As we already know, one of the most attractive advantages of GNU / Linux and especially Ubuntu and most of its official flavors, is the great capacity we have to customize everything that has to do with the graphical interface.
We can change the theme of the windows, add effects, change the image of the cursor, change the icons ... But in this article we bring you a small change that perhaps you have never considered but that can be quite cool. It is about the possibility of change Unity launcher icon. We tell you how we can do it.
Many of the programs that we use in GNU / Linux (all of the Terminal, for example) are found locally stored on our PC. And not only programs, but also many files, including images (icons) used by the UI, are stored in some directory lost by the system.
Therefore, changing the Unity launcher icon is as easy as going to the directory / usr / share / unity / icons / and carry out the following steps:
- - Get the icon that we like the most. It is important that it be 128 × 128 pixels, that it has a transparent background and that it is in .png format.
- We name the icon that we are going to put as launcher_bfb.png.
- - Go to the directory where we have saved the icon by executing cd / path / of / icon /.
- - Once inside the directory, we execute following:
sudo rm /usr/share/unity/icons<strong>/</strong><span class="skimlinks-unlinked">launcher_bfb.png</span> && cp <span class="skimlinks-unlinked">./launcher_bfb.png /usr/share/unity/icons<strong>/</strong></span>
With this we eliminate the icon that we have by default and we replace with the new one.
If you don't have ideas about which icon you can put, don't worry, I'll bring you one that you will surely like:
To lower it, you just have to do right click on Richard and then Save Image As. As you can see, the icon already has the correct name (launcher_bfb.png) and the ideal size so that it can be seen correctly in the launcher (128 × 128 pixels).
We hope this article has helped you and now you can customize your Ubuntu a little more. Until next time 🙂
You can find the original article at this link, where its author Yoyo Fernández talks more widely about how to do this process and customization.
Hello friend, in your post you mention about customizing everything that has to do with the graphical interface. I would like to know if there are ways to add sound effects to our Ubuntu as in Cinnamon, for example when closing a window it emits a certain sound, I have investigated, but there is not enough information on the subject, I have only seen how to change the startup sound (a process similar to the one you just did). I would appreciate if you can help me.
I just wrote an article about it. Check it out -> here.
Hello friend, in your post you mention about customizing everything that has to do with the graphical interface. I would like to know if there is any way to add sound effects to windows as in Cinnamon, for example when closing a window it emits a certain sound, I have investigated and there is no information, they only mention about changing the startup sound (a process similar to the one you just did) and not that I want to change the desktop, I like Unity better. I do not know if you can help me I would appreciate it.