Went to try out linux-Ubuntu for the first time as I'm not a geek programmer so Ubuntu should be more friendly from a former windows user; it's not...
I wanted to install Windows 7 theme into Ubuntu so I could work my way round and adapt gradually.
Not much to ask from an OS to change a few appearances/themes etc.
So I paste this string of nonsense into the Ubuntu Console
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:noobslab/themes
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install win-themes
and
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:noobslab/icons
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install win-icons
and
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:freyja-dev/unity-tweak-tool-daily
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install unity-tweak-tool
and
sudo add-apt-repository "deb
http://repo.mate-desktop.org/archive/1.8/ubuntu $(lsb_release -cs) main"
and
wget -q
http://mirror1.mate-desktop.org/debi...ve-keyring.gpg -O- | sudo apt-key add -
and
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install mate-core mate-desktop-environment mate-notification-daemon
and
I then select the Unity tool from the lol dash to select the themes that I want.
and what do I get for my efforts?
Absolutely nothing...
The icons change to windows lookalike yes that's great however... the - [] X controls are on the left hand side of the window, the menu/taskbar is locked to the ceiling, there is no programs list; instead I hath to go through the lol dash and select apps and scroll all the way down to run a program I want.
In addition you cannot move icons around and drag them to the desktop, you hath to go to great lengths to do the most simplistic of things.
To troll it all off the system reverts back to its default theme when I restart Ubuntu.
At this point in time I just want to crawl under a rock and just die this system hath ruined my life and my afternoon I was just getting into it.
The only reason I got into Ubuntu is because of Bitcoin security, however I think I'll abandon this little venture and just use the OS for offline wOllets as it's supposedly more secure than windows.