{"id":4054,"date":"2014-10-07T16:34:55","date_gmt":"2014-10-07T16:34:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/?p=4054"},"modified":"2014-10-12T14:15:16","modified_gmt":"2014-10-12T14:15:16","slug":"customize-ubuntu-unity-desktop","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/2014\/10\/customize-ubuntu-unity-desktop\/","title":{"rendered":"Useful Tools to Customize Your Ubuntu Unity Desktop"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/Ubuntu-tips-icon.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/Ubuntu-tips-icon.png\" alt=\"customize ubuntu desktop\" width=\"250\" height=\"250\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3557\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/Ubuntu-tips-icon.png 250w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/Ubuntu-tips-icon-150x150.png 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>When the beginners want to customize their Ubuntu Desktops, <i>System Settings<\/i> may be the thing that first come to mind.<\/p>\n<p><b><i>System Settings<\/i><\/b> is available in Unity (left) Launcher out-of-the-box, it provides a group of utilities to configure your Ubuntu desktop settings, such as backups, keyboard and mouse properties, displays, network and security settings, and more.<\/p>\n<p>However, there are a few basic desktop settings that are not covered by <i>System Settings<\/i>, such as GTK \/ icon \/ cursor themes, fonts, desktop icons, system cleaning and so forth.<\/p>\n<p>Below I&#8217;ll show you three simple tools that may help you customize your Ubuntu Desktop:<\/p>\n<p><b>1. Unity Tweak Tool<\/b><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/launchpad.net\/unity-tweak-tool\" title=\"Unity Tweak Tool project page\" target=\"_blank\">Unity Tweak Tool<\/a> was started since Ubuntu 13.04. It provides a clean and easy-to-use user interface to configure the default Unity desktop settings.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/unity-tweak-tool.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/unity-tweak-tool.jpg\" alt=\"Unity Tweak Tool\" width=\"500\" height=\"421\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4055\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/unity-tweak-tool.jpg 500w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/unity-tweak-tool-300x252.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The open-source tool provides detailed configurations for Unity Launcher (left sidebar), dash (the search box), top panel, web apps, window effects, themes, fonts, and more.<\/p>\n<p>One of the most notable features of Unity Tweak Tool is that each configuration tab contains a <b>&#8220;Restore defaults&#8221; button allows to revert original settings.<\/b><\/p>\n<p>To install Unity Tweak Tool, click the below button to bring up Ubuntu Software Center and click install:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;\"><a href='' class='arconix-button arconix-button-large arconix-button-blue'>Click Install Unity Tweak Tool<\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>2. Ubuntu Tweak<\/b><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/launchpad.net\/ubuntu-tweak\" title=\"Ubuntu Tweak project page.\" target=\"_blank\">Ubuntu Tweak<\/a> was started 6 years ago since Ubuntu 8.04. It&#8217;s one of the most popular Ubuntu configuration tools. Unfortunately, it is not made into Ubuntu universe repositories so far.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/ubuntu-tweak.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/ubuntu-tweak.jpg\" alt=\"Ubuntu Tweak\" width=\"580\" height=\"346\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4056\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/ubuntu-tweak.jpg 580w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/ubuntu-tweak-300x178.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 580px) 100vw, 580px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Ubuntu Tweak features:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>a quick overview of your system information<\/li>\n<li>quick install featured applications.<\/li>\n<li>configure themes, fonts, login settings, quicklists (Launcher icons&#8217; context menu), and more<\/li>\n<li>clean browser cache, system cache, and old kernels.<\/li>\n<li>provide online wallpaper HD.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Ubuntu Tweak .deb installer is available for download at the link below:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/launchpad.net\/ubuntu-tweak\/+download\" title=\"Ubuntu Tweak .deb installer download page\" target=\"_blank\">Ubuntu Tweak Download Page<\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>3. Gnome Tweak Tool<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Gnome Tweak Tool is a basic configuration tool specially designed for Gnome Desktop Environment. It&#8217;s a good choice if you&#8217;re using Gnome Shell session in Ubuntu. But it looks broken in the default Unity DE due to the new client-side decorations.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/gnome-tweak-tool.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/gnome-tweak-tool.jpg\" alt=\"Gnome Tweak Tool\" width=\"580\" height=\"296\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4057\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/gnome-tweak-tool.jpg 580w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/gnome-tweak-tool-300x153.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 580px) 100vw, 580px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Gnome Tweak Tool is available in Ubuntu universe repositories, just search for and install it in Ubuntu Software Center.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When the beginners want to customize their Ubuntu Desktops, System Settings may be the thing that first come to mind. System Settings is available in Unity (left) Launcher out-of-the-box, it provides a group of utilities to configure your Ubuntu desktop settings, such as backups, keyboard and mouse properties, displays, network and security settings, and more. 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