My Desktop
To get this look on the desktop, first change the theme by going to System->Preferences->Theme to Clearlooks (one of the default themes in Ubuntu). Then download the nouveXT-1.6 icon package from www.gnome-look.org . Click the Customize button and go to "Icons" tab. Click "Install" and select the downloaded icon package. Then, download the mouse cursor theme (available from www.gnome-look.org). To use this, gcursor must be installed. After that change the cursor by going to System->Preferences->Cursor Selection.
In order to avoid Repetitive Stress Injury (RSI) I have installed the 'workrave' package which can is the hand icon in the bottom right on the left of the notification area. The upper panel has been removed and instead of that I have the Menu button in the top left followed by the workspace window. This is followed by quick-launch icons for Firefox, Terminal and Root Terminal (System Tools->Root Terminal). In the bottom right, I have the notification area and date & time widgets added to the panel. The wallpaper is available at: http://url.fullcirclemagazine.org/b917f3
Written by Deepank Gupta
