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Is it possible to set the Unity Launcher to a nice solid color?
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Is it possible to get the Unity Launcher, dash, HUD etc to use a nice solid color? The best way would be to extend the panel ...
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How to change desktop font color in xfce when using nautilus to show desktop
I'm trying to change the desktop font color in xubuntu after I replaced thunar with nautilus to be the default file manager. Right now I have gray text color which is not visible on almost any ...
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Default terminal text and background both black
Upgraded to 12.04 and default terminal is black text on black background. I can right-click in the terminal and change the color, but the "Back Up" window is also black on black.
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Why are the images noisy and low quality system wide? Why do the color profiles not activate?
I'm relatively new to Ubuntu (12.04) and I'm now trying to decide if the system is usable for serious photography work. So far I love Unity and the snappiness of the system but there are some problems ...
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How can I colorize code sent to STDOUT?
Most text editors - vim, emacs, kate, gedit - have colorizers, so that, depending on the language you're programming in, it will color the text differently.
Is there a way to do that for code sent to ...
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Why don't custom colour settings in LXAppearance affect all applications?
In Lubuntu 12.04 I have created a customised colour scheme (using LXAppearance) which uses orange for selected items instead of blue. Many applications don't appear to use the custom colour scheme ...
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NEW TO LINUX Desktop doesn't look right
I burned Ubuntu 13.04 to a DVD and booted it on an Intel Pentium III desktop. On live disc boot, the log in screen looked fine and, once logged in, the bar across the top and the applications dock ...
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How do I change hyperlink colours in LibreOffice Impress?
I have a lot of Powerpoint slides that I converted to LibreOffice Impress. The resulting hyperlinks are very faded, very hard to see. I can't seem to find any way to change the colour of hyperlinks ...
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Change Right-click menu background color
I'm using a modified Ambience theme (found in the Ambience-colors package, here: http://www.webupd8.org/2012/01/download-ambiance-and-radiance-themes.html ) and the right-click menus of the Ambiance ...
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Is there any way to make Nautilus use different colors when showing list of files?
Is there any way to make Nautilus use different colors when showing list of files? Something similar to what ls does in console visually distinguishing archives, executable scripts etc?
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Why does the Solarized theme for Oh-My-Zsh look duller on Ubuntu than on Mac?
I'm using the Solarized Dark theme for Oh-My-Zsh on both my Mac and Ubuntu computers, but the Ubuntu terminal looks terrible in comparison. The colors are dull and the names of folders are just plain ...
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Unable configure brightness or colors (12.04)
I've make a fresh install with Ubuntu 12.04. Unfortunatly i've a problem with colors and brightness settings. Before reinstall of Ubuntu, i used Ubuntu 10.10 with same graphic card, and same nvidia ...
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when I select a file in dolphin the name disappears
I'm using dolphin under gnome 3 and when I select a file, the name disappears. I tried looking at my kde settings and looking under colors and nothing seems out of the ordinary, and I don't know if ...
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How do you revert to a professional colour chooser in 12.04?
When I want to choose a colour for the desktop background or for the terminal's profile, for example, the program is like a program for kids. You can't choose the colours according to value, ...
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Icons in Dash show up in weird colors. OpenGL Issue?
I have a somewhat weird issue with my Precise setup (32bit). Since last Friday some colors are very different from the original ones. But only in the Dash (not in Nautilus or the panel). Moreover, the ...
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In unity's dash, how do I change the font colour?
I seem to have white font over a white background when I press "super" or the dash button on the launcher. Can I change the font colour or make it darker in the dash?
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Intel HD4000 driver 13.04 : can I calibrate color screen?
I've got a new laptop with an ugly blue tint (very painful for my eyes). I can calibrate the screen on windows 8, this is not perfect, but berable. I hesitate to go with the next ubuntu because I have ...
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Firefox ignore GTK theme for localhost stuff
I know this is pretty much a duplicate of How can one make firefox ignore my GTK theme entirely?, but the answers on that one are no permanent solution. It works by launching firefox from the ...
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Need help Video card issue
how can i fix the problem with the image?
If you look at the top-left of:
Text and some images starts flickering.
I have 2 Nvidia GTX460. Drivers are "unknown" according to "About this ...
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In Gnome Shell, how can you change the dark color scheme when you hit the super key?
I would like to get rid of the darkening of the desktop that occurs when you hit the super key or move the mouse cursor to the corner of the screen in Gnome Shell. I would also like to change the ...
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Nautilus 3.4.2 want different colors for the pane with and without focus
I have Nautilus 3.4.2 on Ubuntu 12.04. I use the second pane via F3 all the time.
However, there is no colour change when I change which pane has the focus. There is on Nautilus 2.30.1, ubuntu 10.4 ...
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Ubuntu Colours Pallete Licence
I am developing some Chrome app and started using Ubuntu colours for it. The ones I found in the Ubuntu Colour Palette. I assume it's there and public so that app developers could create a consistent ...
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Can I change the colour of the close button?
I'm using the ambiance theme (the dark one) in Ubuntu 12.04.2. I've tweaked things using dconf-editor so that the select colour is blue (#4a90d9 if anybody cares).
What I'd like to do is make the ...
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Kubuntu context menus infiltrating Ubuntu
I recently installed Kubuntu, which I almost immediately uninstalled in favor of my trusted GNOME. However, I found out that in some context menus, like all of the window ones and those of Chrome, the ...
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Can Evolution always use the same font/colour when starting a new email?
When I start to write a new email, using Evolution, I must manually change the font I want to use and its colour. Is there a way to set the default text format ?
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color black turns to red (flickering)
Computer screen started doing something weird: all areas that should be black are now filled with red color (flickering). I didn't drop the laptop or hit it.
Also there are 4 vertical (blue) lines ...
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Ubuntu 12.04 colors same for title/menu background & active/inactive windows
I have Ubuntu 12.04, Unity 2D desktop, installed from scratch. The colors between the draggable title bar and the not-draggable menu bar are the same, as are the colors of the active and inactive ...
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Quicktime movie trailers color issue
I have tried all the suggestions and can't find a way to correctly play quicktime trailers from it's web site. They have a blue tint. The green movie rating screen that appears at the beginning is ...
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Ubuntu 12.04, Unity and Gnone, table cell colors wrong in FF, Chrome
We use tables with the bgcolor attribute applied to TABLE, TR and TD tags. Under 12.04, both Unity and classic Gnome, these do not render the cell, row and table colors as specified.
The form used is ...
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How can I get Ubuntu 12.04 to recognize my Huey Pro?
When I plug in the Huey Pro and open up Color under System Settings, the "Calibrate..." button is greyed out.
The USB port is fine as other devices work perfectly. The Huey is in good shape as well ...
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Bottom taskbar colors
I recently updated my Ubuntu to 12.04 LTS and I have problem with bottom taskbar. App panels have strange color. The color should be black IMHO. What should i do to restore color? Is it a Gnome bug? ...
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Accidentally installed bootloader
Okay, so, whenever I was installing Ubuntu Linux 12.04 on my desktop from my flash drive, all went well. However, at the end, it said the bootloader could not install correctly and asked where to ...
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“failed to match display as RandR is faulty” when trying to color calibrate a Dell E6500
I'm using a Huey to calibrate my Dell E6500. The error message is "failed to match display as RandR is faulty"
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