Actually there are some good things in Vista. One of them is Vista's clock. I like day above clock format. Informative yet only small space needed. And Ubuntu can do it too, with a little editing.
This is how to show clock in Ubuntu in Vista way :

And the result :

You may need to resize your panel size to fit the new clock . Do it by right-click your panel and click properties and then adjust the size to at least to 32.
You can edit the format to your liking, read custom strftime here.
keyword : vista clock | ubuntu | longhorn
This is how to show clock in Ubuntu in Vista way :
- launch gconf-editor (press Alt-F2 and type gconf-editor)
- go to /apps/panel/applets/clock_screen0/prefs/custom_format
- paste this :
<span size="smaller" color="#27369E">%a%d%b%n<b>%H:%M</b></span> - go to /apps/panel/applets/clock_screen0/prefs/format
- type : custom

And the result :

You may need to resize your panel size to fit the new clock . Do it by right-click your panel and click properties and then adjust the size to at least to 32.
You can edit the format to your liking, read custom strftime here.
keyword : vista clock | ubuntu | longhorn


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