Monday, December 20, 2010
[Macbuntu] Mac OS X Transformation Pack for Linux
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Macbuntu is an open-source program, designed to transform Linux's appearance and layout into a Mac OS X environment. Although Macbuntu is dedicated to Ubuntu Linux OS, it could be used in other OSbased on Debian/GTK.
The Macbuntu installation is extremely easy. If you’re interested in installing this, but afraid of messing anything up, keep in mind that there is an uninstall option that is extremely painless and it restores all of your original settings!
How to Install:
- Download the transformation package from SourceForge or GNOME-Look.org if you prefer (but they are both hosted from SourceForge) and save it to your Desktop.
- Extract the package to your Desktop. You can do this by right clicking and selecting “Extract Here” from the menu.
- Open a terminal and type “cd Desktop/Macbuntu-10.10/” (without the quotes) and press enter.
- Now type “./install.sh” (without quotes) and press enter.
- Follow the directions and answer a few questions and it does all of the rest! …and you’re done!
How to Uninstall:
- If you’ve deleted the original files that your extracted before, re-download them and extract them using the same steps as before.
- Open a terminal and type “cd Desktop/Macbuntu-10.10/” (without the quotes) and press enter.
- Now type “./uninstall.sh” (without quotes) and press enter.
- Follow any directions or quick questions and before you know it, things will be back to the way they were before!
