Am I able to change the images of the currently running programs on my taskbar? I have one very useful program with a very ugly and outdated icon and I'd like to change it.
Ubuntu – change the image of the icons on the taskbar
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Its Easy, hold Super+Alt+click on the upper task bar and click add new panel. Then using the same key combinations select add to panel and then select the options you want such a workspace switcher, etc
You should try LiveCD/USB of Ubuntu MATE to test will it suite your needs or not.
I'm very happy with MATE's methods of window manipulation (in particular with many plots from Scilab and/or Octave and so on):
MATE DE with multiple windows of the same application:
if it is not enough you can use Window Picker applet (shown on top panel):
Window Picker applet in action
or use Window Selector applet (shown on top panel) as drop-down menu or with mouse wheel -
Windows Selector applet in action
if you want to use modern dock - then you can utilize Mutiny panel layout (selectable from MATE Tweak):
Mutiny panel layout
For me this functionality is well enough.
Best Answer
Check this: Where are the Unity Launcher .desktop files?
Open the .desktop file you want the icon changed for and there will be a
Obviously the file name behind "Icon=" is what you need to replace. From UnityLaunchersAndDesktopFiles: