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-title = "A Beginner's Guide: Customizing Ubuntu"
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-# More Information
-
-For inspiration on designing your \*nix computer, check out the
-[r/unixporn](https://libredd.it/r/unixporn) subreddit!
-
-# Customizing Ubuntu
-
-New to Linux and want to add a personal touch to your machine? One of the best
-perks of Linux is that it is **extremely** customizable. You can change the
-styles of the windows, shell (status bars/docks), icons, fonts, terminals, and
-more.
-
-In this post, I'm going to go through customization on Ubuntu 20.04 (GNOME)
-since most new users tend to choose Ubuntu-based distros. If you've found a way
-to install Arch with i3-gaps, I'm assuming you know how to find more advanced
-tutorials out there on customizations.
-
-## Required Tools
-
-Ubuntu 20.04 ships with the default desktop environment
-[Gnome](https://www.gnome.org/), which includes the handy `gnome-tweaks` tool to
-quickly change designs. To install this, just open your terminal and enter the
-following command:
-
-```sh
-sudo apt install gnome-tweaks
-```
-
-After you've finished installing the tool, simply launch the Tweaks application,
-and you'll be able to access the various customization options available by
-default on Ubuntu. You might even like some of the pre-installed options.
-
-## GNOME Application Themes
-
-To change the themes applied to applications in GNOME, you will need to change
-the Applications dropdown in the Appearance section of Tweaks. To add more
-themes, you will have to find your preferred theme online and follow the steps
-below to have it show up in the Tweaks tool. While you may find themes anywhere,
-one of the most popular sites for GNOME themes is
-[gnome-look.org](https://www.gnome-look.org/). This website contains themes for
-applications, shells, icons, and cursors.
-
-Steps to import themes into Tweaks:
-
-1. Download the theme.
-2. These files are usually compressed (.zip, .tar.gz, .tar.xz), so you will need
-   to extract the contents. This is easiest when opening the file explorer,
-   right-clicking the compressed file, and choosing "Extract here."
-3. Move the theme folder to `/usr/share/themes/`. You can do so with the
-   following command: `sudo mv theme-folder/ /usr/share/themes/`.
-    - Icons and cursors will be moved to the `/usr/share/icons/` folder.
-    - Fonts will be moved to the `/usr/share/fonts/` folder Alternatively, you
-      can move them to the `/usr/share/fonts/opentype/` or
-      `/usr/share/fonts/opentype/` folders, if you have a specific font type.
-4. Close tweaks if it is open. Re-open Tweaks and your new theme will be
-   available in the Applications dropdown in the Appearance section of Tweaks.
-
-If the theme is not showing up after you've moved it into the themes folder, you
-may have uncompressed the folder into a sub-folder. You can check this by
-entering the theme folder and listing the contents:
-
-```sh
-cd /usr/share/themes/Mojave-Dark && ls -la
-```
-
-This is an example of what the contents of your theme folder should look like.
-If you just see another folder there, you should move that folder up into the
-`/usr/share/themes/` folder.
-
-```sh
-cinnamon  COPYING  gnome-shell  gtk-2.0  gtk-3.0  index.theme  metacity-1  plank  xfwm4
-```
-
-## GNOME Shell Themes
-
-To change the appearance of the title bar, default dock, app menu, and other
-parts of the GNOME shell, you'll need to install the [user
-themes](https://extensions.gnome.org/extension/19/user-themes/) extension on
-[Gnome Extensions](https://extensions.gnome.org/). To be able to install
-extensions, you will first need to install the browser extension that the
-website instructs you to. See this screenshot for the blue box with a link to
-the extension.
-
-After the browser extension is installed, you will need to install the native
-host connector:
-
-```sh
-sudo apt install chrome-gnome-shell
-```
-
-Finally, you can go the [user
-themes](https://extensions.gnome.org/extension/19/user-themes/) extension page
-and click the installation button. This will enable the Shell option in Tweaks.
-Now you can move shell themes to the `/usr/share/themes` directory, using the
-same steps mentioned in the previous section, and enable the new theme in
-Tweaks.
-
-## Icons & Cursors
-
-Icons and cursors are installed exactly the same way, so I'm grouping these
-together in this post. Both of these items will need to follow the same process
-as installing themes, except you will want to move your font folders to the
-`/usr/share/icons/` directory instead.
-
-## Fonts
-
-Fonts are one of the overlooked parts of customization, but a good font can make
-the whole screen look different. For example, I have installed the [IBM
-Plex](https://github.com/IBM/plex/releases) fonts on my system. This follows the
-same process as installing themes, except you will want to move your font
-folders to the `/usr/share/fonts/` directory instead.
-
-## Terminal
-
-If you spend a lot of time typing commands, you know how important the style and
-functionality of the terminal is. After spending a lot of time using the default
-GNOME terminal with [unix
-shell](<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bash_(Unix_shell)>), I decided to try some
-different options. I ended up choosing
-[Terminator](https://terminator-gtk3.readthedocs.io/en/latest/) with
-[zsh](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Z_shell).
-
-Terminator is great if you need to open multiple terminals at one time by simply
-right-clicking and splitting the screen into as many terminals as you want.
-While this project hasn't been updated in a while, [it is coming under new
-development](https://github.com/gnome-terminator/terminator/issues/1). However,
-this terminal is great and I haven't experienced any errors yet.
-
-For the shell choice, I decided to choose zsh after trying it out on a fresh
-Manjaro installation. Zsh is great if you like to change the themes of your
-terminal, include icons, or add plugins.
-
-The desktop uses the
-[zsh-autosuggestions](https://github.com/zsh-users/zsh-autosuggestions) to
-suggest past commands as you type. In addition, it suggests corrections if you
-misspell a command. Lastly, it uses the `af-magic` theme, which adds dashed
-lines between commands, moving the user@host tag to the right side of the
-terminal, and changes the colors. There are plenty of plugins and themes to
-choose from. Just figure out what you like and add it to your `~/.zshrc` file!
-
-### Steps to Replicate My Terminal
-
-To install zsh on Ubuntu, enter the following command into a terminal:
-
-```sh
-sudo apt install zsh
-```
-
-Then, enter the next command to activate zsh:
-
-```sh
-sudo chsh -s $(which zsh) $(whoami)
-```
-
-To install Terminator on Ubuntu:
-
-```sh
-sudo apt install terminator
-```
-
-To install Oh My Zsh on Ubuntu:
-
-```sh
-sh -c "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.github.com/ohmyzsh/ohmyzsh/master/tools/install.sh)"
-```
-
-To install zsh-autosuggestions via Oh My Zsh:
-
-```sh
-git clone https://github.com/zsh-users/zsh-autosuggestions ${ZSH_CUSTOM:-~/.oh-my-zsh/custom}/plugins/zsh-autosuggestions
-```
-
-Then, add the following plugin wording to your `~/.zshrc` file (the default
-config usually has the `git` plugin activated, so just add any other plugins to
-the parentheses separated by a space):
-
-```sh
-nano ~/.zshrc
-```
-
-```sh
-plugins=(git zsh-autosuggestions)
-```
-
-Finally, you need to log out of your computer and log back in so your user shell
-can refresh.