I want to change the appearance (size, shape and color) of the mouse pointer.

What options are available for me?

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One immediate way is to use dconf to set cursor size at the command line:

dconf write /org/gnome/desktop/interface/cursor-size 25

A better way is usually to install and use the dconf-editor

sudo apt-get install dconf-tools
dconf-editor # brings up ui tool

Navigate to: org/gnome/desktop/interface/cursor-size

You will then be able to change the cursor size, e.g.

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To change the type of cursor, for example this red pointer

Use Ubuntu's tweak tool:

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