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Eminem - RELAPSE

01. Intro
02. Crack A Bottle ft.50 cent Dr.Dre
03. Lowdowndirty
04. Monkey see monkey do
05. Scary Movie
06. What do you got
07. Can I Bitch
08. Wanksta Freestyle
09. My Fault
10. Stir Crazy
11. Off The Wall feat. Redman
12. The Bad Guys Always Die feat. Dr Dre
13. Nothing To Do
14. Till I Collapse
15. Puke
16. Business
17. Bin Laden Diss
18. Slow Yo Roll feat D12
19. 8 Mile battle freestyles
20. +Bonus Track+ Crack A Bottle Ft. Dr. Dre 50 Cent

Dowlload links

http://rapidshare.com/files/231611197/E32.part1.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/231609894/E32.part2.rar

NiXmuzicBoX.3.Top 40

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NiXmuzicBox......2.....rock

Top 40 singles Uk

download code is given below

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Alesha Dixon - Breathe Slow
Alesha Dixon - The Boy Does Nothing
Alexandra Burke - Hallelujah
Beyonce - If I Were A Boy
Beyonce - Single Ladies (Put A Ring On It)
Britney Spears - Circus
Daniel Merriweather - Change
Eminem, Dr Dre & 50 Cent - Crack A Bottle
Girls Aloud - The Loving Kind
James Morrison & Nelly Furtado - Broken Strings
Jason Mraz - I'm Yours
Jordin Sparks - One Step At A Time
Kanye West - Heartless
Katy Perry - Hot 'n' Cold
Kevin Rudolf & Lil Wayne - Let It Rock
Kid Cudi vs Crookers - Day 'n' Nite
Killers - Human
Killers - Spaceman
Kings Of Leon - *** On Fire
Kings Of Leon - Use Somebody
Lady GaGa, Colby O'Donis & Akon - Just Dance
Lady Gaga - Poker Face
Leona Lewis - Run
Lily Allen - The Fear
M.I.A - Paper Planes
MGMT - Kids
Morrissey - I'm Throwing My Arms Around Paris
N-Dubz - Strong Again
Ne-Yo - Mad
P!nk - Sober
Pussycat Dolls - Whatcha Think About That
Shontelle - T-Shirt
T.I & Justin Timberlake - Dead And Gone
The All-American Rejects - Gives You Hell
The Fray - You Found Me
The Prodigy - Omen
The Saturdays - Issues
The Saturdays - Up
The Script - Breakeven
Tinchy Stryder & Taio Cruz - Take Me Back

Code:

http://ugotfile.com/file/67007/Various-UK_Top_40_Singles-15-02-2009-www.brna.my1.ru.part1.rar?rid=439

http://ugotfile.com/file/67005/Various-UK_Top_40_Singles-15-02-2009-www.brna.my1.ru.part2.rar?rid=439

http://ugotfile.com/file/67004/Various-UK_Top_40_Singles-15-02-2009-www.brna.my1.ru.part3.rar?rid=439

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Sublime discography

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Sublime - 40 oz to freedom (1992)
CODE

Code:

http://rapidshare.com/files/136632592/sub40oz.rar

Sublime - A Day in the Sun (1995)
CODE

Code:

http://rapidshare.com/files/136635633/sub-daysun.rar

Sublime - Acoustic [Bradley Nowell & Friends] (1997)
CODE

Code:

http://rapidshare.com/files/136641939/subauc1997.rar

Sublime - Bums Lie - The Psyco Semantic Police (1995)
CODE

Code:

http://rapidshare.com/files/136645255/subbumslie.rar

Sublime - Contact Buzz (1995)
CODE

Code:

http://rapidshare.com/files/136652615/subcontbuzz95.rar

Sublime - Dog Gone Blues (1997)
CODE

Code:

http://rapidshare.com/files/136659795/subdog97.rar

Sublime - FireCracker Lounge (1995)
CODE

Code:

http://rapidshare.com/files/136673457/subfurecracker95.rar

Sublime - Fox Theatre (1995)
CODE

Code:

http://rapidshare.com/files/136670106/subfox95.rar

Sublime - Greatest Hits (1999)
CODE

Code:

http://rapidshare.com/files/136678597/subhits99.rar

Sublime - Hollywood Swingers (1998)
CODE

Code:

http://rapidshare.com/files/136697063/subswinger98.rar

Sublime - House of Blues (1996)
CODE

Code:

http://rapidshare.com/files/136803896/subhouse96.rar

Sublime - Shooting Up in Beantown (1996)
CODE

Code:

http://rapidshare.com/files/136728963/subShooting96.rar

Sublime - Stand By your Van Live (1998)
CODE

Code:

http://rapidshare.com/files/136722295/subStand98.rar

Sublime - Sublime (1996)
CODE

Code:

http://rapidshare.com/files/136710897/Subsub96.rar

Sublime - The Black Album (1996)
CODE

Code:

http://rapidshare.com/files/136702345/subblack96.rar

Sublime - Jah Won't Pay the Bills (1991)
CODE

Code:

http://rapidshare.com/files/136685103/subjah91.rar

Sublime - Pure Anus (1995)
CODE

Code:

http://rapidshare.com/files/136688805/subpur95.rar

Sublime - Robbin' The Hood (1994)
CODE

Code:

http://rapidshare.com/files/136683182/subhood94.rar

Sublime - Second Hand Smoke (1997)
CODE

Code:

http://rapidshare.com/files/136734830/subSecond97.rar

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The_Vibrators-Pure_Punk-2009

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Track List ---------------------------------------------------------------- -

01. Troops Of Tomorrow ( 5:33)
02. I Kissed A Girl ( 3:10)
03. White Riot ( 1:44)
04. New Rose ( 2:38)
05. Sheena Is A Punk Rocker ( 2:35)
06. Automatic Lover ( 2:19)
07. (Get A) Grip (On Yourself) ( 3:35)
08. Sonic Reducer With Wayne Kramer (Of MC5) ( 3:13)
09. Pretty Vacant ( 3:05)
10. Emotional Blackmail ( 2:44)
11. (I'm) Stranded ( 3:18)
12. Baby Baby ( 3:48)
13. Nasty Nasty ( 2:01)
14. Into The Valley ( 3:20)
15. Vibrator With Leonard Graves Phillips (of The ~censored~) ( 3:19)
16. Rip Up The City ( 3:15)
17. Judy Is A Punk ( 1:25)
18. Born To Lose ( 2:50)
19. Teenage Kicks ( 2:17)
20. Whips And Furs ( 2:06)
21. Borstal Breakout ( 2:07)
22. Beat On The Brat ( 2:23)

Code:

http://rapidshare.com/files/203430149/The_Vibrators-Pure_Punk-2009-FNT.rar

The_Balls_Of_Justice-The_Kids_Have_Fun-EP-2008

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Code:

http://rapidshare.com/files/203376765/The_Balls_Of_Justice-The_Kids_Have_Fun-EP-2008-pLAN9.rar

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Coldplay--Life_in_Technicolor_II-WEB-2009

Code:

http://rapidshare.com/files/198620421/Life.rar

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Metallica-All Nightmare Long (Disc 3)-(DVDS)-2008

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RiPPER....... VERiTAS
LABEL......... Vertigo
ENCODER...... LAME v3.97
BiTRATE....... VBRkbps/44.1kHz
MODE......... JStereo
GRABBER....... EACv0.95b3/--V2
YEAR......... 2008
RELEASE SiZE.. 60,6 MB
TUNES........ 03
SOURCE........ DVD
GENRE........ Metal

RLS DATE..... 27.01.2009
STR DATE..... 12.12.2008

Code:

http://www.metallica.com/

N. T R A C K N A M E. TiME.


01 All Nightmare Long 07:57
02 Berlin Magnetic (Documentary) 31:51
03 Rock Im Park Container Rehearsal 14:46



TOTAL 54:34 min


R E L E S E N O T E S


Track 2 filmed on September 12, 2008 at the "Death
Magnetic Album Release Party" at the O2 World,
Berlin, Germany.

Track 3 filmed on June 8, 2008, in a Rehearsal
Container (!!!) Prior to the Rock Im Park Festival
Appearance in Nuremburg, Germany.

Source: AC3 2Channels

Thanks to XmX for the source.

Code:

http://www.metallica.com/

Code:

http://www.myspace.com/metallica

CODE

Code:

http://rapidshare.com/files/190681461/Metallica-All_Nightmare_Long__Disc_3_-_DVDS_-2008-VERiTAS.rar

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Elvis Presley - ELV1S 30 #1 Hits (2002)



01. Heartbreak Hotel
02. Don't Be Cruel
03. Hound Dog
04. Love Me Tender
05. Too Much
06. All Shook Up
07. (Let Me Be Your) Teddy Bear
08. Jailhouse Rock
09. Don't
10. Hard Headed Woman
11. One Night
12. (Now And Then There's) A Fool Such As I
13. A Big Hunk O' Love
14. Stuck On You
15. It's Now Or Never
16. Are You Lonesome Tonight?
17. Wooden Heart
18. Surrender
19. (Marie's The Name) His Latest Flame
20. Can't Help Falling In Love
21. Good Luck Charm
22. She's Not You
23. Return To Sender
24. (You're The) Devil In Disguise
25. Crying In The Chapel
26. In The Ghetto
27. Suspicious Minds
28. The Wonder Of You
29. Burning Love
30. Way Down
31. A Little Less Conversation (JXL Radio Edit Remix) (Bonus Track)
320 kbs / 165 mb

CODE

Code:

http://depositfiles.com/files/bhel727jx

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101 Power Ballads



Tracklisting:
CD1
01. Queen - I Want It All 04:02
02. Nickelback - Rockstar 04:15
03. Anastacia - Left Outside Alone 03:53
04. Tina Turner - The Best 04:07
05. Whitesnake - Here I Go Again 03:53
06. Alice Cooper - Poison 04:28
07. Starship - We Built This City 04:51
08. Meat Loaf And Cher - Dead Ringer For Love 04:22
09. Kenny Loggins - Danger Zone 03:31
10. Roy Orbison - I Drove All Night 03:41
11. REO Speedwagon - Take It On The Run 04:00
12. Bonnie Tyler - Total Eclipse Of The Heart 04:28
13. Bill Medley And Jennifer Warnes - 04:48
(Ive Had) The Time Of My Life
14. Cutting Crew - (I Just) Died In Your Arms 04:34
15. Richard Marx - Hazard 04:43
16. Air Supply - All Out Of Love 04:01
17. Pandoras Box - Its All Coming Back To Me Now 06:34

CD2
01. Foreigner - I Want To Know What Love Is 04:54
02. Mr. Mister - Kyrie 04:25
03. Toto - Rosanna 03:59
04. Chicago - Hard Habit To Break 04:43
05. Journey - Dont Stop Believin 04:10
06. John Waite - Missing You 03:29
07. T Pau - China In Your Hand 03:59
08. Martika - Toy Soldiers 04:19
09. Bangles - Eternal Flame 03:53
10. The Cars - Drive 03:55
11. Eric Carmen - All By Myself 04:48
12. Marillion - Lavender 03:42
13. The Tubes - Dont Want To Wait Anymore 03:52
14. Simple Minds - Alive And Kicking 04:34
15. Billy Idol - Eyes Without A Face 04:09
16. Thunder - Love Walked In 06:24
17. Gary Moore - Parisienne Walkways (Live) 03:41
18. The Jeff Healey Band - While My Guitar Gently Weeps 05:07

CD3
01. Jeff Buckley - Hallelujah 06:55
02. Lou Reed - Perfect Day 03:46
03. Robbie Williams - Angels 04:25
04. Chad Kroeger - Hero (Feat. Josey Scot) 03:18
05. The Calling - Wherever You Will Go 03:27
06. Feeder - Feeling A Moment 04:11
07. Nickelback - How You Remind Me 03:43
08. Daughtry - Home 04:15
09. Kelly Clarkson - Because Of You 03:39
10. Avril Lavigne - Complicated 04:05
11. Anastacia - Im Outta Love 04:02
12. Survivor - Eye Of The Tiger 03:59
13. Bonnie Tyler - Holding Out For A Hero 04:22
14. Belinda Carlisle - Heaven Is A Place On Earth 04:06
15. Boston - More Than A Feeling 04:44
16. Huey Lewis And The News - The Power Of Love 03:54
17. Europe - The Final Countdown 03:59

CD4
01. Phil Collins - In The Air Tonight 05:29
02. John Farnham - Youre The Voice 05:04
03. REO Speedwagon - Keep On Loving You 03:22
04. Whitesnake - Is This Love 03:56
05. Mr. Mister - Broken Wings 04:23
06. Starship - Nothings Gonna Stop Us Now 04:26
07. Roxette - Fading Like A Flower (Every Time You Leave) 03:51
08. Kim Carnes - Bette Davis Eyes 03:44
09. Tina Turner - Whats Love Got To Do With It 03:17
10. Joe Cocker - You Can Leave Your Hat On 04:13
11. Paul Carrack - Dont Shed A Tear 03:43
12. Marillion - Kayleigh 03:33
13. Cheap Trick - The Flame 05:39
14. The Babys - Every Time I Think Of You 04:02
15. Pat Benatar - We Belong 03:31
16. Corey Hart - Sunglasses At Night 05:19
17. Poison - Every Rose Has Its Thorn 03:46

