Ubuntu Eye Candy is intended as an index for all the things in the wiki that are mostly intended to make Ubuntu look cooler and/or slicker, rather than the more "serious" configuration options documented elsewhere.
Fairly short items can be added directly to this page; existing or longer items should get their own pages with links from here.
Changing Desktop Wallpaper
Right-click on your desktop and choose Change Desktop Background. Pick a wallpaper from the list, or choose the Add Wallpaper button to add an image from any directory.
Use the Desktop Colors selector to change the background behind translucent or semi-transparent images - this works very well with SVG graphics.
Ubuntu Eyecandy Pages
- ["Upower"]: add a boot-up splash screen to Ubuntu
["GnomeFoot"]: Replace the Gnome foot on the Applications menu with the Ubuntu logo - note that Ubuntu 5.10 (Breezy Badger) does this by default!
["WallpaperTray"]: Random wallpaper utility
[:QtGnome:Qt-Gnome]: Make KDE applications more GNOME-like
Other Eyecandy Resources
[http://doc.gwos.org/index.php/EyeCandyBreezy BreezyCust Eyecandy Page]: List of a few how-to's and tweaks
Possibly Unstable Eye Candy
(Use at your own risk!)
["DropShadows"]: adding Drop Shadows to your desktop windows
- ["3ddesktopHowto"]: 3d Desktop installation
["LuminocityHowTo"]: install Luminocity now in order to try out the new effects
["GnomeLaunchBox"]: Mac OSX-style application launcher
["TransparentTerminals"]: Transparent terminal windows on your desktop
Ubuntu Art Pages
["ArtTeam"]: Ubuntu Art Team
- ["Artwork/Official"]: Official Ubuntu artwork, and policy for using it.
["CommunityArtwork"]: Community artwork links
["UbuntuTitle"]: the official Ubuntu Title Typeface