= Make Application Window Titlebar Look Like Vista =
To Sometimes I "catch flack" by making suggestions to have Linux Desktop appear or act like MS Windows. From my point of view, this just comes from curiosity and seeing if I can create an environment that looks similar - or delightfully different from MS Windows. There is an application (or Compiz-Fusion plugin or "engine") that you can use on your Linux system called "Emerald". This plugin provides a full package of window decoration themes, including transparent window titlebars and glowing (pulsating) window buttons. In the future, the Emerald window decoarator plugin may be completed included in the default Ubuntu install. I am referring to my current distribution of Ubuntu (9.04) and it requires that you install this plugin. Steps to install Emerald Windows Decorator Engine: # Click SYSTEM -> ADMINISTRATION -> Synaptic Package Manager.# Enter your user password to confirm you are the administrator.# In the Synaptic Package Manager dialog box, click on the Search button.# Type in the text: Emerald - the package should appear in the application window.# Click on the check box that appears to the left of that application to select that application for download and install. A content menu will appear.# Select the menu item called "Mark for Installation".There may be an additional window indicating other software applications that need to be installed as well - just click on the "Mark" button. coming soon# Click on the "Apply" button.In a few moments, that application will automatically be downloaded and installed on your system.# When completed, close the Synaptic Package Manager application window.