CD5
01. Nilsson - Without You 03:19
02. Raspberries - Overnight Sensation 05:26
03. David Bowie - Life On Mars 03:49
04. Paul Mccartney - Maybe Im Amazed 03:50
05. Joe Cocker - You Are So Beautiful 02:44
06. Roy Orbison - Running Scared 02:15
07. The Animals - The House Of The Rising Sun 04:29
08. Nazareth - Love Hurts 03:51
09. Jeff Beck And Rod Stewart - Ive Been Drinking 03:17
10. Fleetwood Mac - Need Your Love So Bad 06:13
11. Sad Cafe - Every Day Hurts 04:05
12. Colin Blunstone - Wonderful 05:02
13. Barclay James Harvest - Mockingbird 06:35
14. Manfred Manns Earth Band - Blinded By The Light 07:05
15. Electric Light Orchestra - Wild West Hero 04:41
16. Frankie Mille - Darlin 03:04
17. Mott The Hoople - Saturday Gigs 04:21

CD6
01. Sinead Oconnor - Nothing Compares 2 U 05:08
02. Cyndi Lauper - Time After Time 03:51
03. Toto - I Wont Hold You Back 04:58
04. Journey - Open Arms 03:20
05. Bad English - When I See You Smile 04:18
06. Europe - Carrie 04:31
07. Kansas - Carry On Wayward Son 05:22
08. The Kiki Dee Band - Ive Got The Music In Me 04:59
09. Patti Smith Group - Because The Night 03:21
10. Divinyls - I Touch Myself 03:47
11. Meredith Brooks - Bitch 03:57
12. T Pau - Heart And Soul 04:15
13. Roxette - Listen To Your Heart 05:27
14. Michael Bolton - How Am I Supposed To Live Without You 04:13
15. Meat Loaf - Bat Out Of Hel 09:50

CODE

Code:

http://rapidshare.com/files/163372081/VA-101_Power_Ballads-6CD-2008-C4.part1.rar

Code:

http://rapidshare.com/files/163375680/VA-101_Power_Ballads-6CD-2008-C4.part2.rar

Code:

http://rapidshare.com/files/163379178/VA-101_Power_Ballads-6CD-2008-C4.part3.rar

Code:

http://rapidshare.com/files/163382602/VA-101_Power_Ballads-6CD-2008-C4.part4.rar

Code:

http://rapidshare.com/files/163386193/VA-101_Power_Ballads-6CD-2008-C4.part5.rar

Code:

http://rapidshare.com/files/163389923/VA-101_Power_Ballads-6CD-2008-C4.part6.rar

Code:

http://rapidshare.com/files/163391217/VA-101_Power_Ballads-6CD-2008-C4.part7.rar

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Guns N' Roses - Chinese Democracy



Guns N' Roses
Chinese Democracy
Label: Geffen
Genre: Rock
Playtime: 1h 14min 42sec total
Store date: 2008-11-23

Track List:
--------
01. Chinese Democracy 4:42
02. Shackler's Revenge 3:49
03. Better 5:11
04. Street Of Dreams 5:01
05. If The World 5:10
06. There Was A Time 7:01
07. Catcher N' The Rye 6:06
08. Scraped 3:41
09. Riad N' The Bedouins 4:00
10. Sorry 6:26
11. I.R.S. 4:21
12. Madagascar 6:07
13. This I Love 6:38
14. Prostitute 6:29

One of the most highly anticipated album releases of the decade!
Chinese Democracy marks Guns N' Roses first new studio album since 1993's
"The Spaghetti Incident?", and their first album of original studio material
since the simultaneous release of Use Your Illusion I and II in September
1991.

Download:

CODE

Code:

http://netload.in/dateiNjgzNzcwND/ChineseDemocracy

VO- Downloadkingz.part1.rar.htm

Code:

http://netload.in/dateiODU4NzI5MD/ChineseDemocracy

VO- Downloadkingz.part2.rar.htm

Code:

http://rapidshare.com/files/165053990/ChineseDemocracy_VO-_Downloadkingz.part1.rar

Code:

http://rapidshare.com/files/165051876/ChineseDemocracy_VO-_Downloadkingz.part2.rar

Password:

CODE

Downloadkingz[color="Silver"]


Suicide Silence, The Cleansing



The Cleansing

1. Revelations (Intro)
2. Unanswered
3. Hands of a Killer
4. The Price of Beauty
5. The Disease
6. No Pity For a Coward
7. The Disease
8. Bludgeoned to Death
9. Girl of Glass
10. In a Photograph
11. Eyes Sewn Shut
12. Green Monster
13. Destruction of a Statue (Bonus Track)

CODE

Code:

http://rapidshare.com/files/91343776/SUICIDE_SILENCE_The_Cleansing.zip

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Turn UBUNTU 8.10 (Intrepid) into MAC OSx

This is an updated version of my previous post Turn Ubuntu Hardy into Mac OSX.

