For questions concerning themes, desktops and icon sets as well as less graphical customization on a system level.
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Customizing ubuntu studio 13.04
I have recently switched from original ubuntu 12.10 to ubuntu studio 13.04. After some research I found out I could install compiz to this as well. I have to go to the terminal and run compiz ...
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How do I set the position of a Cinnamon desklet?
I'm using Cinnamon 1.8 and tried out it's native desklets.
But neither could I figure out myself nor find any documentation on how a desklet's position is defined.
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How to fix missing GPG keys?
I have just installed Ubuntu 12.04 and I added some repo and when apt-get update i got missing gpg key.
Following command seems to doesn't work for me:
apt-get update 2> /tmp/keymissing; for key ...
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How Do I Change Icons in the Dock “Plank”?
I'm wondering how I change icons for specifically the dock "Plank". I've only managed to find a way to change theme, but not icons for the actual applications in the dock.
Is it possible? If so, how ...
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Is There A Guide to Debian Live's Seemingly Undocumented Ubuntu Extension?
Debian Live is the tool used to generate LiveCD images now for Ubuntu. There is a manual available for it that notes there is an extension that handles producing Ubuntu-style LiveCDs but says very ...
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Manage Custom Shortcuts
I have a bunch of customs shortcuts:
But since the migration to the new configuration tool gnome-control-center keyboard (since gtk-3/Gnome-3/Unity/Ubuntu 12.04) I can not sort these shortcuts ...
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How can I remove the gray boxes around custom folder icons? [closed]
When I set custom folder icons in Ubuntu 13.04, gray boxes appear around them:
How can I make the icons just look normal?
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How can I customize a system locale?
At System → Administration → Language support → Text. I can only choose standard locales, but I would like to fine-tune. For example in Windows I could customise things like time and date format, ...
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How can I create a new kind of emblem?
The emblems in Nautilus don't quite fit my needs. How can I add a new one, just for my user account?
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How do I install cursors from the internet? [duplicate]
I tried doing the answer from another question but I didn't have an .icons folder.
How else can I install a cursor without using the software center?
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Xubuntu transparent buttons in the panel
I would like to remove the color behind the buttons inside the XFCE Pannel :
I tried to modify the file /usr/share/themes/Greybird/gtk-2.0/apps/xfce-panel.rc, and I came with a strange white ...
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Can I set the launcher to only be visible when I'm on the desktop?
I'd like to show the Launcher when I am on my desktop and hide it when an application is running. How can I personalize it?
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How do I change the start up sound?
How do i change the start up background music in Ubuntu and can i add any customized music for startup? What are the various ways of setting this?
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How to change the font of various terminal emulators?
Mainly:
Gnome Terminal
Xfce Terminal
Konsole
LXTerminal
Terminator
Guake
Yakuake
Urxvt
Xterm
Mrxvt
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Ubuntu hanging problem [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
What should I do when Ubuntu freezes?
I have a problem with ubuntu 12.04 LTS on my custom tower pc in which the OS hangs at specific points:-
- live usb with ...
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Creating a .desktop file for a new application
I just installed the lastest version of UGENE. I works fine but in order to use it, I have to enter the following in the terminal: cd ugene-1.11.5/ then execute ./ugene -ui to launch UGENE GUI.
This ...
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How to change boot screen name?
I want to change the name 'ubuntu 12.04LTS' in boot screen to some other name.How can I do dat?
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disable a key on an OS level
I have a volume control wheel on the basse of my laptop which I always spin by mistake.
When spun, the letters 6~ start to pop up in rapid succession.
Annoying as this is, when in my vim ...
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How to update a package in ubuntu-builder which requires system reboot?
I am trying to create a customized ubuntu live cd using ubuntu-builder. I was following this perticular answer:
How to customize live Ubuntu CD?
If I try to update a package which requires system ...
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Customization: Specific DE for specific User
Is it possible to setup?
Suppose, I have two users: Home and Work.
For Home I want to use GNOME Shell or KDE a beautiful DE. (Or something else)
For Work I want to use LXDE or MATE as fastest DE. ...
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Ubuntu 12.10 iso image customization
I'm trying to create my own iso image based on Ubuntu 12.10 and I've got several questions.
1) How can I add user using preseed? I tried to do it this way, but I still have to enter the password in ...
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xmodmap alternative for the text console (TTY)?
There is a keyboard with ' key broken. I've remapped it to the Wake button with xmodmap but that affects only X session, how can I achieve this for TTYs?
Note: editing keymap files directly is not ...
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Is it possible to change text console (VT, framebuffer) foreground color?
I tried setterm -foreground green but any action resets the color back to white.
Also, switching black and white seems like a nice option for e-paper (e-ink) screens.
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How do I set up a background Image for console in ubuntu
Some of you may know this from opensuse. There the console is able to have a background. Is Ubuntu also able to have a backround image outside the x window system?
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How to customize the Lubuntu menu? Where is the .xml file responsible for it?
I know that the menu can be modified editing the .xml file responsible for it, but I've did a research on the web and nothing helped me find this file. So I'm here asking, how to customize the Lubuntu ...
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Is there a tool to quickly create custom keyboard layouts for international keyboard, greek and unicode math?
Is there a tool to quickly create custom keyboard layouts?
For example to achieve this: http://tex.stackexchange.com/a/86559/1871
Producing Unicode characters in secondary layers, but based on US ...
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How to install Mac buttons and scrollbars on 12.10?
I recently installed the mac theme for Ubuntu 12.10 from Noobslab. The installation went properly and I am now running the Mac theme. But I still don't have the scrollbars and buttons for Mac. This is ...
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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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How to activate my lens on Quantal?
How to enable/activate any unity lens on Quantal?
I installed many unity lens on Quantal, using the following command, but none is active on dash.
sudo apt-get install unity-lens-wikipedia
sudo ...
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How can I change the default color for all the text in the system manually
How can I change the overall default color for text of the whole system ,be it for the gnome panel,tty,shell,etc.In all the just look and feel aspect of my system.
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How can I set an animated background?
I want an animated desktop wallpaper on Ubuntu.
For example, the animated Enlightenment background.
How does one achieve this?
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different icons on different workspaces
When I install an icon on one workspace it is installed on all four workspaces. Is it possible to install different icons on different workspaces? I am using Ubuntu 12.04.
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How to not display icons on all four desktops ubuntu 12.04
Is it posible to have diferent icons on all four desktops, right now on all four desktops I have same folders, files, photos can I change it for example to have on second desktop just photos ? TNX
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Custom OS installer
I installed ubuntu 12.10 and I installed many applications like gimp, Cairo dock etc. now I remastered it with remastersys . I successfully created a live CD. When I boot the CD I found that there is ...
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Customize Ubuntu Login Screen
I have an Ubuntu 12.04 LTS server on which I installed Xubuntu desktop. I have some users in the server out of that I would like to set a user as a default user. How can I customize the login screen ...
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Without installing a third party dock, how can I get a taskbar launcher on Xubuntu?
I have been trying several flavors of *buntu, I like the dock in kubuntu but want the lightness of xubuntu/lubuntu. How can I make the xubuntu launcher dock behave as an icon only task manager that ...
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How to show ascii art at the top of the terminal when it's opened?
As you can see on this screeshot of Mik's Guake he have a statup message of ascii art when he opens it, and that's what I'd like to do, can someone help me?
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how to install KDE icon theme in ubuntu? (ROSA Icons)
I recently got the great ROSA icon theme from the ROSA repo, I extracted the archive and put it into the .icons folder, under KDE I can select the icons no problem, but under unity using gnome tweak ...
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How can I create a “built-in” color scheme for GNOME Terminal?
GNOME Terminal has a few built-in color schemes:
How can I add more to this list?
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How to customize live Ubuntu CD?
I would like to customize Ubuntu live CD by installing some additional packages. I have followed this link but it doesn't seems to work. Can anyone provide clear instructions? Thanks in advance!
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How to Customize a ubuntu install CD and (not a liveCD) create a new ISO for PXE boot?
My requirement is as below.
I would first install ubuntu 12.04 on a rack server using an ISO image.
Install certain packages like kvm, openvswitch etc:-.
I should be able to repackage everything to ...
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How do I set a custom cursor theme in Ubuntu 12.04? [duplicate]
I would just like to set a custom cursor theme on my computer. I had this pack back on 10.10 from here. http://gnome-look.org/content/show.php?content=50663. But I can't seem to recall how I did it. ...
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How do I remove full name from owner column within file manager?
Within the file manager (Nautilus), you can customize it a bit through Edit -> Preferences.
I set default view to List View and added some additional default columns. Adding the owner column ...
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How to change guest user icon
How the "Guest User" picture in Ubuntu 12.04 can be changed?
The user picture appear, for example, in the user menu.
This image is seen in every user's menu, so I guess it's just a matter of finding ...
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Problem with repositories when using Customization Kit
I used Ubuntu Customization Kit to create new LiveCD for my Ubuntu 12.10 and everything is good but one. I use the command line in UCK to set some changes to the LiveCD - for example to remove ...
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how to enable compiz desktop zoom in 12.04 without using CCSM?
Esteemed Ubuntu 12.04 users and devs,
I assume compiz has a desktop zoom plugin built into 12.04. I used it in 11.04 & 11.10 with CCSM anyway. Now in 12.04 i want to enable and customise this ...
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How can I install themes to Ubuntu 12.10?
I am a little confused with the gtk stuff. I heard Ubuntu 12.10 already has gtk3.6.0. I am trying to install a theme that says it requires gtk 3.6.0. So when I click download, it doesn't download, ...
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Setting default headless resolution
I am running my ubuntu (12.04.2 LTS) file server headless and use tight VNC to connect to it from my windows 7 machines. Is there any way I can have the resolution always at 1920x1080 by default? It ...
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Change launcher icon opacity/brightness
Is there any way to reduce the opacity/brightness of launcher icons in Ubuntu 12?
They are too vivid and colorful, which distracts me a little. Coders will know.
It wouldn't bother me if the ...
