Posts from the ‘Tips and Tricks’ Category
One of the gripes from Ubuntu power user regarding the Unity dash is “Apps for Download” [from the Ubuntu Software Center] that shows up in the dash. I myself am one of the people that didn’t like this. One, it takes valuable space in the dash, and two, there never seemed to be any interesting [...]
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In Fallback Gnome with Ubuntu 11.10, the Ambiance theme makes the panel look weird. It has different color grays in different places. I will show you how to make the panel look the the panel in Unity and/or Ubuntu 11.04. How to: 1. Press the Alt key, right click on the panel, and go to [...]
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Jason Conti has ported the Gnome Indicator Applet to work with GNOME 3. It can now be used with fallback Gnome. Included is an Ubuntu Appindicator, Date/Time Indicator, the session indicator, network, Ubuntu Sound Menu, Messaging Menu and if you choose, the Global Menu too. Installation The indicator applets can be installed from the PPA [...]
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To remove the guest session, you will need to edit the LightDM configuration file. To do so, open the terminal and open the configuration file by running: sudo gedit /etc/lightdm/lightdm.conf The file will read: [SeatDefaults] greeter-session=unity-greeter user-session=ubuntu Add allow-guest=false to the end of the file so it reads: [SeatDefaults] greeter-session=unity-greeter user-session=ubuntu allow-guest=false Save the configuration [...]
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I was a little puzzled after upgrading to Ubuntu 11.10 to notice that the Alt + F2 keyboard shortcut was not working. It turns out, it wasn’t removed, it was just disabled. This is how to re-enable it. Open the System Settings from the top right of the desktop. Under Hardware, go to Keyboard. (You [...]
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I stumbled upon a neat little trick where you can use the classic Gnome2 panel with Ubuntu’s new Unity interface. You just need to run 1 simple command. Press Alt + F2 and run: gnome-panel For the Gnome 2 panel to load on startup, you need to add it to the startup applications. Open up [...]
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If you are one of the people who do not like the AppMenu (Global Menu) in Unity, this tutorial will show you how to remove it. Open the Synaptic Package Manager and mark the following 4 appmenu packages listed below for complete removal. appmenu-gtk firefox-globalmenu indicator-applet-appmenu indicator-appmenu Apply the changes, restart your computer, and you [...]
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If you are like me and like to keep your desktop clean, I have a little tip for you. You can remove icons on your desktop for flash drives and/or external hard drives you have plugged into your computer. Press Alt + F2 on your keyboard to launch the run dialog box. Run: gconf-editor Navigate [...]
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When I launched Supertux, I experienced problems with the screen. It would go black. To resolve this I edited the Supertux launcher. This is how I did that. Right click on the Ubuntu menu and select edit menus. Click games, then SuperTux, and finally properties. Change the command entry to: supertux –opengl
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Gtk+ 3.2 will let you run application in a browser thanks to the new HTML5 gdk backend. You will be able to run any GTK app, remotely (or on the same computer), using a web browser. It is not final. Everything does not work. It is only supported in Firefox 4. I am not quite [...]
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