That post was written six months ago and many things have changed during this period of time: release of Ubuntu Intrepid, newer Mac4Lin theme, better globalmenu applet etc. As such, I have decided to rewrite this tutorial for the Intrepid platform.

Disclaimer: This tutorial was based on Ubuntu Intrepid and Mac4Lin RC1 themes. I don’t guarantee that it will work on other distro or other version of Ubuntu.

Download the Mac4Lin themes and extract it to your Home folder. You should see a Mac4Lin_v1.0_RC1 folder that contains all the configuration files in your Home directory.

Preparing the installation path

Next, in your Home directory, press Ctrl + H to reveal all the hidden files. Check if any of the three folders .themes, .fonts, .emerald exist. If not, create three folders and name them .themes, .fonts, .emerald. Create another folder within .emerald folder and name it themes.

Installing the Mac4Lin themes

Open a terminal, type in:

cd Mac4Lin_v1.0_RC1
sh Mac4Lin_Install_v1.0_RC.sh

This will install the Gnome themes (window border and icons), change the wallpaper and the panel background.

During the installation process, the installer will ask you for root access in order to install certain components (refer to the image below). Type y to continue.

After the installation, your desktop should look something like this:

Installing the AWN dock

(The AWN dock may/may not work in all machine. If you find that it does not work after following the instructions below, you may want to try out Cairo dock that is less demanding on the machine.)

The AWN dock requires a compositing manager to work. If your system supports Compiz, it will be able to run AWN as well. if not, we have to install the X compositing manager.

Go to System -> Preferences -> Appearance, click on the Visual Effects tab. Click on the Extra radio button. If you see the following image, then your computer does not support Compiz. (If you don’t see the image below, proceed directly to install AWN.)

You have to install the alternative X composition manager

sudo apt-get install xcompmgr

Add it to your auto-start list. Go to System -> Preferences -> Session. Add the following:

Install AWN

The AWN dock is already included in the Intrepid repository, so you can easily install it by clicking this link. Alternatively, you can also type the following command in the terminal:

sudo apt-get install avant-window-navigator

Once the installation is done, go to Preferences -> AWN Manager. On the left pane, click on the Themes. On the right, click Add. Navigate to the Mac4Lin_v1.0_RC1 folder. Open up the AWN folder and select Mac4Lin_AWN_v1.0_RC.tar.gz. Click Open. The AWN theme should be installed now. Check the radio button beside the theme and click Apply. Click Close.

Before we launch the AWN, we need to remove the bottom panel so that there won’t be an overlap. At the bottom panel, right-click the mouse and select Delete This Panel. Activate AWN by going to Applications -> Accessories -> Avant Window Navigator. You should see the AWN loading up in the bottom of the screen. To add applications to the dock, click on the Applications at the top panel and navigate to the particular application you want to add. Drag the application icon to the dock. That’s it. You should see something like the image below:

To start AWN everytime you log in, go to System -> Preferences -> Sessions. Click Add. Fill up the following:

Click Add, follow by Close. AWN will now automatically load when you login to your computer.

Installing OSX font

Go to System -> Preferences -> Appearance. Click on the Fonts tab Change the following field to the same as the image below:

Make sure the Subpixel smoothing (LCDs) button is checked. Click Close.

Installing Global menu

There is a repository for Ubuntu Intrepid that you can add to the sources.list, but it is not the updated version (0.6) and it is buggy. Instead, we will download the latest version (0.7.1) from the code homepage. In the future when the repository is updated to the newer and more stable version, I will update this post again.

For 32-bit machine

Download gnome-globalmenu-0.7.1-1.fc10.i386.rpm to your Home folder from the Globalmenu Google code site.

Note that the file is of rpm format. We need to use alien to convert it to deb format.

In the terminal, type:

sudo apt-get install alien
sudo alien --scripts gnome-globalmenu-0.7.1-1.fc10.i386.rpm

This will create a gnome-globalmenu-0.7.1-1.fc10.i386.deb file in your Home folder. Double-click on the deb file to activate the installer. Click Install Package to install Globalmenu.

For 64-bit machine

Open your text-editor (Applications -> Accessories -> Text Editor).

