Make your Ubuntu Look better than a Mac. (Part 2 - Install Mac features on Ubuntu)

Make your Ubuntu Look better than a Mac. (Part 2 - Install Mac features on Ubuntu)

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In my previous post, I explained how you can install a dock on your Ubuntu, hide the boring dash and how to change themes. In this post I'll show you how to install a spotlight and a better looking theme in Ubuntu.

In case you don't know, Spotlight is a system-wide desktop search feature of Apple's OS X and iOS operating systems. Spotlight is a selection-based search system, which creates an index of all items and files on the system. It is designed to allow the user to quickly locate a wide variety of items on the computer, including documents, pictures, music, applications, and System Preferences.



 

Indicator-Synapse Brings Spotlight-Like Search Bar to Linux. To install Synapse, run these commands in your terminal:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:elementary-os/unstable-upstream
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:birdie-team/stable
sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install indicator-synapse libkeybinder-3.0-0
 
 
This will install synapse to your system. Log out and log in back to see how it works. 


Stay tuned to see how to apply mac like icons and themes! Lots of Love! :) 
 
  
 
 
Update: Check out the next parts of this tutorial



-Make your Ubuntu look better than a Mac (Part 3 - Install Mac Icons in Ubuntu)

-Add a sexy weather widget to your Ubuntu desktop! 
 

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