Writing mostly about Ubuntu lately, I decided to add a post regarding the look of Windows. If you’re tired of staring at your standard taskbar and would like some changes, you can either wait for Windows 7, or check out the Nexus dock. The second option includes downloading and installing the free app. The result is a little Mac OS Leopard feeling on your Windows desktop. StandaloneStack 2 is another possibility to update the look and feel of your operating system and allows easy access to your files/folder and/or programmes.

Adding software like the ones mentioned above might take quite a bit of your available memory, but do add eyecandy and a more accessible folder structure than the one offered originally. I might add that as much as I like to tweak Ubuntu, I neither really touched the Windows optic nor the system itself. It never really gave me the Wow!-effect. Adding the dock for example will make you wonder what you should do with the ‘old’ taskbar – and hiding it seems to be the only option available, without additional tricks.  These observations are fully based on personal experiences and shouldn’t stop you from trying out various docks or other visual tweaks. Afterall, deleting them is always an option. And if you want to make sure that everything works the way it did before, backing up your system and/or creating a restore-point before the installation of an app is a good idea at all times.