For questions concerning themes, desktops and icon sets as well as less graphical customization on a system level.
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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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6answers
90k views
How to customize the gnome classic panel
First the picture:
As you can see in the image, the colors used for the icons and the words Applications and Places (In spanish in this case) have a different background dark gray color than the ...
20
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4answers
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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?
19
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3answers
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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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2answers
18k views
Creating .desktop files to use on the “Open with other application” tab
I am looking for the specs necessary to build a .desktop file to be used in Ubuntu 11.10.
Many terminal applications or even GUI application do not show on Open with other application tab anymore and ...
19
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4answers
7k views
How can I customize/disable notification bubbles?
Is there a way you can disable or customize the notification bubbles on Lucid?
15
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3answers
4k views
How can I customize the Ubuntu boot up logo?
I am making a custom distribution, and have a question about the Ubuntu Logo with 5 dots displayed when booting up.
The Ubuntu-Logo-Script in the /lib/plymouth/themes/ubuntutext folder has the word ...
14
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1answer
8k views
How to change desktop background from command line in Unity?
I have a script that updates my desktop background every day with the NASA APOD. Since upgrading to 11.10, that script stopped working, presumably because I'm using gconftool-2 to actually update the ...
14
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0answers
729 views
How do I make my own customized Ubuntu version? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How to customize live Ubuntu CD?
Is there any GUI tool for that?
13
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5answers
10k views
How to change the purple background color in grub?
How to do this manually, not installing any tools?
13
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2answers
1k views
Is it possible to add custom items to System Settings window?
For example, how to add a "Startup Applications Preferences" launcher to this Window?
13
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0answers
259 views
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 ...
12
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8answers
30k views
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 ...
11
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3answers
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OSD desktop-clock that does not get in your way?
is there a clock application,
that can be placed on your screen like a widget
staying always on top
but automatically fades away on mouseover
enabling you to click through it on items below,
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11
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3answers
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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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4answers
1k views
How to get cursor click effect?
I've seen videos like this one in which a effect appears when the user made a click. What I want it's just the effect only, I don't care the colour of the cursor.
How can I make this effect when I do ...
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4answers
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2answers
1k views
How can I add a custom compose key sequence?
How can I add a custom compose key sequence?
For example, I would like Compose, |, > to type the ▸ symbol.
I have tried adding the following to ~/.XCompose:
# Import default rules from the ...
10
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1answer
3k views
Will Unity be more customizable?
Will unity be more customizable and easier to use in later Ubuntu releases, and perhaps include more features?
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4answers
3k views
Where does Ubuntu store the picture that I set as my desktop?
I have a pretty picture set as my desktop background, but I've lost the original file. However, my desktop is still set to this picture. How can I get back my picture?
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4answers
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How to customize the context menu in Nautilus?
From time to time I come to ideas of actions I'd like to have available in a menu which pops up when I right-click on files in Nautilus. How to add them there? Is there something like Thunar UCA ...
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3answers
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How do I modify existing themes in 12.04?
Is there any way to modify the theme that comes with Ubuntu 12.04? It was possible with Ubuntu 10.x.
I wonder why they removed the basic customization. Are there any improvements in this area for ...
9
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3answers
3k views
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 ...
9
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3answers
327 views
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?
9
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4answers
2k views
How can I use my own image for the boot splash screen?
How can I create and use my own boot splash screen?
9
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2answers
330 views
How to save theme settings and restore it later?
I have changed base theme and made also some modifications (change fonts, sizes, icons sets etc)
I would like to save all and test some other themes and restore them back.I'm using 12.04.
Is this ...
9
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1answer
509 views
How to make Unity Launcher backlight use one colour?
How to make Unity Launcher backlight use one colour? I want my launcher backlight all coloured with blue..
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1answer
429 views
Is it possible to drag files with right click?
Is there a way (maybe using some script in nautilus or something) so that you can drag files with the right mouse button and when you release, you're shown the context menu?
If it can even be ...
8
votes
1answer
2k views
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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3answers
4k views
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 ...
8
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1answer
231 views
How do I create a customized CD that doesn't display any installation screens?
I would like to create customized Ubuntu installation CD.
Here is what I want a customized Ubuntu Installation CD to do:
Do not display any Installation Screens of Ubuntu.
Manually, set default ...
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3answers
1k views
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 ...
7
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4answers
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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, ...
7
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3answers
825 views
Override theme background color for certain applications
When using a custom theme (Equinox Evolution Midnight in my particular case) the manager at System > Preferences > Appearance > Theme > Customize > Colors is indeed reflecting the actual system-wide ...
7
votes
1answer
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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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4answers
9k views
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 ...
7
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1answer
807 views
How can I make the window buttons in the panel match the window buttons in the window decorations?
When the Ambiance GTK theme is selected in Applications ▸ Appearance ▸ Customize ▸ Controls, the window buttons in the panel match the window buttons of the Ambiance Metacity theme's window ...
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3answers
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How To Customize Ubuntu Bash to make it like Mint?
I love Linux Mint's bash customization. It includes both a color prompt and a quote displayed with ASCII art.
Is it possible to have it in Ubuntu?
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3answers
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How can I customize Vim for web development and programming?
I tried already to find something for my question in [askubuntu.com] , but nothing was answering my needs. So, what i want is build vim as a very powerful and useful editor for html,css, javascript, ...
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2answers
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How to customize “Places” menu
I want to add a Public folder at here. -The Public folder exists in ~/Public as default.
How can I do?
6
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3answers
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Creating an install of Ubuntu to clone
I work on a team with several other developers. We all have similar hardware and we all run at least the same base development software. We are wishing to upgrade from 10.04 to 10.10 doing a clean ...
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2answers
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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 ...
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2answers
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Conky Guides (links)
I want to take a stab at creating my own layouts for conky, but I'm having trouble finding any recent guides.
If you know of any, I would be grateful if you could post some links.
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1answer
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Where can I find the Pictures / Music / Downloads folder icons?
First of all, I know this question seems very common. I know the /usr/share/icons/Humanity/places folder. So this is not exactly about it.
On a fresh install, when you open Nautilus, you see your ...
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1answer
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How can I remove the “Deleted Items”, “Applications” entries from the netbook launcher? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How to delete Apps and Files & Folder (lenses) icons from Launcher?
Is it possible to remove the "Deleted Items", "Applications" and/or "Files & Folders" entries ...
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2answers
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How to see the full file name on the Lubuntu Desktop?
If I have a file with several characters in it, only a certain number of initial characters is displayed on the Lubuntu desktop and Xfce desktops.
For example, I have a file titled, ...
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1answer
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How to convert Ubuntu cursor to Windows and conversely?
Is it possible to convert ubuntu cursor theme to windows .cur and .ani. and make ubuntu cursor theme from Windows .cur & .ani files? If so, How
thanks :)
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3answers
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Installing ubuntu desktop without all the bloat
I am thinking of installing Ubuntu Server then from there install a desktop environment. Then I think ubuntu-desktop will not just include the desktop but other bloat too? How can I just get the GUI, ...
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3answers
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Is it possible to color the prompt in Bash?
Is it possible to color the prompt ("user@host:~/dir/$") in Bash? Some commands generate a lot of output and it's sometimes hard to find where it started. Coloring would help a lot.
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2answers
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Is GNOME-DO Themeable?
I was wondering if Gnome DO is themable, besides the 5 pre-installed themes.. I took a look at the projects' page and didn't discover anything. Do you know if there is any chance of unofficial theming ...
