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Smoothly light & dark theme for Ubuntu 13.04/12.10/12.04/Linux Mint

Install Smoothly Light + Dark theme on Ubuntu 13.04 Raring/Ubuntu 12.10 Quantal/Ubuntu 12.04 Precise/Ubuntu 11.10 Oneiric/Linux Mint 15/14/13/12 (GTK theme)

Smoothly theme is designed for GTK and avialable in two versions smoothly-dark and smoothly light, It is available for GTK 3.8/3.6/3.4/3.2 version. Smoothly (Black) GTK-3.4 requires unico-1.0.2 and adwaita themes engine and Smoothly GTK-3.2 requires unico-1.0.1 themes engine in order to use them.

Theme tested on Ubuntu 13.04 Raring/12.10 Quantal/12.04 Precise
zonColor Wallpapers used in screenshots, Also checkout Black Wallpapers
Nitrux-Icons used in screenshots, Also checkout icons collection
You can use Unity Tweak Tool, Gnome-tweak-tool or Ubuntu-Tweak to change themes.

To install Smoothly theme on Ubuntu/Linux Mint open Terminal (Press Ctrl+Alt+T) and copy the following commands in the Terminal:

Terminal Commands:
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:noobslab/themes
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install smoothly-theme

That's it

Source: Smoothly

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elementary elementaryish gtk theme

Elementaryish Theme for Ubuntu 13.04/12.10/12.04/Linux Mint (GTK)

Install Elementaryish GTK theme on Ubuntu 13.04 Raring/Ubuntu 12.10 Quantal/Ubuntu 12.04 Precise/Linux Mint 14/13 (GTK)

Eelementaryish theme is GTK theme, It is specially designed to use with Gnome Classic and Unity. It looks like Mac theme. This theme comes with two versions - with dark panels and menus (elementary-dkpanel), and with light panels and menus (elementaryish). Elementaryish theme works with Unity and with Gnome Classic Session (gnome-fallback). This theme is based on Greybird theme and inspired by Elementary theme. This theme was designed to use with AppMenu (Global menu), of course you can use it with standard menubar, but it looks best with Appmenu.

Nitrux Icons used in screenshots or Check icons collection
Also Download zonColor Wallpapers
You can use Unity Tweak Tool, Gnome-tweak-tool or Ubuntu-Tweak to change themes.

To install Elementaryish theme on Ubuntu/Mint open Terminal (Press Ctrl+Alt+T) and copy the following commands in the Terminal:

Terminal Commands:
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:noobslab/themes
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install elementaryish

That's it

Source: Elementaryish

Linux Mint 15 "Olivia" has been Released

Linux Mint is an Ubuntu-based distribution whose goal is to provide a more complete out-of-the-box experience by including browser plugins, media codecs, support for DVD playback, Java and other components. It also adds a custom desktop and menus, several unique configuration tools, and a web-based package installation interface. Linux Mint is compatible with Ubuntu software repositories.
Linux Mint 15 is has Linux kernel 3.8.x version which introduces several upgrades and various improvements, including support for UEFI Secure Boot. MATE 1.6 is greatly improved and Cinnamon 1.8 offers a ton of new features, including a screensaver and a unified control center. The login screen can now be themed in HTML5 and two new tools, "Software Sources" and "Driver Manager", make their first appearance in Linux Mint.
Linux Mint 15 has Nemo as default File Manager, Mint Display Manager (MDM), New Disk Manager (MintDisk) and many more.

New features at a glance:

Change MDM to LightDM

Download (Other Mirrors):
Linux-Mint-15-Cinnamon-dvd-32bit.iso (Torrent)
Linux-Mint-15-Cinnamon-dvd-64bit.iso (Torrent)
Linux-Mint-15-Mate-dvd-32bit.iso (Torrent)
Linux-Mint-15-Mate-dvd-64bit.iso (Torrent)

Mac OS X Theme for Ubuntu 13.04 Raring Ringtail/12.10/12.04/Linux Mint

Install Mac OS X Theme on Ubuntu 13.04 Raring Ringtail/12.10/12.04/Linux Mint 15/14/13

Mac OS X theme now available for Ubuntu 13.04 Raring Rintail. These themes has been completed with collaboration of haniahmed Big thanks to him for helping in this work and mbossg did really fine job. Many people looking for Macbuntu 13.04/Macbuntu 12.10/Macbuntu 12.04/Mac4lin, Mac Ubuntu theme and so on, So here we are ready with Mac OS X Lion Theme package for Ubuntu 13.04 Raring and Hopefully Mac Theme will work with new coming Linux Mint 15.
This time NoobsLab included 4 GTK themes (Mac-OS-Lion, Mac-iBuntu, Mac-iLinux, Mac-LionBuntu and Mac-XBuntu), 3 Gnome Shell-3.6 themes (Mac-iLinux, Mac-LionBuntu and Mac-XBuntu) and 2 themes for Cinnamon (Mac-iLinux and Mac-LionBuntu), 2 icon sets (Mac-iBuntu and Mac-iLinux). GTK themes are compatible with latest GTK version, Gnome Shell themes are only compatible with 3.6, and Cinnamon themes are compatible with all versions.
Note: If you found any bug in theme/icons/any stuff, Report to us with Screenshot or detail.

