox Vista-aero theme [via Mozilla Firefox]
Windows 7 wallpaper [via Win Customize]
Do you want to change the interface of Ubuntu 20.04 or 18.04 LTS Linux Distros to make it look like Windows 10 or 7, then here are the steps to follow.
What is UKUI- Ubuntu Kylin?Open command terminalAdd UKUI PPA RepositoryUpdate and Upgrade PackagesInstall Windows-like UI on Ubuntu 20.04Logout and Login to UKUI- Windows 10 like interface on UbuntuUninstall UKUI- Ubuntu Kylin Desktop environment
Ubuntu 20.04, 18.03, 19.04, 17.04, or 16.04 out of the box come with GNOME graphical user interface or environment. Although it is very intuitive and easy to use, the users are shifting from Windows 10 or 7 yet find it difficult to operate. Because of the unfamiliar user interface and arrangements of options.
Therefore, if you want to have the benefits of Ubuntu Linux and its packages but with a Windows-like interface then here in this tutorial, we will show some quick commands to install the UKUI Desktop environment on Ubuntu.
What is UKUI- Ubuntu Kylin?
UKUI is a desktop environment for Linux distributions available on Github, it meant to provide a simple and easy to use Windows similar graphical user interface.
So, let’s see its installation on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS, however, the steps will be the same for the previous versions such as 18.04 and 16.04 including Linux Mint and Debian. However, if you don’t want to do the installation of Kylin on Ubuntu 20.04 then go for the official Ubuntu 20.04 Kylin Linux Distro available to download on the official website.
Open command terminal
To install Windows 10 interface UI for Linux we need to use the Command line on Ubuntu, to access that either click on “Show Applications” and search for Terminal or simply press Ctrl + Alt + T (shortcut key to open the Command terminal).
Add UKUI PPA Repository
This Linux desktop environment’s packages may not available in the default official repository of Ubuntu Linux, thus we need to add it manually. Therefore, copy-paste the below command in the terminal and press the Enter key.
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ubuntukylin-members/ukui3.0
When it asks for your User password then provide that and then hit the Enter button.
Update and Upgrade Packages
To make sure the added repository get recognized by the system, rebuild the cache and then upgrade the existing packages using below two commands:
sudo apt update sudo apt upgrade
Install Windows-like UI on Ubuntu 20.04
Finally, run a single command as given in this step. It will fetch all the required packages and tools to create a Windows 10 or 7 like the Desktop environment on Ubuntu 20.04 or earlier versions. Hence, here is it.
sudo apt install ukui-desktop-environment or sudo apt install ubuntukylin-desktop
The output shows, it will take around 559 MB of space on your disk:
The following NEW packages will be installed: attr desktop-base fonts-quicksand ibverbs-providers kactivities-bin kactivitymanagerd kde-config-screenlocker kio kpackagelauncherqml kpackagetool5 kwayland-data kwayland-integration libcephfs2 libdbusmenu-qt5-2 libgsettings-qt1 libhfstospell10 lib ui-kwin-x11 ukui-media ukui-media-common ukui-menu ukui-panel ukui-polkit.... .......ukui-power-manager ukui-power-manager-common ukui-screensaver ukui-session-manager ukui-settings-daemon ukui-settings-daemon-common ukui-sidebar 0 upgraded, 207 newly installed, 0 to remove and 50 not upgraded. Need to get 183 MB of archives. After this operation, 559 MB of additional disk space will be used. Do you want to continue? [Y/n]
Logout and Login to UKUI- Windows 10 like interface on Ubuntu
Once the installation gets completed, go to the Ubuntu Taskbar and at the right end, you will see an arrow icon pointed downwards, click that select “power off/log out” and select the Log out option.
Now, click on your user name, and before entering the password, click on the gear icon available at the left bottom side of the screen. Select UKUI and then enter your user password to log in again.
Note: After installing Ubuntu Kylin UI you will have a dual desktop environment on your OS, thus if you want the default one back then again log out and select Ubuntu instead UKUI.
Uninstall UKUI- Ubuntu Kylin Desktop environment
In case you are facing some problem with UKUI- Windows 10 like interface then we can uninstall it completely. To remove the UKUI, log out the system and again click on the Gear icon available on the right bottom side. This time instead of selecting UKUI, select Ubuntu, the default UI.
Now, open the command terminal and run the below command to fully purge and remove this desktop environment, we have installed in this tutorial.
sudo apt purge ukui-desktop-environment ubuntukylin-default-settings peony-common
Restart, the system and you will see it would not be available to access any more on your Linux.
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How to make Ubuntu 14.04 LTS look like Windows 8. Make Ubuntu 14.04 look like Windows 7, Windows 8 and Windows XP. Install Windows 7/8 themes and icons in Ubuntu 14.04. Install YlmfOS Theme Pack (Win XP) in Ubuntu 14.04 Trusty Tahr.
Download Windows 8 Theme for Ubuntu
Download the themes from GNOME-Look and move them to ‘/usr/share/theme‘ folder and then apply the themes using Unity Tweak app.
Windows 8 GTK Theme on GNOME-Look
Windows 8 Metacity Theme on GNOME-Look
Make Ubuntu 14.04 look like Windows 7
Download relevant fonts and change them from tweak tool.
To install Windows 7 or 8 themes in Ubuntu/Linux Mint open Terminal (Press Ctrl+Alt+T) and copy the following commands in the Terminal:
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:noobslab/themes
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install win-themes
To install Windows 7 or 8 icons in Ubuntu/Linux Mint open Terminal (Press Ctrl+Alt+T) and copy the following commands in the Terminal:
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:noobslab/icons
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install win-icons
Make Ubuntu 14.04 look like Windows XP
Install YlmfOS Theme Pack (Win XP) in Ubuntu 14.04 Trusty/13.10 Saucy/Linux Mint 16/other Ubuntu derivatives
To install YlmfOS theme in Ubuntu 14.04/13.10/Linux Mint 16 open Terminal (Press Ctrl+Alt+T) and copy the following commands in the Terminal:
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:noobslab/themes
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install ylmfos-theme
To install YlmfOS icons in Ubuntu/Linux Mint open Terminal (Press Ctrl+Alt+T) and copy the following commands in the Terminal:
wget -O ylmfos-icons.deb http://drive.noobslab.com/data/icons/ylmfos-icons_1.0.deb
sudo dpkg -i ylmfos-icons.deb; rm ylmfos-icons.deb
That’s it. Enjoy.