For questions concerning themes, desktops and icon sets as well as less graphical customization on a system level.
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Custom LiveCD without Unity still tries to load ubuntu session. (Failed to load session “ubuntu”)
I'm trying to create my own Ubuntu LiveCD without Unity. When lightdm loads is says (Failed to load session "ubuntu"). The autologin fails and then lightdm reloads with a normal login screen.
I can ...
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Embed terminal on desktop positioning
this is my script to embed terminal in my desktop, but how do I make it appear in the corner next to the unity launcher?
#!/bin/bash
sleep 20 && gnome-terminal --window-with-profile=trans777 ...
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In terms of the desktop wall what is “edge flipping”?
I'm trying to make the launcher reveal on bottom using compiz, but everytime I change the reveal from left to bottom it says...
"The new value for the edge binding for the action Reveal Mode in ...
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1answer
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Can I get vlc 2.0 Mac skin for ubuntu?
I'm not a big fan of Mac but the new vlc 2.0 for Mac looks seriously good. Both windows and ubuntu versions suck. So how can I/we make it look good ?
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Change Thunars default “copy of” tags
Is there any way other than hacking the source to change the tags that Thunar adds when you copy & paste files.
ie..
copy & paste of file.txt
3 times results in:
copy of file.txt
another ...
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How can I use Gnome shell's menus in Unity?
I am messing with Unity and trying to tweak everything in order to have a more customized desktop.
Using Gnome Shell, anyone can see that the menus are different in the top panel. They have ...
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How can I change the icon size on lubuntu's desktop?
I want to change the icons on the lubuntu desktop.
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1answer
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How to harden a ubuntu desktop?
We are planning to install 80 ubuntu desktops in a college. The management told us to harden the ubuntu desktop as much as possible, like the user should not able to customize system settings for ...
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How do I install a new icon set? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How can I install different icons?
I am looking for new look to Ubuntu Desktop.
I've read about something called the Faenza icons but I dont know where to download ...
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How to disable (hide) weekday in gnome-shell (GNOME 3.x) clock?
I can't find a way to remove weekday name from clock applet in gnome-shell, is it possible without editing the source?
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Modify the SSH welcome message to include system IP address
I have had a couple of occasions where I was unable to remember the IP address for a given system but was, at the time, able to connect using the hostname. As an example, just now I wanted to set up ...
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Customizing default icons in Nautilus
I am trying to find out how to change the default folder icon for all folder.
Obviously, I could go one by one, but that doesn't seem smart at all.
Also - those I did change individually (The ...
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No support for in .icon folder in Unity?
IIRC, gnome2 had the possibility to setup a .icon folder in your home directory and put some icons in it named as the executable you want it it assigned to.
Then nautilus would use this icon for the ...
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is there a way to put basic banshee controls in the top bar of unity?
Im looking for a way to put basic controls like pause, play, and skip to the top taskbar (the area which displays the time, battery, mail, titles of pages in chrome...) or some other convenient way to ...
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How do I design KDE themes? [closed]
I read the guide here http://techbase.kde.org/Development/Tutorials/Plasma/Theme but it doesn't explain how to design themes much. It just goes over the basics. Can anyone tell me how or link me to a ...
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Is there a way to hide the Messaging Tray in GNOME Shell?
I find the Messaging Tray (the bottom bar) in GNOME Shell rather inconvenient. I'm looking for a way to disable it. KRSNA 2 ZED seems to have written an extension for doing just that, but I don't know ...
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Customize Chromium with user.css like in Firefox
in firefox I edit userChrome.css file for customize the bookmarks bar with this code:
File in /home/gabriel/.mozilla/firefox/t5w3u0oy.default/chrome/userChrome.css
Code:
/* kill icons for bookmark ...
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Is there a way to superimpose a transparent image over everything that is displayed on screen? [closed]
Is there a way in ubuntu/xubuntu to superimpose an image(ie transparent texture) over everything that is displayed on the screen?
Please see a screen capture with the same effect but produced by ...
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How do I compile and use liboverlay-scrollbar from source?
I'm trying to install and use a patched version of liboverlay-scrollbar that matches my personal preferences. I've successfully downloaded lp:ayatana-scrollbar and ./autogen.sh; make; sudo make ...
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How To Convert A Configured Ubuntu System To An Unlimited ISO? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How do I make my own customized Ubuntu version?
How to customize live Ubuntu CD?
Can I build a Ubuntu ISO from a manifest?
Preface: My initial thought ...
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Why does the default arrow cursor does not change when I change my X11 cursor theme? [closed]
Using the Advance Settings utility from the Ubuntu Software Center I can change the X11 cursor theme, but the only cursor that does not change is the default arrow cursor. How can I get it to change ...
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how to add/edit parameters for a startup service (/etc/init.d/)
I have installed pure-ftp server but i had problems logging into it with virtual users.
I managed to diagnose the problem: it's the incomplete default parameter specification. This is how the script ...
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How do I change the default application window background?
I still can't find a way of changing the default white color of applications window backgrounds. It does hurt my eyes and I used to adjust it so easily up to 10.04.
There was this post: How to change ...
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How can I make Ubuntu look like Debian 6.0 “Squeeze”?
I really like the simple look of Debian's interface. What desktop environment is it? Is it easy to replicate?
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How do I make the scrollbars wider?
I'm using Gnome 64-bit edition with the classic desktop and I don't have overlay scrollbars installed. My question is, how can I make the scrollbars wider? They're too thin for me to hit as quickly ...
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Customize Ubuntu Control Center and add Web and text interface
I am working on my own ehmmm... sorry my company own live distribution based on Ubuntu.
I would like to write something like control center with text, gui and web interface accessed by admin only:
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How do I remaster a Ubuntu cd into a Ubuntu cd with only Gnome Shell?
I was wondering if this was possible and easy to do.
I want to take my Ubuntu 11.10 64bit Cd and remaster it so that it will instead be a Gnome3 live Cd that I can install later install Gnome Shell ...
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Help with creating custom shortcut
I am using Emesene and when i click on the close bottom it does not quit the messenger which is great it goes into the mail icon on the top panel and i can open it again with clicking on the emesene ...
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Customize GNOME 3 Classic [closed]
Well,I was wondering if there is anyway to customize GNOME 3 Classic.I have seen some very sick ubuntu desktops while I was watching youtube videos.To give you an example of what I mean think(if you ...
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How can I speed up the GUI?
I would like to ask if there are some possibilities for speeding up Ubuntu a little.
For example I do not need windows content to be visible while moving them, nor I need
animations when launching the ...
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1answer
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Where are the customization options for GNOME 3?
Gnome 2.x in Ubuntu 10.10 is highly customisable. How come all this has been locked down in 11.10 and Gnome 3.x? I enjoy using Ubuntu because of this reason. Now am I stuck with what I have when ...
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Is it possible to add a desktop in Ubuntu 11.10? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How do I set the number of workspaces without CCSM?
By default Ubuntu 11.10 has 4 desktops. I want to add two more desktops (I want to obtain a 3x2 grid). Is it ...
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How to theme Nautilus' resize area/handle border?
I'd like to change the visual appearance of the marked resize border/areas in Nautilus:
If I knew how those elements are named in GTK+, I'm sure I could find out what I'd need to add to ...
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How can I edit GTK+ 3 themes to remove the window borders? [closed]
Just like it is in the Zukini and Zukitwo shell themes, I want to edit the Ambiance theme and remove window borders.
Here are some screenshots:
GNOME terminal
Ambiance
Zukini
GVIM
Ambiance
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Import the login theme from 11.10 to 11.04?
How do I import the default log in theme from ubuntu 11.10 to ubuntu 11.04? I want to do this due to low functionality of 11.10, but the looks still attract me. If there is anyway to do that, I'd like ...
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Where did all of the options go? [closed]
In the last version of Ubuntu I used (10.04) I had the following options, which I can not find on 11.10:
Set amount of time before screen dims
Show percent instead of time in battery icon
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Show battery as percentage, not time? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Is there a tweak to show a percentage in the battery icon?
I just recently installed Ubuntu 11.10 (I've used older versions, but I'm still a noob), and (almost) ...
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Is it possible to have the same effect of the ALT F2 like Gnome Shell
I was trying Gnome Shell (in openSuse) and found out that when I do the old ALT + F2 and the old execute command is now a small black space to complete... I want that on Lubuntu.
Somebody know how to ...
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How do I theme the Nautilus background image?
I want to change the background image in the Nautilus file browser. My idea is to put my own style in the background. I'm using Ubuntu 11.10 and Nautilus is version 3.
I know that I have to change ...
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2answers
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Where is the place where actual size of desktop icons is stored?
As one can resize the icons on desktop (not within nautilus) through righ-click menu: "Resize icon..", so where is the size stored for that certain file.
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2answers
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How do I export customized Libreoffice config files?
Is this possible? I want to make my own config file for my customizations that I can apply whenever I reinstall my system. For example, Ubuntu's default font color is just stupid. I want it to be ...
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2answers
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Does the CONCURRENCY=shell tweak work in 11.10? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Do newer Ubuntu releases benefit from multicore processors at boot time?
I have a multi-core processor, so I just thought I'd make use of this tweak. But before I do ...
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What's new in Gnome Panel 3.2?
Gnome Panel, also known as Ubuntu/Gnome Classic, is available in a brand new version for Gnome 3. One of the things I like about it, is that when you use vertical panels, applets are made vertical as ...
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How to change desktop icon size?
This is my desktop, the icon is too big.
I tried to use
gsettings set org.gnome.nautilus.desktop font "Ubuntu 9"
but the it changes only font size of the desktop icons.
I tried to use Compiz, ...
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3answers
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How can I change the background color of the unity launcher?
I really dislike the slight dark-purple tint to the side-launcher bar and shell surrounding the menu after pressing the meta key. How can I set this to another color?
There are configure options ...
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Custom php version when installing LAMP
Does anyone knows how do we force a php version to be installed when installing lamp via command line? For example I want to php5.1 when installing LAMP.
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How can I switch to other icon sets in Unity without using the Gnome Tweak Tool
I recently downloaded and installed the Faenza icon set on my laptop (through its creators ppa). In order to be able to use it, though, I had to install the Gnome Tweak Tool as well, which comes ...
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Is it legal to distribute customized Ubuntu? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Under what license is Ubuntu? Can it be legally modified and distributed?
I have made my own version of Ubuntu that I have customized using tools. I removed some ...
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Customize Ubuntu Server to load a minimal desktop only when needed
I would like to have an install with:
Ubuntu Desktop with no additional applications or games
Graphical interface only when I manually run 'startx'
I am using Ubuntu server and would like a GUI, ...
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How can I force the Nautilus sidebar text color to stay white in my Ambiance modification?
This is related to How can I change the color of the pane separator for my Ambiance theme modification?, which has just been solved. Now I have a new issue.
As shown below, the text color for the ...
