Flekken wrote:Bump.
Wondering about the same thing. Are there some Ubuntu themes for YDL? I have tried to Google it, but I dosen`t found anything.
It depends what you mean by Ubuntu theme.
Let me explain a couple of things about Unix (including Linux) and GUIs.
Unix, by default, does not include any kind of GUI. We use a program called X Windows to provide a graphical user environment.
However - X Windows - by default - only draws windows on the screen. All the rest of a modern GUI - scroll bars, close buttons, maximize buttons, etc. - are not defined. Instead, you load a program called a Window Manager to handle this.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/X_window_managerNow - window managers are pretty plain by themselves. After a while, folks started putting together some libraries that had cut and paste functions, system level libraries, etc. to extend the base functionality of the window managers. These are called desktop managers (or desktop environments)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Desktop_en ... dow_SystemOkay - now we can discuss what you're asking.
YDL, Ubuntu and most other modern Linuxes run one of a few Desktop Environments - usually Enlightenment (E17), GNOME, Xfce and/or KDE. These desktop environments, in turn, run some sort of Window manager. This is the Unix equivalent to Microsoft Windows "themes".
YDL runs Enlightenment (E17) by default. So - first - you need to get YDL running the same desktop environment as Ubuntu. From peeking around Ubuntu's page, their default environment appears to be GNOME. You can switch to this in YDL almost immediately - I think it comes pre-installed by default. To do this, when you log in, select Sessions from the greeting screen, and pick GNOME, then log in as usual. This should make the desktop look pretty darn close to Ubuntu.
BTW - there are versions of all the major desktop environments available for YDL. You may need to add the extra repositories listed here:
viewtopic.php?t=3017to be able to install them via Add/Remove Programs.
Now - GNOME does allow some extra customization as well. Unfortunately, they call them themes as well. There are some examples here:
http://art.gnome.org/themesbut I've never used them.
Hope this helps answer your questions.
Cheers,
Paul