Copy and paste the following:

# Uncomment to load the GTK module
export GTK_MODULES=globalmenu-gnome
# Uncomment to tell the GTK module to open a Gtk
# TreeView for all menus in the application you start.
# export GNOMENU_FUN=1
# Uncomment to disable global menu.
# export GNOMENU_DISABLED=1
# Uncomment to print a lot of debugging messages
# export GNOMENU_VERBOSE=1
# Uncomment to save the debugging messages to the given file.
# export GNOMENU_LOG_FILE=/tmp/gnomenu.log
# uncomment to disable the plugin for specific programs.
# export GTK_MENUBAR_NO_MAC="fast-user-switch-applet"

Save the file as .gnomerc in the Home folder.

In your terminal,

gksu gedit /etc/apt/sources.list

Add the following line to the end of the file. Save and close.

deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/globalmenu-team/ubuntu intrepid main

Back in your terminal,

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install gnome2-globalmenu

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Now, on the top panel, remove all the icons and menu from the left side of the panel. Right-click on the icon and select “Remove from panel”.

On the right of the top panel, remove the logout icon. Still on the right hand side of the top panel, right click and select ‘Add to panel‘. Scroll down the list and add ‘Search for files‘. This will add the spotlight icon to the panel.

On the left of the top panel, right click and select ‘Add to panel‘. Scroll down the list and add Main Menu and Global Menu Panel Applet.

The Globalmenu might not appear or work well after you have added it. Logout and login again and you should see the globalmenu working perfectly on the top panel.

Right click on the globalmenu and select Preferences. Check “Enable Global Menu” and unchecked “Icon”.

The globalmenu is compatible with most of the GTK application. However, some programs, such as Firefox will not work with it.

Creating Dashboard effect

We will use a combination of screenlets and Compiz widget plugin to achieve the dashboard effect.

If you have not installed Screenlets, click here to install.

If you have not installed Compiz Configuration Settings Manager, click here to install.

Alternatively, you can also type the following command in terminal to install:

sudo apt-get install screenlets compizconfig-settings-manager

Go to System->Preferences->CompizConfig Settings Manager. On the Left, click on Desktop. On the right, put a check beside ‘Widget layer’

Go to Applications –>Accessories->Screenlets. Activate the widgets that you want to display. Right click on the widget and select ‘Properties’. Go to Options tab and select ‘Treat as widget’. Do this for all the widgets that you have activated.

You can now see your dashboard in action by pressing F9.

Fixing up some small detail

Until now, your desktop should be very close to a Mac desktop, but there are still some small details such as the Gnome icon at the top panel, mouse cursor etc. Let’s fix them up now.

Replace the apple logo

1. Download the apple icon (Right-click and select “save link as”).

2. Go to Places –> Home Folder. Press Ctrl + H to reveal the hidden files.

3. Navigate to /.icons/Mac4Lin_Icons_v1.0_RC/scalable/places. Scroll down to find the images distributor-logo.png, gnome-main-menu.png, main-menu.png and start-here.png. Note that all of them are the same image. Rename them to distributor-logo.png.old, gnome-main-menu.png.old, main-menu.png.old and start-here.png.old respectively.

4. Now, with the apple icon that you have downloaded, make four copies and rename them to distributor-logo.png, gnome-main-menu.png, main-menu.png and start-here.png. Copy and paste all of them to the folder.

5. Logout and login again. The logo at the top panel should change to the apple icon now.

Changing mouse cursor

Go to System –> Preferences –> Appearance. Select Customize. Click on the Pointer tab. Select Mac4Lin_Cursors_v1.0_RC. Click Close.

Configuring usplash screen

Until now, you have done up the interior, it’s time to fix the exterior: usplash screen and grub screen.

Install startupmanager by clicking here or type the following command in the terminal:

sudo apt-get install startupmanager

Go to System -> Administration -> Startup-Manager. Click on the Appearance tab.

Press the Manage bootloader themes button. This will pop up a window allowing you to select the background image for the GRUB.

Click on the Add button and navigate to File System –> Home –> Username –> Mac4Lin_v1.0_RC1 –> GRUB. You should see three files. Refer to the below screenshots on how each file looks like. Pick the one that you like best.

Back to the main window, select the image from the drop down bar. Remember to check the box “Use background image for bootloader menu”.

There is a bug in Ubuntu Intrepid that prevent the user from changing the usplash screen. We have to do a workaround using splashy. Here’s the hack for it:

Remove the default usplash

sudo apt-get autoremove usplash

Download these two files to your desktop:

libsplashy1_0.3.10-1_i386.deb
splashy_0.3.10-1_i386.deb

Double-click the downloaded files to install.

