How to Make Windows XP Look Like Ubuntu

Although Appearance of Windows Vista is very good but I am more like appearance of ubuntu, simple and elegan. For the things using Windows XP, You can make your Windows XP look like ubuntu. To make Windows XP look like Ubuntu there are some components which must alter in yours Windows XP, that is : icon, themes, cursor, welcome screen, boot screen, etc.

You interest to change appearance of Windows XP become ubuntu, please follow the following tutorial and your Windows XP desktop will become following picture. To modify your Windows XP please download ubuntu customation pack dan ektrac.

Several components that must be changed at Windows XP in order that look like ubuntu that is :

A. Install Ubuntu Themes

Copy “ClearLooks” folder and “human” folder to “X:\Windows\resources\themes\”.
Then right click mouse on the desktop
Select appearance tab, choose human or clearlooks in the windows and button then click apply.

B. Install xFree cursor to Windows XP

Goto extracded folder and then open “xFree Cursors” folder.
Right click on install.inf file then select install.

C. Ubuntu Wallpaper

Open wallpaper folder in the extracded folder
Right click mouse in the one of wallpaper then click “set as Desktop Backgroud”

D. Replace default Windows XP Icon with Ubuntu Icon

Open Ubuntu Icon then install Super Turbo Tango_Patcher 7.05 by vertigosity.exe till finish.

Note : this program in Avira antivirus detected as virus. If you use avira as antivirus, disable the avira before install it.

E. Welcome Screen/Logon Screen

Install “UbuntuHumanlogon.logonxp” in the welcome scree folder. You can use “style xp”, “tune-up utiliti” or ohter to install it.

F. Boot Screen

To install boot screen same as installing Logon screen.

G. Screen saver

Right click mouse on scree saver file in the “Ubuntu Screensaver” folder and select install.

H. Sound Scheme

Copy the sounds in the folder “Ubuntu Sounds” to “windows\media\“ folder.
Goto control panel and choose the classic view and then click the sounds and audio devices and then click the sounds tab.
choose each windows system sound to these customized sounds

The filenames are self explanatory to the windows systems sounds and it should be easy for you to customized.

H. Optional

Lclock : Install Lclock till finish and then copy all file in the “Lclock skin/ubuntu look” folder to lClock installer folder and then reload Lclock.

yodm3D : change this software to make your desktop become 3D.

FindeXer Nightly: It creates a Customizable Bar in the left side of the Explorer window

Click Here to download Ubuntu Customations Pack.