Preface
Recently, the development environment has been updated to Ubuntu 20.04 , which is indeed much better than Ubuntu 18.04 . However, we can beautify the Ubuntu development environment according to our own preferences , so that we can have a relaxed and happy mood to code. Mainly includes theme beautification , icon beautification and taskbar beautification .
Without further ado, let me show you the finished product after beautification.
1 Install beautification software
1.1 Update software source
Before starting to install the software tool, we open the terminal and enter the command to update the software source to ensure that the software we install later is the latest version.
sudo apt-get update
1.2 Install tweak tool
Ubuntu Tweak is a configuration and adjustment tool specially prepared for Ubuntu (GNOME desktop) . Mainly for novice-level ordinary users. It can set many hidden options that cannot be set in the system preferences to satisfy user customization fun. Even a novice can easily make system adjustments that suit him or her.
Follow the previous step in the terminal and enter the command to install the tweak tool:
sudo apt-get install gnome-tweak-tool
1.3 Install gnome extension module
Enter the command to install the gnome extension module and use tweak to achieve beautification.
sudo apt-get install gnome-shell-extensions
1.4 tweak pre-configuration
(1) After the gnome extension module is installed, restart the virtual machine ;
(2) Open " Show Applications " in the lower left corner -> enter " Tweaks " in the search box -> double-click the Tweaks application icon;
(3) Select " Extensions " -> pull down to open " User themes ";
2 Theme beautification
2.1 Theme download
(1) Official website download: https://www.pling.com/s/Gnome/p/1099856/
Click " Files " —> Download the last package ending with .tar.xz .
A dialog box will pop up, select " Download ".
Here we choose Ant Themes . Students who don’t like this theme can go to the official website Gnome-look.org to download the theme they like.
(2) BaiDuYun: https://pan.baidu.com/s/19S6Ps9eaM0sqXnvkrRhjEQ?pwd=20tt Extraction code: 20tt
2.2 Theme settings
(1) Create a new theme folder ;
In the user root directory, use the Ctrl + H shortcut keys to display hidden files and folders, and then create a new .themes theme folder.
(2) Unzip the downloaded Ant.tar.xz software package, and then cut all the unzipped files into the .themes theme folder;
(3) Open the Tweaks software, select “ Appearance ” —> pull down “ Applications ” and select “ Ant ” —> pull down “ Shell ” and select “ Ant ”;
3 icon beautification
3.1 Icon download
(1) Official website download: McMojave-circle - Gnome-look.org
Click " Files " —> Download the first package ending with .tar.xz .
A dialog box will pop up, select " Download ".
(2) BaiDuYun: https://pan.baidu.com/s/19S6Ps9eaM0sqXnvkrRhjEQ?pwd=20tt Extraction code: 20tt
3.2 Icon settings
(1) Create a new icon folder ;
In the user root directory, use the Ctrl + H shortcut keys to display hidden files and folders, and then create a new .icons icon folder.
(2) Unzip the downloaded 01-McMojave-circle-20200415125915.tar.xz software package, and then cut all the unzipped files into the .icons icon folder;
(3) Open the Tweaks software, select " Appearance " -> pull down the " Icons " and select " McMojave-circle ";
4 Taskbar beautification
4.1 Install extensions
(1) Open the Firefox browser, enter the URL GNOME Shell Extensions , and install the browser extension according to the prompts;
There are many plug-ins available on the website, and installing an extension on the browser will install the plug-in directly on the browser.
4.2 Install plug-ins
(1) After the extension is installed successfully, enter " Dash to Panel " in the search box;
(2) Click to enter the interface and click on the left side of " OFF " to install the plug-in;
(3) After the plug-in is successfully installed, the taskbar moves from the left side of the desktop to the bottom of the desktop;
(4) Right-click the blank area of the taskbar and select " Dash to Panel Settings ";
(5) According to your own preferences, you can set the color, transparency and shrinkage of the taskbar;
Summarize
The above is a simple beautification process for Ubuntu 20.04 . For more detailed beautification details, please explore according to your own preferences!