How to make KDE look and feel like Unity (old)

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Tutorial on how to make KDE look and feel like the Ubuntu Unity desktop. Ideal if you like Unity but disagree with Ubuntu's ethics.

I'm using SolydK in this tutorial, but you could use Kubuntu, Mint KDE, Debian, or Netrunner.

Ubuntu based distros:
1. sudo add-apt-repository ppa:mehanik/ksuperkey

Debian based distros:
1. sudo add-apt-repository 'deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/mehanik/ksuperkey/ubuntu saucy main'

2. sudo apt-get update

3. sudo apt-get install homerun ttf-ubuntu-font-family plasma-widget-menubar appmenu-qt kdeplasma-addons libkactivities-dev ksuperkey cmake libkactivities-dev kdelibs5-dev
(For Ubuntu based distros use plasma-widget-homerun instead)

4. Download Yet Another Window Control from http://kde-apps.org/content/show.php/Yet+Another+Window+Control?content=139916

5. Unzip Yet Another Window Control to your Downloads folder
6. cd ~/Downloads/yawc-0.4/
7. mkdir build
8. cd build
9. cmake -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=`kde4-config --prefix` ..
10. make
11. sudo make install
12. kbuildsycoca4

Then follow video instructions for setting up Panels and Window Controls



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