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Although Microsoft is ending its support for Windows XP operating system in 2014, I think that does not stop people from pimping their XP to look like a classic Ubuntu operating system.
Visit Martik-Scorp blogspot site for more information to turn Microsoft Windows XP desktop to look alike Classic Ubuntu.
Unity users can easily monitor CPU and Memory usage by using indicator-sysmonitor application.
To install it, you just need to add alexeftimie PPA repository using these simple command:
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:alexeftimie/ppa
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install indicator-sysmonitor
Note that this doesn't work on previous Ubuntu 10.xx releases.
Alternatively, you can install Conky by running the command:
sudo apt-get install conky
You can get the GNOME 3 Tweak Tool from:
git clone http://git.gnome.org/browse/gnome-tweak-tool
You might be interested on the guide of how to install GNOME 3 on Ubuntu 11.04 (Natty Narwhal)
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This is a continuation from my post of running Android on my AMD decTOP machine.
Of all Linux distribution that I tried, I found out that only Puppy Linux offered a usable GUI desktop environment on a plain vanilla AMD decTOP out of the box, but that is not without some effort on the installer side.
On the other hand, it is very easy to get Windows XP running on a plain vanilla AMD decTOP, without additional hardware upgrades. Here is my prove.
It seems Windows XP is more tolerant to low end desktops (or in this case, decTOP) than Linux operating system for fully GUI environment. Are we getting bloated?
AMD decTOP specs
RAM: 128MB RAM DDR2
HDD: 10GB IDE
Processor: AMD Geode GX 500, 366 MHz clock rate
I found a great article from UbuntuGeek on how to turn Microsoft Windows 7 desktop to Ubuntu, with proper theme hack. The result is amazing!
You can read the rest of the article here: How To Make Windows 7 look like Ubuntu
Windows users should be familiar with the “Windows Key” present on most QWERTY keyboards. This key supposedly brings up the “Start Menu” on Microsoft Windows operating system, but it is useless when in Ubuntu, as it does nothing when pressed. Here’s how to make the “Windows Key” to function similarly in Ubuntu as in Windows operating system.
Firstly, go to the Gnome desktop and click on the “System menu”. Then go to “Preferences” and select “Keyboard Shortcuts”. Then look for “Show Panel Menu” under “Action” column and click the shortcut column. Press the “Windows Key”. Close the dialog and you’re done. Here’s the screenshot of the dialog for your reference.
Extra Added Touch?
For an extra added touch, you can replace the “Windows” logo on the “Windows Key” with the Ubuntu ones. System76 offers free Ubuntu logo stickers to be used on the “Windows Logo” key, and the good news is you can order it for free! (the bad news is, it only available to few selected countries only)
Happy hacking!