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Make Your EEEPC Look Like Vista Or Leopard


Ever wanted to have the sleek look of vista and leopard on you eeepc? Well using this guide you can make your eeepc look like this:


Giving a new look to EEEPC UI (a.k.a veeesta)

This approach doesn't install any additional software, just some wallpapers, icons and IceWM theme. Anyway, you can get a slicker look with just a few minor changes.

 veeesta

The list of changes is:

  • wallpaper scaled from vista
  • ribbon background taken from vista
  • new icons
  • new IceWM theme
  • new Firefox Vista-aero theme
  • deletion of some icons from taskbar

Installing a new desktop manager

Setup and usage

  1. 1.Install the xandros repostires, and peform a apt-get update using the terminal. (CTRL-ALT-T)
  2. 2.Open up the terminal by pressing CTRL+ALT+T
  3. 3.Type in sudo apt-get install kicker ksmserver.
  4. 4.Press Y if prompted.
  5. 5.Now restart the eeepc, using the keys CTRL+ALT+BACKSPACE.
  6. 6.When the eeepc interface comes up, open the terminal again and type: apt-get install xfce4
  7. 7.When Prompted Type Y.
  8. 8.Then restart
  9. 9.Open up another terminal and type apt-get install gnome
  10. 10.Press Y if prompted
  11. 11.Near the end of the gnome install you will recieve an error, type dpkg –force-overwrite -i /var/cache/apt/archives/libvolume-id0_0.105-4_i386.deb
  12. 12.Then type apt-get install gnome.
  13. 13.A few minuites later it should have installed, to check type gnome-session, if it loads type xkill and click on one of the panels.
  14. 14.Restart

To launch gdm, to select them and login type: gdm

(Username is: user Password is: (your root password)

Customizing Interface XFCE4

  1. 2.Logout of xfce4 and open gnome, through gdm.
  2. 3. Install the theme normally.
  3. 4.Logout of gnome, and launch xfce through gdm.
  4. 5.Open up settings and click appearance and click the theme.
  5. 6. Select it and volia!

Customizing Interface GNOME

  1. 1.Download mac4lin
  2. 2.Setup according to instructions.

*COMING SOON* Automated Graphical Setup

  1. 1. Type sudo apt-get install dialog
  2. 2. Press Y when prompted
  3. 3. Download this shellscript: *COMING SOON*
besteeepc.txt · Last modified: 2008/07/17 08:52 by dtmilano