How to customize linux like Mac Os - 2022

How to Customize Linux with Mac OS Appearance | Guide

Bored of the standard look and feel offered by most Linux distributions? Want a stylish desktop with the same ease of use? Do you like Desktop on Mac OS? Here is a guide to recreate the same on Linux.

This Desktop used Gnome (I use Ubuntu), but steps are also provided for other distributions.

What are we going to customize:

• Window Decorations

• The dock

• Icons

• Gnome Shell (that top bar etc.)

• A few more things (Mac OS such as window animations etc.)

• Neofetch

Pre Requisites:

A few things need to be installed first (run the commands without sudo if you want to install only for the current user), namely:

Install Gnome if you haven't already. People on Ubuntu have it by default. The package goes by the name gnome. gnome-extra too if you want more apps on Ubuntu. Also install gnome-tweak-tool and gnome-shell-extensions.

If you don't have .icons and .themes folders in ~home, create these folders, just enable Show Hidden Files to create hidden folders.

Theme:

Link: Repository GitHub Theme BigSur

Instaling:

git clone git@github.com:vinceliuice/WhiteSur-gtk-theme.git
cd WhiteSur-gtk-theme
sudo ./install.sh

Icons:

Link: Respository GitHub Theme BigSur

Instaling:

git clone git@github.com:vinceliuice/WhiteSur-icon-theme.git
cd WhiteSur-icon-theme
sudo ./install.sh

Shell:

Link: Gnome Look Shell BigSur

Instaling:

1) Download zip file (with dark/light theme or your preference)
2) Copy theme and place in /home/username/.themes

Cursor:

Link: Gnome Look Cursor BigSur

Instaling:

1) Download zip file (macOSBigSur)
2) Copy file and place in /home/username/.icons

Installing Gnome Shell Extensions

Go to Gnome Shell Extensions and install the required browser extension (you need to install an extension to install an extension)

Here is a list of extensions you need to enable/install

• User Themes (required for custom Gnome Shell Themes)

• Compiz Alike Window Effect (That wobbly effect when you move a window in MacOS)
  

• Compiz Alike Magic Lamp Effect (That magic lamp effect when you close a window in Mac OS)

• Just Perfection (Move/Modify Top Bar Icons)

• Coverflow Alt-Tab (Different animation when you switch applications with ALT + TAB)

A Few Tweaks

Open Gnome Tweaks (The app is named just Tweaks) and do the following

Under Appearance > Themes set Applications to WhiteSur-Light (or dark if you want to)
Under Appearance > Themes set Shell to WhiteSur-Light (or dark if you want to)
Under Appearance > Themes set Icons to WhiteSur
Under Appearance > Themes set Cursors to WhiteSur Cursors

Wallpaper Mac OS BigSur Dark

Dock

Instaling Plank:

sudo add-apt-repository -y ppa:ricotz/docky
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install plank

Link: Theme Mac OS for Plank

Instaling Theme for Plank:

1) Download zip file (mcOS-BS-iMacM1-Black.zip) or a theme of your choice.
2) Copy file and place in /home/local/share/plank/themes
3) Apply theme to plank, open your terminal and type `plank --preferences` and change the theme.

Fildem

Fildem is a global settings menu that you have on Mac OS.

GitHub Link for Installing and Configuring Fildem

Neofetch

My Neofetch configuration

Instaling Theme Neofetch:

1) Copy my configuration
2) Paste it in home/.config/neofetch/config.conf

PS: You will have to clear your config.conf first.

Fonts

Link Download Fonts Apple

uLaucher

Instaling uLaucher:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:agornostal/ulauncher && sudo apt update && sudo apt install ulauncher