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Gnome gconf-editor crippled in 18.04 [duplicate]

I want to modify preferences for gnome-terminal and gnome-editor from the command line. To do this I need to know the various relevant key-value pairs and gconf-editor used to display them for all ...
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How do I script a bunch of Gnome appearance changes? [duplicate]

On installing Ubuntu 18.04 one of the first things I do is install gnome-tweaks and change these settings: Appearance > Themes > Applications Appearance > Background > Image Appearance > Lock Screen >...
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How to remove particular words from lines of a text file?

my text file looks like this: Liquid penetration 95% mass (m) = 0.000205348 Liquid penetration 95% mass (m) = 0.000265725 Liquid penetration 95% mass (m) = 0.000322823 Liquid penetration 95% mass (m) ...
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How to dump ALL dconf/gsettings so that I can compare them between two different machines?

The problem: I have two machines, both with Ubuntu Gnome 14.04 up-to-date, and both with installed the latest CrossOver Linux(1) to run MS Office 2007 on it. I know, it's a proprietary program, but ...
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How do I set the LightDM wallpaper in Ubuntu 14.04?

In previous versions of Ubuntu, picking one of the default wallpapers meant that you saw it on the login screen as well. I am now on a clean install of Ubuntu 14.04, the LightDM wallpaper appears to ...
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Scale title bars and menu in Ubuntu 14.04 with Gnome

I've installed gnome in my new 14.04 (not the Ubuntu-Gnome distribution). I've noticed the title bars are huge though, and I would like to change. The things is that this solution from here is not ...
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How to sort files order by "type" for all directories?

I'm asking about sorting my files ordered by "type" for all directories ? I could sort it for one directory but I couldn't find any solutions for my req (if possible) .
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gThumb 3.2.7 Browser and Viewer how do I set a black background, old fix no longer available on d-conf

I would like to be able to change the background color in gThumb 3.2.7 to black as listed in the answer to this older post, gThumb Browser and Viewer should have black background, how to do? is there ...
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Can I make the top bar value changes using CLI with tweak?

I want to show date in top bar using gnome-tweak-tool. I get the GUI solution How to show date in top bar of deskop in ubuntu 18.04 LTS? I want to get the CLI solution so that I can add this in my ...
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