XtraSimplicity

Hello,

I was wondering how to get the fancy transparent panels and windows in Ubuntu. I eventually found out how to do it, so have written it below
Note: Clicking the images will take you to a bigger copy of the picture

1. If you haven’t already got it installed, download compiz settings manager:

sudo apt-get install compizconfig-settings-manager

2. Open Terminal and then type:

ccsm

3. Then click “Opacity, brightness and saturation”

4. Then, under Window specific settings, click new, and type:

dock

and set its value to

70

5. Do the same for popupmenu, dropdownmenu, and tooltip.

So that it looks like this: