Ubuntu For Mac
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Do you want to make Ubuntu look like Mac OS X? If you do we’re going to show you how to do it, step-by-step.
The whole point of using Linux is that you can do things like this.
It doesn’t matter whether you have a bad case of Apple envy, or simply appreciate the design aesthetic of Apple’s OS; there’s nothing wrong with aping the appearance of a rival operating system.
Heck, the whole point of using Linux is that you are free to do things like this — after all, you certainly can’t make macOS look like Ubuntu!
How To Make Ubuntu Look like a Mac
A stack of mac GTK themes, icon sets, fonts and cursors are available for Linux, just a quick Google away.
The ones we include list below are the ones we use/think give you the best Mac-like look on your Linux box, but don’t be afraid to explore DeviantArt, Github and other avenues if our choices don’t suit your tastes.
1. Pick the Right Desktop Environment
GNOME Shell
To get the most Mac-like look on Linux you need to use the most appropriate desktop environment and that means you should use GNOME Shell.
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That’s not a slight against other desktop environments (DEs) like Unity, Budgie, MATE or Cinnamon, as other Linux DEs can be moulded to resemble the Cupertino OS too.
But GNOME Shell is the most customisable desktop environment, which is something of a key ask in a task like this. GNOME Shell lets you theme and re-arrange everything you need to with the least amount hackery or fuss.
If you’re using Ubuntu 18.04 LTS or later you already have everything you need to get started, so feel free to skip ahead.
But if you don’t have GNOME Shell installed on Ubuntu you will need to install it first.
To make this easy you can click the button below and follow in the on-screen prompts (select ‘lightdm’ as the display manager when asked):
You’re also going to need to the GNOME Tweaks tool in a few steps time, so install that now too:
Once both installations are complete you need to logout and select the ‘GNOME Shell’ session from the Unity Greeter:
A word on using Unity
One thing GNOME Shell can’t offer, that the Unity desktop can, is global menu support.
Now, I don’t consider this to be a negative as more and more applications use use Client Side Decorations, making the need for a global menu redundant.
But if having an omnipresent set of app menus stripped across the top of the screen is part of the Mac experience you don’t wish to lose, stick with Unity.
2. Install a Mac GTK Theme
The single easiest way to make Ubuntu look like a Mac is to install a Mac GTK theme.
Our top recommendation is the ‘macOS Mojave’ theme by Vinceluice. This is a near-enough pixel-perfect clone of Apple’s OS skin, and is available in light and dark versions. It’s one of the best designed Mac GTK themes out there (it also has a matching GNOME Shell theme).
The ‘macOS Mojave’ theme requires GNOME 3.20 or later, so you’ll need to be running Ubuntu 16.10 or later to use it.
If you’re running the older Ubuntu 16.04 LTS release you can use the competent ‘macOS Sierra’ clone created by the B00merang project:
Tip: How To Install GTK Themes
Once you download your chosen macOS theme from the link(s) above, you will need to install it.
To install themes in Ubuntu first extract the contents of the archive you downloaded, then move the folder inside to the ~/.themes folder in your Home directory.
If you do not see this folder press Ctrl + H to reveal hidden folders. Next, find the .themes folder or create it if it doesn’t exist. Move the extract folder mentioned above to this folder.
Finally, to change theme, open GNOME Tweak Tool > Appearance and select your chosen theme (and the GNOME Shell theme, if you also downloaded one).
3. Install a Mac Icon Set
Next grab some a Mac Icon set for Linux. A quick Google will throw up a bunch of results. Most, sadly, aren’t complete enough to function as a full icon set, so you’ll also want to use (and in some cases manually specify) a fall back icon theme like Faba, or Papirus.
To avoid all of that hassle you may wish to use the fabulous ‘La Capitaine‘ icon pack.
What’s great about La Capitaine is that it’s a proper Linux icon set, with custom macOS inspired icons for many Linux apps and not just a direct port of mac icons to Linux. It’s also totally open-source, and is available to download from Github.
How to Install Icon Themes
Once you’ve downloaded your chosen theme from the link(s) above you need to install it. To do this first extract the contents of the archive you download, then move the folder inside to the ~/.icons folder in your Home directory.
If you don’t see this folder press Ctrl + H to view hidden folders. Next, find the .icons folder or create it if it doesn’t exist. Move the extract folder mentioned above to this folder.
Finally, to apply, open GNOME Tweak Tool > Appearance and select your chosen theme.
4. Change the System Font
If you’ve used Mac OS X / macOS at some point in the past few years you’ll know it has clean, crisp system typography.
‘Lucida Grande’ is the familiar Mac system font, though Apple uses a system font called ‘San Franciso’ in recent releases of macOS.
A quick Google should turn up plenty more information (and links to download San Francisco font) but be aware that neither font is not licensed for distribution — so we can’t link you to it, sorry!
Thankfully there’s an open-source alternative to ‘Lucida Grande’ called Garuda. It’s even pre-installed out of the box on Ubuntu, so you don’t need to go on a font safari to find it.
Head to GNOME Tweak Tool > Fonts and set the ‘Windows Titles’ and ‘Interface’ fonts to Garuda Regular (or any other font you wish).
If you use Unity you can use Unity Tweak Tool to change the font on Ubuntu.
5. Add a Desktop Dock
Ask people what a Mac desktop looks like and chances are they will mention its ubiqutious desktop dock. This is a combined application launcher and window switcher.
If you opted to use GNOME Shell back in Step 1 install the excellent Dash to Dock extension from the GNOME extensions site. This dock can be adjusted, tweaked and tune to look exactly like its macOS counterpart.
Dash to Dock doesn’t look very mac-ish by default so you will want to dive in to the GNOME Tweak Tool > Extensions > Dash to Dock > Appearance to change the colour to white, and lower the opacity.
Plank Dock
If you chose to stick with the Unity desktop you can set the Unity Launcher to hide (System Settings > Desktop > Behaviour) and install Plank, a desktop dock, to handle app launching and window switching:
Plank can be configured with all sorts of themes too, making it easy to replicate the Mac OS X experience. Gnosemite is a faithful mac Plank theme worth a look.
That’s it; we’ve achieved our aim to make Ubuntu look like a Mac — now it’s your turn.
We’d love to see a screenshot of your mac-inspired creation so do feel free to share one in the comments.
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Since 7.04 Ubuntu, PowerPC downloads of Ubuntu are not available on all Ubuntu mirrors. Below you'll find links to the ISOs on the main Ubuntu server, as well as, help on finding mirrors.
Please review the PowerPC FAQ and the PowerPC Known Issues pages before installing. All the information you need for a successful install should be in those pages, so make sure you check them out first before wasting your time and effort on needless internet searches. Please do tell somebody on the Apple forum if you think the instructions are unclear or are missing something, but it would be great if you could make the improvement yourself!
You may also wish to read the general release notes.
14.04 Trusty Tahr
Ubuntu For Macbook 2008
Lubuntu (LTS, 3 years)
Desktop live install CD, alternate install CD
http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/lubuntu/releases/trusty/release/
Server (LTS, 5 years)
http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/releases/trusty/release/
Netboot/mini
http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/netboot/trusty/
12.04 Precise Pangolin
Ubuntu (LTS, 5 years)
Desktop live install CD, server install CD, alternate install CD, and preinstalled desktop image for various platforms
http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/releases/precise/release/
Kubuntu (LTS, 5 years)
Desktop live install CD, alternate install CD
http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/kubuntu/releases/precise/release/
Lubuntu
Ubuntu For Mac Usb
Desktop live install CD, alternate install CD
http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/lubuntu/releases/precise/release/
Xubuntu (LTS, 3 years)
Install via the mini/alternate CDs following the instructions in the PowerPC FAQ.
Netboot/mini
http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/netboot/precise/
Netboot/mini
http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/netboot/lucid/
Lubuntu
Desktop live install CD, alternate install CD
http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/lubuntu/releases/
Kubuntu
Desktop live install CD
http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/kubuntu/releases/
Server
http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/releases/
Netboot/mini
http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/netboot/
The following iso's are available for testing. In order for an iso to be released it must complete a series of test cases - volunteers are needed for this! Please also report bugs so that they get fixed prior to release.
Ubuntu MATE
Ubuntu For Machine Learning
Live CD - http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/ubuntu-mate/daily-live/current/
Lubuntu
Live CD - http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/lubuntu/daily-live/current/
Alternate CD - http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/lubuntu/daily/current/
Ubuntu-Server
http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/ubuntu-server/daily/current/
Netboot/Mini
http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/netboot/
http://old-releases.ubuntu.com/releases/
More specifically
http://old-releases.ubuntu.com/releases/ports/releases/
This is not an complete list (please add to it). Using the list of official CD mirrors and a bit of ingenuity traversing the mirror directory structures (for example, click on the Parent Directory/ or ./ link) you can probably find more mirrors that contain PowerPC releases. Most PowerPC ISOs are in a ports directory, but for others (e.g. 12.04) you can find them in the releases directory. Daily development builds can be found with other architectures in the daily/ (Alternate CD) or daily-live/ (Desktop CD) directories.
Academic Computer Club, Ume책 University, Sweden
Ubuntu For Macbook Pro
http://ftp.acc.umu.se/mirror/cdimage.ubuntu.com/
Silicon Hill, Czech Republic
http://ftp.sh.cvut.cz/MIRRORS/ubuntu-cdimage/
University of Waterloo Computer Science Club, Canada
http://mirror.csclub.uwaterloo.ca/ubuntu-ports-releases/
LeaseWeb, United States
http://mirror.us.leaseweb.net/ubuntu-cdimage/
Technische Universit채t Dresden, Germany
http://ubuntu.mirror.tudos.de/ubuntu-dvd/ports/releases/
Internode, Australia
http://mirror.internode.on.net/pub/
PowerPCDownloads (last edited 2015-09-12 06:48:05 by adamsmith)