I have been customizing the /usr/share/unity-2d/launcher/Launcher.qml file so that the Launcher will be completely transparent. However, every time I save it and do unity --replace nothing changes. I found that if I run unity-2d-launcher it loads a new launcher above the one that loads after unity --replace and the new launcher is transparent, however the old one is still there. This leads me to believe that the launcher is now part of a separate process or something because if I look at my running processes after startup unity-2d-launcher isn't there. I REALLY want to remove that background from my launcher. Can someone help?