Linux MacOS

This article is to make Ubuntu and other derivative distributions (Mint, PopOS, etc.) look like MacOS. Version 20+ is required.

 

Source Files in this project :

1. https://www.gnome-look.org/p/1148692/ - Capitine Cursors
2. https://www.pling.com/p/1403328/ - WhiteSur GTK Theme
3. https://www.pling.com/p/1399044/ - BigSur Icon Theme
4. https://github.com/PRATAP-KUMAR/focalgdm3 - Login Theme
5. https://albertlauncher.github.io/docs/installing/ - Albert
6. https://www.pling.com/p/1401527/ - Cairo Dock
   
   
   
   

   Installation

   Dependency Installs

   Bash
   

   1. sudo apt install git gnome-shell-extensions chrome-gnome-shell gnome-tweak-tool -y

   Bash
   
   1. git clone https://github.com/ChrisTitusTech/Linux-MacOS-GNOME.git ~/MacOS
   2. mkdir ~/.themes
   3. mkdir ~/.icons
   4. mv ~/MacOS/themes/* ~/.themes
   5. mv ~/MacOS/icons/* ~/.icons
   6. sudo mv ~/MacOS/walls/* /usr/share/backgrounds/

   Gnome Tweaks

   Bash

   1. gsettings set org.gnome.mutter center-new-windows 'true'
   2. gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.wm.preferences button-layout 'close,minimize,maximize:'
   3. gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.interface gtk-theme "WhiteSur-dark"
   4. gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.wm.preferences theme "WhiteSur-dark"
   5. gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.interface icon-theme 'BigSur'
   6. gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.interface cursor-theme 'capitaine-cursors-light'
   7. gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.background picture-uri 'file:///usr/share/backgrounds/macOS-BS3.jpg'
   8. gsettings get org.gnome.desktop.screensaver picture-uri 'file:///usr/share/backgrounds/macOS-BS1.jpg'
   

    

   Albert Search and Cairo Dock

   Bash

   1. curl https://build.opensuse.org/projects/home:manuelschneid3r/public_key | sudo apt-key add - 2. echo 'deb http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/home:/manuelschneid3r/xUbuntu_20.04/ /' | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/home:manuelschneid3r.list 3. sudo wget -nv https://download.opensuse.org/repositories/home:manuelschneid3r/xUbuntu_20.04/Release.key -O "/etc/apt/trusted.gpg.d/home:manuelschneid3r.asc" 4. sudo apt update 5. sudo apt install albert cairo-dock cairo-dock-plug-ins -y

• Launch Albert
• Set Hotkey - Meta + F
• Set Theme Arc Dark Blue
• Enable Albert Extensions
  
  

     Gnome Extensions

        Enable Extensions by visiting https://extensions.gnome.org/                     install add-on and reload browser

         Install the Following Extensions

1. User Themes - https://extensions.gnome.org/extension/19/user-themes/
2. Frippery Move Clock - https://extensions.gnome.org/extension/2/move-clock/
3. Dynamic Panel Transparency - https://extensions.gnome.org/extension/1011/dynamic-panel-transparency/
4. Panel OSD - https://extensions.gnome.org/extension/708/panel-osd/
   
   

    Manual Extension Configurations

1. Panel OSD - Change Horizontal and Vertical to 98
2. Cairo Dock - Set to Startup Applications
3. Cairo Dock Themes - Import all gz files to Cairo configure in ~/MacOS/cairo
4. Cairo Dock Configure - Turn of Icon effects and animations and hide dock when overlapping windows
5. Cairo Dock Launchpad - Add Custom Launchpad Shortcut dbus-send --session --type=method_call --dest=org.gnome.Shell /org/gnome/Shell org.gnome.Shell.Eval string:'Main.shellDBusService.ShowApplications();'
6. Disable Ubuntu Dock (Not Needed on PopOS)
7. Dynamic Panel Transparency - Background Tab - Max Opacity 100 - Min Opacity 50