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Macbuntu -A Mac OS X Transformation Pack for Ubuntu

Written by Mel Kham on September 6, 2010. Posted in Ubuntu

Macbuntu - Mac OS X Transformation Pack. Similar to Mac4Lin but dedicated to Ubuntu Linux. It can also be used in other OS based on Debian/GTK. Package includes all necessary system components to mimic Mac OS X appearance on Ubuntu Linux.

01-mcbuntu 2-mcubuntu

Important:
- Script significantly changes the desktop.
- Not compatible with Ubuntu Netbook Edition

Installation :

Open a terminal and type the following commands:

wget https://downloads.sourceforge.net/project/macbuntu/macbuntu-10.04/v2.0/Macbuntu-10.04.tar.gz -O /tmp/Macbuntu-10.04.tar.gz
tar xzvf /tmp/Macbuntu-10.04.tar.gz -C /tmp
cd /tmp/Macbuntu-10.04/ $ ./install.sh

Useful links: http://sourceforge.net/projects/macbuntu/

For questions please refer to our Q/A forum at : http://ask.unixmen.com

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4 Comment(s)

Mel Kham

Founder of Unixmen, Living in Amsterdam. Am working in my free time to help people to understand the Opensource and to explain them in easy way how to make the fist steps to the the light. Working day and night with my Co-founder Zinovsky to keep this website live even with less resources.

mardis928

So far so good! Did the 10.10 version! I like it thus far!!!! I will give it a day or two to see what happens. I like it!!!! Thanks
Jeff

Can you please make one for Ubuntu 11.04?
- Rahul
  
  [quote=Jeff]Can you please make one for Ubuntu 11.04?[/quote]
  u can install macbuntu 10.10 in ubuntu 11.-04
Rahul

my start logo is very small after installin macbuntu

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