>> MacBuntu Pack For Ubuntu 15.10 Wily Werewolf
>> MacBuntu Pack For Ubuntu 15.04 Vivit Vervet
>> Macbuntu Pack for Ubuntu 14.10 Utopic/14.04 Trusty Tahr
>> Macbuntu Pack for Ubuntu 14.04 Trusty Tahr
>> Mac Theme For Ubuntu 13.10 Saucy Salamander/Linux Mint 16
>> Mac Theme For Ubuntu 12.10 Quantal Quetzal/Linux Mint 14
>> Mac Theme For Ubuntu 12.04 Precise Pangolin/Linux Mint 13

Mac Icons

What's new in this Version?

Shiny, Smooth, and Fast
Apple Boot Splash has been fixed
5 GTK Themes
3 Gnome Shell Themes
2 Cinnamon Themes
2 Icon Sets
Fixed Many bugs

Video Tutorial is Available.

1) Wallpapers and Firefox Theme
Download Mac OS X Wallpapers

>> Download Mac theme for Firefox
Unzip folder then drag and drop theme to firefox and click install.

2) Latest Cairo Dock
Enter following commands to install Cairo-Dock

Terminal Commands:
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:cairo-dock-team/ppa
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install cairo-dock cairo-dock-plug-ins

Right Click on Cairo Dock -> Select Launch Cairo-Dock on Startup

If you want to install mac theme for Cairo-Dock, Just go in Configuration then Theme tab Select Mac(Double click to install) theme and Apply.

3) Remove Overlay Scrollbars

Enter following command in terminal to disable overlay scrollbar:

Terminal Command:
gsettings set com.canonical.desktop.interface scrollbar-mode normal

If you want to get back overlay bar, enter following command:

Terminal Command:
gsettings reset com.canonical.desktop.interface scrollbar-mode

4) Indicator Synapse (Alternative to Spotlight)
We offered a new tweak indicator-synapse which is alternative to Mac spotlight.

>> Install indicator-synapse from here.

5) Apple Logo in Launcher

Enter following commands to install Apple Logo:

Terminal Commands:
wget -O apple-logo.zip http://drive.noobslab.com/data/Mac-13.04/apple-logo.zip
sudo unzip apple-logo.zip -d /usr/share/unity/6/ && rm apple-logo.zip

It will ask to replace file, Type "A" and Press Enter.

If you want back Ubuntu enter following commands in terminal:

Terminal Commands:
wget -O ubuntu-logo.zip http://drive.noobslab.com/data/Mac-13.04/ubuntu-logo-13.04.zip
sudo unzip ubuntu-logo.zip -d /usr/share/unity/6/ && rm ubuntu-logo.zip

It will ask to replace file, Type "A" and Press enter

6) Apply Mac OS X Splash (Fixed):

Install Following commands to install splash:

Terminal Commands:
wget -O splash http://drive.noobslab.com/data/Mac-13.04/splash
sudo mv splash /etc/initramfs-tools/conf.d/
sudo update-initramfs -u;sudo update-alternatives --config default.plymouth
wget -O Paw-OSX.zip http://drive.noobslab.com/data/Mac-13.04/Paw-OSX.zip
unzip Paw-OSX.zip;rm Paw-OSX.zip
sudo mv Paw-OSX/ /lib/plymouth/themes
sudo update-alternatives --install /lib/plymouth/themes/default.plymouth default.plymouth /lib/plymouth/themes/Paw-OSX/paw-osx.plymouth 100

Enter following command and select paw-osx splash:

Terminal Command:
sudo update-alternatives --config default.plymouth

Enter following command and select paw-osx splash:

Terminal Command:
sudo update-initramfs -u

If you don't like Paw Splash, You can get back Ubuntu splash:
Enter following command and select Ubuntu Splash number:

Terminal Command:
sudo update-alternatives --config default.plymouth

Now Enter this command to update Splash:

Terminal Command:
sudo update-initramfs -u

See the following picture.

