Ubuntu Unity step

Unity is a desktop environment interface, mainly used for Ubuntu system, can support low-configuration hardware system well, in the Unity system desktop, you can modify the icon of the application, the following small I will introduce you to Ubuntu Unity to modify the program icon.

Suitable for: Ubuntu 14.04, Ubuntu 13.10, Ubuntu 12.04, etc. Use Unity as the release version of the default desktop environment.

In the Unity desktop environment, the program launcher is actually stored on the computer as a .desktop suffix, so we can edit the .desktop file to change the program icon.

The following will be an example to teach you to change the Firefox icon:
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In general, .desktop files are stored in /usr /share /applications /directory, while others It may be stored in the ~/.local/share/applications/directory. You can use the file manager to find these files.

After we find it, we need to enter this directory and edit it (use the following command in Terminal Terminal):

cd /usr/share/applications

sudo gedit firefox .desktop

after opening, you need to change your icon = behind his new address icon, the icon .png file format is generally the size of 64 & times; 64 or 128 & times; 128. After

Change is good, click Save, you can see the effect in Dash:

The above is the way Ubuntu Unity modify the program icon, paper, Firefox icon Modify it as an example for everyone to introduce, the modification of other program icons can be a reference, and pay attention to whether your system version is applicable.