How to customize desktop

Question

I'm very new to Linux and am having trouble understanding how to customize my desktop. I would love to have my desktop look like an image provided below, but I'm confused how to do so. Is that icon bar a desklet? What is it that is needed to add this to my desktop?

What's your Ubuntu version and flavour (Xubuntu, Lubuntu, Ubuntu MATE etc.)? — pomsky, May 07 '18 at 20:51
Have you installed Unity separately? Ubuntu 18.04 comes with GNOME by default. Could you add a screenshot of your desktop as it looks right now? — pomsky, May 07 '18 at 21:33
Sorry, I didn't mean Unity. I meant Gnome. Everything is a fresh install of Ubuntu 18.04 — smirk_, May 07 '18 at 21:42
@pomsky Unity 7.5 is automatically installed when you upgrade Ubuntu 16.04 (Unity 7) to Ubuntu 18.04. Not sure about 17.04 or 17.10 though. — WinEunuuchs2Unix, May 08 '18 at 00:58

score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered May 07 '18 at 21:53

Here are some things you can do to get a desktop similar to the one in the screenshot.

Move Ubuntu dock to bottom from left: follow this Q&A
Make the dock flexible instead of fixed-length: Run the following command in Terminal
```
gsettings set org.gnome.shell.extensions.dash-to-dock extend-height false
```
(source)
Install and use Arc theme: The application theme in the screenshot looks like the popular Arc theme. Install it first by running
```
sudo apt install arc-theme
```
Then install (GNOME) Tweaks by running
```
sudo apt install gnome-tweak-tool
```
Finally, launch Tweaks and select Arc for application theme in Appearance section.

How to customize desktop

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