7) Mac OS X Lion Theme and Icons:

Terminal Commands:
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:noobslab/themes
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install mac-icons-noobslab
sudo apt-get install mac-ithemes-noobslab

Install Mac Cursors copy the following commands in the Terminal:

Terminal Commands:
wget -O mac-cursors.zip http://drive.noobslab.com/data/Mac-13.04/mac-cursors.zip
sudo unzip mac-cursors.zip -d /usr/share/icons/ && rm mac-cursors.zip
cd /usr/share/icons/mac-cursors
sudo chmod +x install-mac-cursors.sh uninstall-mac-cursors.sh
./install-mac-cursors.sh

To Uninstall Cursors

Terminal Commands:
cd /usr/share/icons/mac-cursors
sudo ./uninstall-mac-cursors.sh

8) Disable Crash reports:
Sometime Ubuntu displays crash reports, If you want to get rid of crash reports then disable it via following command:

Terminal Command:
sudo sed -i "s/enabled=1/enabled=0/g" '/etc/default/apport'

9) Auto-hide Unity Launcher:
You can hide unity launcher from Appearance -> Behavior and turn off.

10) Unity/Gnome Tweak Tool to change Themes, Icons:
You can use these popular tools to change themes and icons in Ubuntu, Also you can change other settings from these tweak tools. You can also install Ubuntu Tweak.

Terminal Command:
sudo apt-get install unity-tweak-tool

Terminal Command:
sudo apt-get install gnome-tweak-tool

11) Remove White Dots and Ubuntu Logo from Login Screen:

Enter following commands in terminal to remove white dots:

Terminal Commands:
sudo xhost +SI:localuser:lightdm
sudo su lightdm -s /bin/bash
gsettings set com.canonical.unity-greeter draw-grid false && exit
sudo mv /usr/share/unity-greeter/logo.png /usr/share/unity-greeter/logo.png.backup

If you want to revert back then use following commands.

Terminal Commands:
sudo xhost +SI:localuser:lightdm
sudo su lightdm -s /bin/bash
gsettings set com.canonical.unity-greeter draw-grid true && exit
sudo mv /usr/share/unity-greeter/logo.png.backup /usr/share/unity-greeter/logo.png

That's it

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ambiancep gtk themes

AmbianceP themes for Ubuntu 13.04/12.10/12.04/Linux Mint

Install AmbianceP themes in Ubuntu 13.04 Raring/Ubuntu 12.10 Quantal/Ubuntu 12.04 Precise/Linux Mint 14/13 (GTK 3)

AmbianceP themes set is derived from original Ubuntu Ambiance and Radiance themes. If you are tired from default Ambiance and Radiance theme then you should these themes, Author made these themes with new color and pattern which looks good. Ambiance theme set has 7 different variants and these are compatible with GTK 3.4/3.6.

AmbianceP:

AmbianceP-Dark:

AmbianceP-Night:

RadianceP:

RadiancePMetal:

RadiancePCalm:

RadianceP-G:

Theme tested on Ubuntu 13.04/12.10/12.04.
zonColor-Icons used in screenshots, Also checkout icons collection
You can use Unity Tweak Tool, Gnome-tweak-tool or Ubuntu-Tweak to change themes.

To install AmbianceP theme set in Ubuntu/Linux Mint open Terminal (Press Ctrl+Alt+T) and copy the following commands in the Terminal:

Terminal Commands:
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:noobslab/themes
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install ambiancep-set

That's it

Source: AmbianceP

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Where Linux Came From (Interesting History)

In today's world of constantly advancing and evolving technology, it seems as if we're hearing about some new digital innovation every week, if not every day! Whether it's a brand new smart phone making waves in the news, some popular new electronic app being downloaded, or even something a bit more sophisticated like Share File being implemented in more businesses, tech news is everywhere, and computer devices are always becoming more impressive. But for those with an interest in computer operating systems and capabilities, it's important to recognize this technology on a deeper level. For example, much of what the average person enjoys on a normal computer these days would not necessarily be possible without Linux.

In short an open source (or, free to the public for use) version of the popular operating system UNIX, Linux has deep roots in various older operating systems and computer programs. UNIX can be traced back to 1969, when it was thought up by two men named Ken Thompson and Dennis Ritchie. The usefulness of this system was recognized by many, and so over the course of the next few decades a number of imitations and variations were created, many in an effort to make the operating system free to the public.

The most sophisticated of these imitations and adaptations was probably the MINIX system, released by Andrew Tanenbaum in 1987. Tanenbaum had created his system in the image of UNIX, but - despite the fact that the source code was made publicly available - a number of complications made it difficult for people to afford, or even implement MINIX on personal computer devices. This meant that in the early 1990's no suitable, affordable version of UNIX had yet been widely released for personal use.

This is where, in 1991, Linus Torvalds came into the picture. In a story almost reminiscent of the much-popularized Mark Zuckerberg creation of Facebook, Torvalds essentially claims to have been toying around with some smaller ideas when he created what has since become known as the Linux operating system. Using a MINIX system, Torvalds was basically attempting to gain access to his Helsinki university's UNIX servers, when he eventually realized that he had created a new operating system entirely.

After the release of the Linux kernel in an open source format in 1991, Torvalds continued to develop his project, and today Linux is used all over the world on just about every type of computer in existence.

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Enlightenment E17 desktop for Ubuntu 13.04/12.10/12.04/Linux Mint

Install Enlightenment Desktop in Ubuntu 13.04 Raring/Ubuntu 12.10 Quantal/Ubuntu 12.04/Ubuntu 11.10/Linux Mint 15/14/13/12 (New Release)

Enlightenment is not just a window manager for Linux/X11 and others, but also a whole suite of libraries to help you create beautiful user interfaces with much less work than doing it the old fashioned way and fighting with traditional toolkits, not to mention a traditional window manager. It covers uses from small mobile devices like phones all the way to powerful multi-core desktops (which are the primary development environment).

These provide both a semi-traditional toolkit set in Elementary as well as the object canvas (Evas) and powerful abstracted objects (Edje) that you can combine, mix and match, even layer on top of each other with alpha channels and events in-tact. It has 3D transformations for all objects and more.

To install E17 Desktop in Ubuntu/Linux Mint open Terminal (Press Ctrl+Alt+T) and copy the following commands in the Terminal:

Terminal Commands:
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:hannes-janetzek/enlightenment-svn
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install e17

That's it

Source: Enlightenment Launchpad

Howto Install Dictionary in Ubuntu/Linux Mint and setup for offline use

Howto Install Dictionary in Ubuntu 13.04/12.10/12.04/Any Ubuntu Version/Linux Mint 15/14/13and Setup to Offline Dictionary

GNOME Dictionary is a DICT client written in C by Emmanuele Bassi and others. It is part of the free software GNOME desktop suite, inside the gnome-utils meta-package. This allows users of GNOME to look up words on dictionary sources. Gnome-dictionary was at first an independent DICT protocol client called gdict.

To install Dictionary in Ubuntu/Linux Mint open Terminal (Press Ctrl+Alt+T) and copy the following commands in the Terminal:

Terminal Command:
sudo apt-get install gnome-dictionary dict-moby-thesaurus dictd dict-gcide

After installation Follow the method to setup Offline Dictionary
Open Gnome-Dictionary and go to Edit Menu -> Preferences

Then click on Add button to setup.
In Description write anything you want.
In Hostname Add this address: 127.0.0.1
and close it.

Now you will in previous preferences windows, Select Offline Dictionary(whatever description you wrote) source here.

And you are done.

That's it

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Gnome Shell 3.8 and Extensions for Ubuntu 13.04 Raring Ringtail/Linux Mint 15

Install Gnome Shell 3.8 and Shell Extensions in Ubuntu 13.04 Raring Ringtail/Linux Mint 15

Gnome 3.8.2 has been released and apart from the various Gnome libraries, services and core parts that have been upgraded, we should take a look on the applications and utilities that are also part of Gnome.
GNOME 3.8.2 is full of fixes, documentation and translation updates, get its sources from our servers, or binaries from your distribution servers.

Screenshots

Application Menu

Shell Extensions and Places indicator

Activities Overview

Shell Search Improved

Previous used applications

Notifications (open with Super+M)

Activities windows placement extension

Gnome Classic (Fallback Mode)

Note: If you have Cinnamon 1.8 then following commands will break your Cinnamon desktop. Don't install if you want to stick with Cinnamon.

To install Gnome Shell 3.8 in Ubuntu 13.04/Linux Mint 15 open Terminal (Press Ctrl+Alt+T) and copy the following commands in the Terminal:

Terminal Commands:
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:gnome3-team/gnome3-staging
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:gnome3-team/gnome3
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install gnome-shell gnome-shell-extensions gnome-tweak-tool

If you want to install complete Gnome then also use this command:

Terminal Commands:
sudo apt-get install gnome

That's it

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NoobsLab | Ubuntu/Linux News, Reviews, Tutorials, Apps

Smoothly light & dark theme for Ubuntu 13.04/12.10/12.04/Linux Mint

Elementaryish Theme for Ubuntu 13.04/12.10/12.04/Linux Mint (GTK)

Linux Mint 15 "Olivia" has been Released

Mac OS X Theme for Ubuntu 13.04 Raring Ringtail/12.10/12.04/Linux Mint

AmbianceP themes for Ubuntu 13.04/12.10/12.04/Linux Mint

Where Linux Came From (Interesting History)

Enlightenment E17 desktop for Ubuntu 13.04/12.10/12.04/Linux Mint

Howto Install Dictionary in Ubuntu/Linux Mint and setup for offline use

Gnome Shell 3.8 and Extensions for Ubuntu 13.04 Raring Ringtail/Linux Mint 15

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