Questions tagged [customization]
For questions concerning themes, desktops and icon sets as well as less graphical customization on a system level.
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Window scroll handles/bars aren't working for me in Ubuntu. Can they be modified?
Window scroll handles/bars are aren't working for me in Ubuntu. Can they be modified?
For one thing the handles disappear, which means I have to hold the mouse in the right place to make them ...
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Change Unity Default Dash Shortcuts
I'm on Ubuntu 14.04 running Unity Desktop and I'd like to change the default shortcuts of the Unity Dash (Super+a for Application, Super+c for Photos, Super+v for Videos, etc.) but can't find the ...
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Cannont install super boot manager
I want to customize my plymouth, by using super boot manager. I added the repo and then updated, there is no problem at all.
After I tryed to install super-boot-manager something went wrong.
I get ...
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Changing window title color on Utopic
I'm using 14.10 Utopic Unicorn since today, and I can't find a way to change the title bar color (the bar containing the app's name) and the top bar, both are gray-black by default, it's - in my ...
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How to make my own new Ubuntu based operating system?
I want to make my own new Ubuntu based operating system.
With New custom theme and lot of softwares pre-built !
Can I do it only with UCK (Ubuntu Customization Kit) ?
Then how ?
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How to Customize the Default Plymouth Theme in Ubuntu? [duplicate]
I've tried a lot to change my plymouth loading image!
I need to write my name in the place of Ubuntu!
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How can i Change LibreOffice UI?
I am using Ubuntu 14.04 , and i am unable to apply personas to my Libreoffice. I also feel that LibreOffice Ui lacks user-friendliness. Is there anyway i can get modded UI for LibreOffice? Or if not ...
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Customize desktop appearance 14.04
I'd like to adjust my colors, themes, icons and such. Windows has a great tool for this and the "myunity" application doesn't seem to be available any longer for 14.04
Thanks!
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Change font colors in Grub2
I can't get the font colors to change at all; the only thing I've managed to accomplish is getting a custom background on the Grub screen.
I tried grub-customizer but that doesn't work.
I tried what ...
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How do I customize the GRUB menu?
This is what my GRUB 2 menu looks like so far:
I want to do a few things here:
I want to rename "Windows Boot Manager (on /dev/sda1)" to just "Windows 8.1".
I'd like to rename &...
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Changing default dash view - 12.04 lts
I would like to know if it is possible to replace the default display of the dash from historical (last soft and files used) to list of installed software (second icon at the bottom of the dash screen)...
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Happy Medium between Ubuntu and Cinnamon?
I am very new to Linux distros and have been tinkering around. I'm currently using Cinnamon after a few weeks on Ubuntu's Unity. I really like Unity and I'm not too fond of Cinnamon, but I like the ...
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How to get a list of applications installed in Ubuntu dash?
In Gnome, we have applications grouped up based on their type (like - games, accessories, et al). But in Unity, we need to manually type in the Unity to get the App.
Is there any keyword/utility to ...
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Solar System Model Live Wallpaper
New here (Duh!) and I was checking some live wallpapers that are similar to stuff for the android phones and tablets.
I am looking for a way to have an actual and interactive solar system model as a ...
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Is it possible to change the behavior of close button?
Can I change the behavior of the close button so it won't close the application/window but merely minimize it? Similarly to the behavior in Mac OS X..
Edit: A nice workaround would be to change the ...
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Access harddisk from Ubuntu Customization Kit-prompt
How do I access my hard disk from the Ubuntu Customization Kit-prompt?
The mounted file system is the Live CD's own system. I want to use it for installation of deb-packages stored at the local hard ...
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Ubuntu Live CD customization with automated install
I am trying to customize an installation CD for Ubuntu 12.04 but I'm having some issues. I've used Ubuntu Builder and Ubuntu Customization Kit (UCK) and successfully updated packages and added ...
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Making a live CD of my ubuntu install
i want to make a CD of current ubuntu install. I wanna make a live CD/DVD that, when installed, install my custom system, while allowing the user to enter their details like password , use name, and ...
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Ubuntu 14.04 wired connection not working
I'm brand new to Linux so I thought I'd give it a shot for my gaming pc I just built, however it says the wired connection is not connected.
When it is I really can't give out the terminal info ...
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Can i customize the password prompt window/box( to perform administrative tasks)?
Can i customize(change colors, the shape) the windows/boxes,that are shown below:
Where those settings stored in CSS?
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Where do I start to create my own Ubuntu derivative? [duplicate]
I would like to create my own Ubuntu derivative with my desktop environment of choice and my preferred set of prepackaged programs.
What base should I start with and what modifications should I start ...
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How to set application lens as default in Unity Dash view and search results?
I want to open the Application lens in the Unity Dash as the default lens, since I much more open a programm then searching for a Wikipedia article, the weather or anything else the Home lens offers.
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How to add the town name to the conky Harmattan configuration?
The conky configuration Harmattan displays information about the current state of the weather but it does not display the name of the city that the weather refers to.
How can I add the name of the ...
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burg returns to default after running "sudo update-burg"
I made 2 custom icons for the burg bootloader-1.A custom icon for Bodhi linux and 2.Gnome linux....I placed these images in the correct folders and changed their classes appropriately....I then start ...
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Editing menus within XFCE
I am using Xubuntu 14.04. I would like to customise it to my needs. Just for anxiety I would like to change the Menu Contents of " About XFCE " . I usually change names by editing /usr/share/...
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Transparent Window Title Bars 14.04LTS
I can't figure out how to get transparent window title bars in 14.04
Have tried dconfig editor which has no effect (worked on previous versions)
Any suggestions or step-by-steps massively ...
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Is there a way to enable window borders in 14.04? [duplicate]
Window borders have been disabled in Ubuntu 14.04 by default. This can be distracting when there are overlapping console windows. Is there a way to enable them, and if so, how?
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Make Ubuntu compatible with Arabic language
I have installed Ubuntu 14.04 LTS and I want to make Ubuntu compatible with Arabic language Can you help me please
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Ubuntu 14.04: Add links to places in menu
I would like to add custom links to the places window on the top of the left pane in every nautilus window. I found solutions that suggest to just drag and drop it over the left pane, but that does ...
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Compress and Extract options in Thunar
Please anyone help me in creating Custom Options for Compress and Extract Here in Thunar File manager
Please help me...
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Themes and icons change to default automatically in Ubuntu 14.04LTS
I have customized my ubuntu themes and icons but after rebooting the computer
I find my themes and icons change to default.
I tried to solve it by starting recovery mode to fix the damaged package.I ...
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How to create icon on desktop [duplicate]
Now these days I am customizing Ubuntu and I want some icons on my desktop in customizes OS like
My computer
Home
Trash
How can I create these icons on my desktop. And I am in chroot environment so ...
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Customizing the boot message? [duplicate]
When booting Ubuntu, I get this message:
Is it possible to change the text Ubuntu 12.04 to Loading, please wait. ?
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Customising the ubuntu linux kernel
Can any one tell me how to customize the linux kernel for ubuntu package so that my kernel size can be reduced with necessary packages and the new kernel size should be very small?
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How to change default in ubuntu 12.04 LTS
Now these days I am working on a project in which I have to customize the ubuntu as per the requirement. I am using ubuntu 12.04 LTS i386 architecture edition for the customization.
I want to change ...
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How to remove unity upper panel in my customizes ubuntu os
Now these days I am working on a Ubuntu customization project. In which I want to remove unity upper bar panel and put this panel at the bottom of the screen.
I need manual method to change it. I am ...
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How to create multiple users during installation?
Now these days I am working on a Ubuntu customization project. In which I want to add this feature that Customizes OS can be able to create 2 users automatically during the installation. User can be ...
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how to install new Theme for Ubuntu Customization
I am customizing the ubuntu 12.04 LTS edition for my project work and I want to install new GUI look or theme in customization.
How can I inbuilt a new theme for Distro and make it as default theme.
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Ubuntu 12.04: Changing Hotkey for “Activities”
I want to customize the hotkey for the Activities-overlay in Gnome shell in Ubuntu 12.04.
I tried to edit both:
/apps/metacity/global_keybindings/panel_main_menu
/apps/mutter/general/...
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ubuntu rightclick command line custom backup
os: ubuntu 12.04 LTS,
kernel: 3.8.0-35-generic kernel,
when i right click on "text file/s",
i would like to have a custom menu, to run a bash,
to make a backup copy of text file/s i'm right clicking ...
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How to hide some icons in System Settings?
I installed programs to tweak Ubuntu settings. I found a blog that gave me good ideas, and also a good place to start.
The problem is that these programs that I was installing in my computer to ...
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Change Custom Theme's Desktop Label
I'm attempting to write a custom theme for 12.04 and would like to change the upper left-hand corner label for the desktop from "Ubuntu Desktop" to a simple icon. (See image)
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In looking through ...
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how do I change the default wallpapers in Ubuntu 13.10?
I want to make my own OS based on Ubuntu and I want to change the default wallpaper pack (the one with all the wallpapers canonical provides) and replace it with my own custom wallpapers. I've been ...
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How do I change the appearance of the Unity greeter? [duplicate]
Is there any way to change the appearance of the Lock Screen on Ubuntu 13.10 (unity)?
At current its simply a black screen with a tiny clock on the upper right corner.
I would like to change this to ...
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How Can I Add, and Use, a Color Scheme for Geany?
I have found that one of my favorite text editors for programming is Geany, however the default color scheme is very bright and hurts my eyes when programming for awhile. There are other color schemes ...
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How Can I Create and Configure Icon Themes in Gnome?
I know the basics for designing icons but I have no idea how to configure and compile them into a file so that I can create a gnome icon theme out of them. Can anyone help? It would be much ...
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Wallpaper going under bar
I'm having wallpaper problems, the wallpaper is going under my toolbar and iconbar and whatnot and I'm not exactly sure what to do about it.
I've played around with the appearance settings but no ...
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How do I generate a list of packages added since installation
A number of useful pages show how to generate a list of all installed packages, eg
How do I generate a package download list?
Is there a way to restrict the generated list to those I have added since ...
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How do I change the title bar buttons on Kubuntu?
I'm thinking about making some custom buttons for the window title bar (close, maximize, etc.) for Kubuntu 13.10. The problem is that I can't figure out what files I'm supposed to be editing to do ...
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How customize Ubuntu installation [duplicate]
How can I customize Ubuntu installation ? I don't want install Libre office or other app. I need something like Ubuntu server but without server tools .