Download the osx-splash splashy theme file to your Home folder.

In your terminal,

sudo splashy_config –i ~/osx-splash.tar.gz
sudo mv /etc/splashy/config.xml /etc/splashy/config.xml.old
sudo cp /etc/splashy/themes/osx-splash/config.xml /etc/splashy/config.xml

Now, we need to edit the GRUB file

gksu gedit /boot/grub/menu.lst

Scroll down till you find the kernel entry. Append the term vga=792 to the end of the kernel line (see screenshot below). Save and close.

That’s it.

Complete Screenshots

Grub screen

Login screen

Intrepid Mac OSX desktop

Intrepid Mac OSX desktop with dashboard effect

Uninstallation

If you want to change the theme back to the original setting, here is what you need to do:

1. Remove the globalmenu from the top panel

2. Remove all the installed files:

sudo apt-get autoremove splashy libsplashy1 gnome-globalmenu

3. Restore the usplash theme and remove the vga=792 from the GRUB file.

sudo apt-get install usplash

4. Uninstall the Mac4Lin themes

cd Mac4Lin_v1.0_RC
sh Mac4Lin_Uninstall_v1.0_RC.sh

Enjoy!

Turn UBUNTU 8.04 (Hardy Heron) in Mac OSx

You can’t really turn a Linux system to a Mac, but you definitely can make your Ubuntu Hardy looks like a Mac OSX Leopard.

Updated: The updated version of this tutorial for Ubuntu Intrepid can be found at Turn Ubuntu Intrepid into Mac Leopard.

If you want to change this

into

, follow the steps below.

Before we start…

First, create a folder in your Home and name it Mac_files. Download the following files to the Mac_files folder.

• Modified Mac4Lin theme
• Mac4Lin icon set
• Mac4Lin wallpaper
• Avant Windows Manager elegant glass theme

Using Archive manager, extract the three Mac4Lin zip files Modified Mac4Lin theme and Mac4Lin wallpaper to the Mac_files folder.

Apply Mac OSX Leopard Theme

Go to System->Preferences->Appearance.

Select Install and select the Mac4Lin GTK theme (/home/username/Mac_files/Mac4Lin_v0.4/GTK Metacity Theme/Mac4Lin_GTK_v0.4.tar.gz).

Next, click Install again and select the Mac4Lin icon theme. (/home/username/Mac_files/Mac4Lin_Icons_Part2_v0.4.tar.gz /home/username/Mac_files/Mac4Lin_Icons_modified.tar.gz). When prompted, select “Apply new themes“.

Click Install again and select the Mac4Lin mouse cursor theme. (/home/username/Mac_files/Mac4Lin_v0.4/GTK Cursor Theme/Mac4Lin_Cursors_v0.4.tar.gz). Select “Apply new themes” when prompted.

Click ‘customize’ and choose Mac4Lin_GTK_v0.4. Go to the “Window border” tab, choose Mac4Lin_GTK_v0.4. Click Close.

On the top, go to the Background tab. Click Add and select the Leopard wallpaper. (/home/username/Mac_files/Wallpapers/Leopard.jpg). Click Close to terminate the Appearance window

Install the Dock (Avant Window Navigator)

Open a terminal (Applications->Accessories->Terminal) and type

gksu gedit /etc/apt/sources.list

and add the following lines to the end of the file:

deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/awn-testing/ubuntu hardy main
deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/awn-testing/ubuntu hardy main

Save and close the file. In your terminal, type

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install avant-window-navigator-trunk awn-manager-trunk awn-extras-applets-trunk

Go to System->Preferences->AWN manager. On the left, click on the Theme. On the right, click Add and navigate to the Mac_files folder. Select the Elegant_glass.tgz file. Check the bullet beside the Elegant glass theme and click Apply.

Next on the left, click on the Applet icon. On the right, scroll down to the stack Applet. Highlight it, then click Activate. This will add the Mac Leopard stack to your dock.

Before you launch the AWN, remove the bottom panel from the desktop first. Right click on the bottom panel and select “delete this panel”. Open AWN via Applications->Accessories->Avant Window Navigator. Once it is activated, you can simply drag and drop the applications into the dock.

Install OSX Fonts

Open a terminal and type the following:

sudo apt-get install msttcorefonts

This will Install the Microsoft core fonts.

