Do you want ubuntu 17.04 to look like windows?
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Ubuntu 17.04 has the UKUI desktop environment, which was specifically designed to feel very familiar to Windows, available in system packages.
Installing UKUI on Ubuntu 17.04
The UKUI desktop environment is based on MATE that includes a custom layout, icon set, theme, and window style. It has a file manager similar in style to Windows Explorer (called 'Peony') and a Windows start menu.
The environment was developed by the Chinese community Ubuntu Kylin. For Ubuntu 17.04, Kylin made a last-minute switch to move from Unity to MATE UKUI, prompted by Canonical's announcement that it is to leave the Unity desktop and return to GNOME. In the following lines we are going to try to install this desktop environment in Ubuntu to be as similar as possible to Windows 10 and also comment on some of its advantages, let's go there.
If you are using Ubuntu 17.04 at the moment and want to install the UKUI desktop environment, all you have to do is click on the following link:
Install UKUI for Ubuntu 17.04
UKUI, of course, is open source so we can use it for free. In case the change convinces us too much, we can eliminate it by executing the command in Ubuntu Terminal:
Sudo apt purge ukui-desktop-environment ubuntukylin-default-settings peony-common
We can also make it easier and open Software & Updates> Other Software and remove the Ubuntu Kylin repository.
The UKUI kernel is made up of a single MATE panel with a custom set of applets and flags, including a Windows-style date / time applet, a simple volume slider, and a start menu that reminds us of the Microsoft system.
The desktop also has its own setup application designed to look like the Windows Control Panel and its own file manager called Peony. Peony is a variation of Nautilus that is designed to look like Windows Explorer, the famous file manager of a lifetime.
UKUI's arrival has been made possible through the collaboration of MATE, which includes its Ubuntu repository Zesty Zapus, which was launched very recently officially. You can install it together with Unity, GNOME and other desktop environments, although there are some details to keep in mind that we will indicate below.
Warnings
If you install UKUI desktop environment, it will also install Kylin Greeter (login and lock) and Ubuntu Kylin settings. This last package will affect the default Unity desktop layout by overwriting it with Ubuntu Kylin defaults (for example, the launcher at the bottom, Chinese language, etc.).
The default UKUI GTK theme lacks adequate GTK3 support. So the most recommended is to use it with the MATE environment and not with Unity due to some incompatibilities, although it would be equally functional. Keep this in mind before you launch into testing this desktop environment.
Ubuntu 17.04 was released about a week ago, which is a non-LTS version, which means that it will have support only until 2018, so it is an intermediate version until the next one that will come out next year with extended support. This version of the most popular Linux operating system is the latest version used by Unity as the default environment, which will use GNOME again in the next edition.
You can get the new version of Ubuntu from the following link.
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