GNOME is the name for a collection of software that provides the desktop environment used by Ubuntu (but not Kubuntu or Xubuntu). This is a very general tag that should only be used for questions referring to GNOME in general, and not a specific component.
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How to revert to GNOME Classic Desktop?
I'm used to GNOME Classic and personally don't want to change to anything else, but it seems there is no more GNOME Classic in the Oneiric release. After apt-get installed gnome-session and all, ...
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How do I install and use the latest version of GNOME?
I followed the instructions for compiling GNOME Shell and it did compile with a few errors here and there but it didn't run. I installed GNOME Shell using sudo apt-get install gnome-shell but I got ...
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Why is Ubuntu 11.04 switching to Unity?
I understand from Jono Bacon's blog that Ubuntu will be switching to Unity as the default desktop in the upcoming 11.04.
What's not clear is "Why?".
Could someone explain the benefits of Unity over ...
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Desktop forgets theme?
I am running Ubuntu in VirtualBox (on a Windows 7 host). Several times now, the top-level menu bar, the task bar — and seemingly every system dialog — have forgotten the out-of-the-box "Ambiance" ...
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Difference between vim-gtk and vim-gnome
How are the packages vim-gtk and vim-gnome different from each other? I've tried both and the resulting Gvim feels the same (to me). If there is no difference, why are both packages maintained?
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How do I reset GNOME to the defaults?
I was playing around with some settings, and now I need to reset GNOME to it's defaults - how do I do that?
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How do I save sessions or reopen last-used applications?
When I log in Ubuntu, I would like all windows opened at previous session (terminal and Firefox mainly) to be re-opened automatically at the same size and position.
How to proceed?
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How do I switch to the Classic GNOME Desktop? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How to revert to GNOME Classic?
How can I setup the Natty Classic Desktop to be "really" classic? I want to have the menus in the application window and I want to have ...
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How can I create launchers on my desktop?
In older versions it was easy to create a launcher on my desktop all i had to do is right click on my desktop and select the create launcher option. But on 11.10 the option disappeared from the menu.. ...
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Desktop doesn't remember brightness settings after a reboot
Every time I reboot my machine the brightness goes back to 100% in Gnome. I wish it would keep the last setting. Is there anyway?
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How to safely try KDE?
There's a way to safely try KDE on top of an Ubuntu installation, keeping the possibility to revert the changes in case I dislike how it runs?
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Why are .goutputstream-xxxxx files created in home folder?
I find a lot of files with names of the like
.goutputstream-xxxxx
where xxxxx are some alphanumeric characters.
Here is a screenshot of the home folder
Any idea why I should keep these or can I ...
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How do I use the gconf editor?
I see some answers where people post to set a key in the gconf-editor, however there is no entry for gconf-editor in my menu.
How do I run it and how do I use it to set keys that people recommend?
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Add custom command in the open with dialog?
In earlier versions of Ubuntu (10.10-) there was an option in the "open with" tab in the properties window, to add a custom command to open a file. However, this is no longer the case in Ubuntu 11.10. ...
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Ati incompatible with Gnome-shell?
Gnome shell installed through software centre does not display top toolbar panel properly (missing text and icons), and when one of the icons on it eg user's name is clicked the menu popup has missing ...
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How do I check my version of GNOME-Shell?
There's got to be some simple way I'm missing, but for the life of me I can't find it. Any help? Thanks in advance.
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How to set Monday as the first day of the week in GNOME Calendar applet?
What is the recommended way to change the first day of the week to Monday (instead of Sunday, as in the screenshot below)?
I couldn't find anything related in Clock Preferences, nor in System -> ...
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How to switch window controls to the left?
Is there a way to the switch gnome-shell window buttons to the left? I've gotten so used to them being on the left that them being on the right has thrown me way off.
(gnome shell has them defaulted ...
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How to make KDE applications look native in GNOME?
is there a way to make KDE applications (like digiKam) look native in GNOME?
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How to install Gnome 3 without breaking Unity?
I tried installing gnome 3 from the ppa, but it broke Unity and I had to reinstall Natty from scratch.
Does anyone know if there is a way to install Gnome 3 without breaking Unity?
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How do I turn off the alt-shift-uparrow keybinding in GNOME?
After upgrading from 10.10 to 11.04, the key sequence ALT-shift-uparrow
now seems to have a window-manager level definition.
It seems that this is a new unity key sequence. However, I'm using
...
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Where can I get themes and eye-candy for my desktop?
Apart from those themes in the repository and Gnome-look.org, are there other places to get themes for my Ubuntu Desktop?
Also, are there any 3rd party repositories of themes and other eye-candy?
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Why doesn't the PrintScreen dialog show up in Gnome?
I'm using gnome-shell on Ubuntu 12.04. When I hit PrtSc to take a screenshot, it works, but it automatically saves the screenshot in my Pictures folder. There's no dialogue asking where to save. It ...
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How do you create a custom application launcher in Gnome Shell?
How do you create a custom application launcher in Gnome Shell?
I have a local Eclipse installation that I'd like to be to quickly launch. So I created a symlink to the eclipse binary and placed it ...
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How do I disable Compiz in the Ubuntu Classic session?
I would like to disable Compiz in Natty (Ubuntu Classic). I have tried to access this through System > Preferences > Appearance but the "Visual Effects" tab is no longer there.
On previous releases ...
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How do I add minimize / maximize buttons to GNOME shell windows?
Just installed Ubuntu 12.04, then I did
sudo apt-get install gnome-shell
and windows have only a close button, how can I enable minimize / maximize? The old gconf-editor doesn't seem to work cause ...
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Is it possible to customise the search engine buttons in GNOME Shell?
When searching in gnome-shell, there are two buttons towards the bottom of the screen which can be used to search with Wikipedia and Google.
Is there any way to customise these? If, say, I wanted to ...
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Will Ubuntu 11.04 use GNOME 3?
Will Ubuntu 11.04 use Gnome 3? If so, what differences for end-user is going to be? I know that there won't be Gnome shell, but what about the login screen? Will Ubuntu continue using that old (GNOME ...
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How do I manage applications on startup in GNOME 3?
I had a nice GUI for changing startup applications (after logging in) on GNOME 2. How can I start that application on GNOME 3?
Where can I download it? What is the package name? What command is used ...
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How do I add a launcher for .sh applications?
I have installed ubuntu (11.04).
I installed phpstorm which is simply an archive for you to extract and shove in your /opt directory.
To run it you would use /opt/PhpStorm-103.243/bin/PhpStorm.sh
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Adding custom applications to Gnome launcher
Looking for a utility that allows me insert an item into the list of applications that GNOME knows about.
For example:
I have downloaded Eclipse EE (I have some very special plugins that I need to ...
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Prevent gnome-shell's dash from listing Recent Items
I am using gnome-shell in Ubuntu 11.10. I am getting annoyed when dash search lists Recent Items. I have tried many ways to prevent it like
Deleting activity.sqlite and activity.sqlite-journal files ...
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How can I create a application launcher for a .sh file?
I have this run.sh file, and I've create a symbolic link into my desktop.
When I double-click on it the file the following dialog appearsr
And I have to click on "run" each time. How can I create ...
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Is there any tweak to bring back emblems in Nautilus?
I read the following dev email Removing 'Backgrounds and Emblems' and when i read this part:
Note that this does not completely remove the ability for extensions
(e.g. Dropbox) to add emblems ...
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Keyboard shortcut for “open a terminal here”
How can I create a keyboard shortcut so that when I press F12 in nautilus (or desktop), I get a terminal in the current directory?
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How can I make the draggable window border thicker, without changing the appearance?
When you want to resize a window in gnome (as well as in other systems) you can click-and-hold at the window's border and than drag it. The problem is (and do correct me if I'm wrong here) that the ...
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Alt + Tab is not working in gnome shell at ubuntu 12.04 [closed]
I have installed ubuntu 12.04 and running gnome-shell. So far almost everything went fine, but Alt + Tab is not working. How can I get Alt + Tab working? or there is some other alternative?
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How do I install KDE?
I want to have both KDE and Gnome shells on Ubuntu. Ubuntu has Gnome by default. How do I install KDE?
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How to change the format of the date & time displayed in top panel?
By default date and time is displayed by the clock applet on the top right of the gnome desktop in Ubuntu. For me this displays something like "Tue Aug 3, 19:45". I would like to change it to make the ...
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Will the upcoming “Gnomebuntu” be an official variant?
I have heard some things about Gnomebuntu which is to be a new Ubuntu variant, although that may not be its final name. There is an article at world of gnome, which describes it as a community ...
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Where is the user's profile picture stored in Gnome 3?
In Ubuntu 11.10, I can set my profile picture through the User Accounts settings panel. I can select an existing picture and it will help me crop that picture to look nice.
The final product is not ...
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How to get the GNOME 3 login manager installed?
I was wondering if it is possible to get the GNOME 3.2 GDM login theme working on Ubuntu 11.10. I installed GDM alongside LightDM, but the GDM greeter is really ugly.
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How do I clear all gnome shell notifications?
I use Jupiter as a power manager. Now I get a good number of notifications from it. I do not have problem with the fact that I get all these notifications.
I do however, want to be able to clear all ...
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How to start an app with “Always On Top” set?
There are a couple of applications that I find myself marking as "Always on Top" every time I use them, so I wonder if there is a way to automatically set them as so, whatever way I start them (menu, ...
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How to programmatically swap the caps lock and esc keys?
I am a heavy Vim user and one of the first things I do when I start working on a clean ubuntu installation is to swap the caps lock and esc keys to reduce hand movements over the keyboard.
So far I ...
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Cannot login to my user account
I upgraded my ubuntu from 11.04 to 11.10 via mounting the latest alternate CD image released on Oct. 13 as the final standard version and running the cdromupgrade prompt successfully, with full latest ...
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How can I install Typing Break?
I've just upgraded to beta 2 of Oneiric/11.10 and the typing break has gone.
I've gone into the system settings and looked in "Keyboard Layout" and "Keyboard" and can't find anything. Has it just ...
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Enabling native shortcuts on Gnome - 3
How can I enable the native shortcuts like
Alt + Ctrl + T: Terminal
Alt + Ctrl + D: Show Desktop
on Gnome 3.