Next, copy the OSX fonts to the fonts folder

cd /usr/share/fonts
sudo tar xvzf /home/username/Mac_files/Mac4Lin_v0.4/Fonts/OSX_Fonts.tar.gz

Configure the fonts:

cd/
sudo tar xvjpf /home/username/Mac_files/Mac4Lin_v0.4/Fonts/fontconfig.tbz -C /etc/fonts

Open the Appearance window (System->Preferences->Appearance) and select Fonts tab. Select the following fonts according to the image below. Click Close.

Change the traffic light window control to the left

In the terminal, type

gconf-editor

This will bring up the gconf-editor window. Scroll down to App->Metacity->general. On the right, double click on the button_layout and change the content to ‘close,minimize,maximize:menu’ (without the quote). Click Ok and close the gconf-editor.

Change the menubar

Remove all the icon and applications on the left side of the top panel. Right-click on the icon and select ‘Remove from panel‘. You will left with something like this:

On the right of the top panel, remove the logout icon. Still on the right hand side of the top panel, right click and select ‘Add to panel‘. Scroll down the list and add ‘Search for files‘. This will add the spotlight icon to the panel.

On the extreme left, right-click and select ‘Add to panel‘. Scroll down the list and add ‘Main Menu‘. This will add the apple icon on the left. You can now log out and shut down from the Apple dropdown menu (same as Mac OSX).

Next, we are going to install globalmenu so as to display the menubar for each application. In your terminal,

cd Mac_files
wget http://gnome2-globalmenu.googlecode.com/files/gnome-globalmenu-0.4-svn964.tar.gz
tar zxvf gnome-globalmenu-0.4-svn964.tar.gz
cd globalmenu
sudo dpkg -i *.deb

If you have any errors when installing the package, try

sudo dpkg -i –force-overwrite *.deb

If you are having some installation problems with the gnome-globalmenu-applet, try

sudo apt-get install -f

Once finished, right click on the top panel and select ‘Add to panel‘. Scroll down the list and add ‘Global Menu Applet‘.

You might not see anything initially. Log out and log in again, you should now see the menubar for each application showing on the panel.

If your globalmenu is of a different shade of grey from the rest of the panel (as shown in the image below), right click on any empty space on the panel and select ‘Properties‘. Go to Background tab and select ‘Background image’. Under the selection, go to /home/username/.themes/Mac4Lin_GTK_v0.4/gtk-2.0/Panel and select panel-bg.png. Click OK. (Updated: If you can’t find the .themes folder, right-click and select ‘show hidden files‘.)

Drag the globalmenu to the left just beside the Apple icon. Right click on the globalmenu and select ‘Preferences’. Tick the box beside ‘Display the title of the current application‘ and put maximum width 100. Select the font to be Lucida Grande Bold. Click Apply and OK. You should now have a desktop that resemble Mac Leopard.

Configuring the Login screen

Click on the Apple icon, go to System->Administration->Login Window. On the Local tab, click Add. Navigate to the path /filesystem/home/username/Mac_files/Mac4Lin_v0.4/GDM Theme and select the file Mac4Lin_GDM_v0.4.tar.gz. Check the box beside the newly installed theme to activate it.

Underneath, there is a color selection field, select it and key in the number E5E5E5 into the color code field.

Click Ok. Log out. You should see the login screen as the diagram below.

Configure usplash screen

usplash is the screen that you see when your computer is booting up. We are going to change it to show the white apple screen. In your terminal,

sudo apt-get install startupmanager

Go to System->Administration->Start-Up Manager Go to Appearance tab. Click on the ‘Manage bootloader theme‘. Click Add and navigate to the file /filesystem/home/username/Mac_files/Mac4Lin_v0.4/GRUB Splash/appleblack.xpm.gz. Check the box “Use background image for bootloader menu” and select ‘appleblack”.

Next, click “Manage usplash theme”. Click Add and add the file /filesystem/home/username/Mac_files/Mac4Lin_v0.4/USplash Theme/osx-splash.so. Click OK. Select OSX-splash from the dropdown box.

Now reboot. You should see the following images:

Creating Dashboard effect

We will use a combination of screenlets and Compiz widget plugin to achieve the dashboard effect.

Install Screenlets

sudo apt-get install screenlets compizconfig-settings-manager

Go to System->Preferences->Advanced Desktop Effect Setting. On the Left, click on Desktop. On the right, put a check beside ‘Widget layer’

Go to Accessories->Screenlets. Activate the widgets that you want to display. Right click on the widget and select ‘Properties’. Go to Options tab and select ‘Treat as widget’. Do this for all the widgets that you have activated.

You can now see your dashboard in action by pressing F9.

Done. You have completed the transformation of your Ubuntu desktop to Mac OSX Leopard.

Some screenshots: