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How to span single wallpaper over dual monitors?

I have dual monitor set up in Ubuntu 11.10. I want to have a single wallpaper spanned across both monitors. How do I do this?
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Any way to change the default folder icon?

I've tried 'assogiate' but contains only about the file types, no folder option is available.I don't want to install any theme or change folder icon individually. My bad, didn't include at first: I ...
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Change 2 or more LibreOffice documents to have the exact same styling/formatting

Say I have a directory with about 100 .rtf files I edit with LibreOffice Writer. I desire that all files in that directory will have the exact same basic rich text styling-directives, for example: * ...
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How to get rid of the background gradient of the inline GtkToolbar?

When you run the below code, it will show an inline toolbar in a window. Notice how the inline toolbar has a stand-out backbround. Is there a way to apply CSS to get rid of it and make blend with ...
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Google desktop logo looks bad

The Google Desktop icon in the system tray in Unity looks ugly: Any way around this?
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How can I turn off "eye candy" and make Ubuntu run as fast as possible?

For example in Windows XP (and onwards), you can Right Click My PC -> Properties -> Advanced System Settings and disable a whole slew of features that turn off eye candy and make the computer ...
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How can I make Nautilus sorting ignore the word "The" or "A" at the beginning of file and folder names?

I have a rather large library of media and it gets annoying looking for something when I forget that the "official" name of the movie, artist, song, etc begins with the words "The" or "A". So, for ...
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What visual style is this and how do I install it?

You can find my question in the title. The video, where I saw that visual style is the following: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=padG62OCSXg And the only thing I am interested in, is the visual ...
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CSS classes in gnome-shell for panel's menus background and slider

I would like to change the background of panel's menu (and make it transparent) and change the color of the slider (from purple to orange). I like the default Ubuntu shell theme, so I don't want to ...
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Why my Widget Style always change back to GTK+ Style automatically?

Using KDE, when changing Widget Style using Setting -> Application Appearance -> Style -> Application -> Widget style Every time I change the Widget style into Cleanlooks (or others), the style ...
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Drive information like Windows 7?

In Windows 7 the Computer area has drives sorted by Type which list the size remaining and a progress bar to represent the size currently in use. Is there a way to customize Ubuntu 11.04 to do the ...
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Netbeans styles. Are there style profiles similar to Notepad++? [closed]

Not long ago I started to use Ubuntu. When I was on Windows I used Notepad++. I was very surprised when I found that Notepad++ is only for Windows. So I installed Netbeans. Netbeans is a powerful IDE ...
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Can I mount disc in Windows style?

I wish to use Windows mount style in Ubuntu, i.e. /C/ mount point /F/ mount point I know it is not about standards, but may ease user expluatation. Does this method have any issues from technical ...
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How Can I Change Close/Minimize/Max buttons in unity?

I am working on a Linux distro and I was wondering how I can change the images of close/minimize/max buttons. I do not want to move them. Just change the style. Thanks for your help in advanced!
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LibreOffice Writer inconsistent units: lines & inches

I've been formatting documents in LibreOffice and am really confused by the inconsistent usage of units in its styles - I refer to the paragraph styles editing dialog. Often, when I try to edit a ...
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Change Toolbar Button Style in Ubuntu 14.04

Prior to 14.04 I have been able to do: gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.interface toolbar-style both This used to change my toolbars to icons with text below in all apps that adhered to the rules. In ...
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Which setting controls the style of window buttons in Xfce

I am running Xubuntu 21.04 and my apps are showing two very different styles of window buttons on them. The first is traditional and familiar, while the second looks kind of bizarre. I would like to ...
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How change Ubuntu 16.04 window control buttons only?

How change Ubuntu 16.04 window control button only without additional plugin/package? Currently my machine simply running Ubuntu 16.04 X11 Unity and with extra tool called as Plank. How to tweak the ...
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Cinnamon: How to position popupmenu?

I'm new to cinnamon desktop, I used gnome session fallback and mate before. What I'm trying to achieve is the following: when I right click on a window on the panel, the popupmenu should be right ...
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What background image do you use on your terminal? [closed]

What images/styles do you use for your terminal profile? I'm looking for a visual upgrade from the stock style.
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LibreOffice Writer Styles

Is there anyway to easyly manage styles on LibreOffice Writer ? For instance, by installing a add-on ? When I was using Word, it was really intuitive to use differents styles, manage them and edit ...
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Wrong theme in KDE

I am currently having a very strange problem with the KDE widget style. The problem consists in that the widget styles are not respected. All windows appear with something that looks like the ...
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How to add a theme to GtkSourceView Editor for Anjuta

So I want to use Anjuta and add a Theme. I use the GtkSourceView plugin as my editor. For some reason it doesn't allow me to define colors like with any any other editor but instead requires me to use ...
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Combine the shell and the top bar [duplicate]

I'd like to combine the shell bar and the top bar on my desktop for all applications. I have noted on the screenshot below what I mean by shell bar and top bar.
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Apply primary-toolbar background behind GtkEntry widget with GTK3

In PyGI (GTK3), how can I make a GtkEntry widget appear against the same background applied (by the user's theme) to the primary toolbar. I tried adding the same style class like this: entry....
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How can I make non-kde/non-qt application started with root privileges look integrated into my KDE desktop?

I have a desktop that has both Gnome and KDE installed. When I start non-KDE applications under my user account running KDE, the application widgets obtain the same window decoration, style etc as my ...
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LibreOffice Calc (7.2.5.2) replaces moved cells with non-template font family and size

I created a simple Calc template modifying all cells (Ctrl+A) to use FreeMono 12pt, and have Set as default template. (File > Templates > Save as Template... > apply name > check "Set ...
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How to remove ugly frames when copiyng to Libreoffice from browser?

Sometimes i copy/paste text from browser to LibreOffice, and page formatting|stylings from the browser page spoil the text looking ugly, like this, for example: Sometimes those frames|images|tables ...
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Is it possible to change the color of Ubuntu's visual style?

Is it possible to change the color of Ubuntu's visual style from purple to another color like silver? Is this option available in Ubuntu?
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How to change style and language of timezone

Ubuntu 23.10 How one to change the STYLE of timezone? I live in Ukraine, however I do prefer an English version of the system. But, my date is in Ukrainian language, what is somewhat out of place. e.g....
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Changing themes and environment variables :: 14.04 lts

Hey i'm having problems trying to find an editor for the theme color options, particularly pertaining to the field color and text color for general windows. I downloaded the new version of the GTK-...
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Change the style of specific programs in Xubuntu 12.04

Is it possible to change the style of a specific program while using another style for the entire desktop in Xubuntu 12.04? For example, I would like to use the Xfce-dusk style for the entire desktop ...
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How to set default paragraph style to "normal" in email replies in Evolution?

When I answer an email in Evolution 3.2.3 (Ubuntu 12.04) the new text I write has the paragraph style "normal" and is wrapped, but the quoted text of the email I answer to has the paragraph style "...
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How to make Firefox windows style less space consuming? [closed]

Firefox takes up so much space on small screens, so I'm searching for solutions that make firefox' interface less space consuming on ubuntu 12.04 with gnome3. Good examples are the chromium-style, but ...
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