Questions tagged [customization]
For questions concerning themes, desktops and icon sets as well as less graphical customization on a system level.
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Custimize status bar the ubuntu GUI
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS
I want my status bar menu to show the connected Bluetooth devices without opening the settings, similar to what it shows for Wi-Fi.
Is there a way to program it? Any example starter ...
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Customizing Ubuntu 22.04 installer
I just finished remastering Ubuntu 22.04. Inside the customized OS, I installed a new Plymouth, changed the kernel, and changed the desktop environment from GNOME to KDE. I also modified the Ubiquity ...
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How to prompt for user Hostname while booting Ubuntu22.04 live-cd customization
I'm customizing Ubuntu22.04 live-cd. I know how to hard code hostname while installing. But, my requirement is to prompt from hostname and take user input while installing.
Could anyone please help me ...
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How do I add horizontal gaps above and below my horizontal XFCE 4.16 panel?
I've been customizing my Xfce 4.16 top (main) panel. I've done so via the settings first and then modifying ~/.config/gtk-3.0/gtk.css but there's someting I can' acuieve. Or it works... sort of. ...
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Are there a pre- and post-install hooks before going into reboot in Ubuntu Desktop Installer (as of 23.04 changes)?
I want to customize installation CD for Ubuntu 23.04 Desktop.
During Ubuntu 23.04 install there is cascade of Ubuntu installers: UDI, Subiquity, Curtin.
Technically I want to do a thing, which during ...
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Weird symbols or not loaded symbols with synth-shell on terminal
It was fine until I reinstalled Linux. I also tried to reinstall it, but nothing changed.
I cloned it and followed the instruction from GitHub.
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How can I create a customise ubuntu to open browser when booted and restrict access to other application
I am trying to create a custom OS for examination purposes and I want to customize ubuntu iso so that it when booted it has only access to a browser and no other application
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Cursor doesn't respect theme when program is launched from command line
I installed breeze-cursor-theme with apt, and changed the default cursor theme via update-alternatives. Hence, update-alternatives --get-selections | grep x-cursor-theme returns
x-cursor-theme ...
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Move the "File View" bar to the very top bar
This question is, very probably, duplicate of this, but this duplicate does not answer my question.
I want to move the "File View" bar to the top bar like in Unity or macOS
Since I cannot ...
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How to create a customized ubuntu live cd
The answers to my question are all very old and the links are obsolete. As of today, what is the guide link for doing this? I am using this: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/LiveCDCustomization ...
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Change top bar clock format
How do I change the format of the clock at the top bar?
I want it to be day/month/year. I search an option with gnome tweaks, and dconf, but didn't find anything to change. Thanks.
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How can I customize GNOME from the terminal [I'm using Cubic]
I'm trying to customize an Ubuntu Desktop 22.04 LTS ISO from the Cubic app.
I have a few commands that do the job I want, but apparently in the terminal provided by Cubic to modify the system they don'...
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Ubuntu 22.04 Desktop Auto-Install using Preseed
We've a customise OS on top of Ubuntu 18.04 desktop, we are trying to upgrade the Ubuntu version to 22.04.
We have preseed files where we have defined auto-install process. I am trying to find a way ...
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How can I change the KDE Plasma lock screen theme?
I have customized nearly everything I wanted and I think it looks perfect except for the lock screen. I looked everywhere in the settings and there is no option to download a theme or make changes to ...
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KDE custom menu action on directories with whitespaces in the name
I created a script that takes different directories paths to merge the files inside them into one directory. I would exec this scrict by custom Kde-Dolphin action menu, so I created this .desktop file:...
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How do i change Ubuntu installer splash screen images? Where are they located on the ISO image?
I'm using Cubic to create my own Ubuntu distro out of pure curiosity and i want to modify the installer splash screen. Swapping /usr/share/plymouth/themes/spinner didn't work for me.
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How to customize GTK file picker display order on KDE?
We use Dolphin normally - but some apps use the GTK picker and forcing the KDE picker doesn't work out well - so instead I'm wondering if it's possible to just change the ordering in the GTK picker?
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Are there any implication when I use cubic like this?
I am using cubic to create my custom ubuntu 22.04 image. During the customization process, i created my own user and added them as an admin(following this guide). Afterwards, i extracted the ISO and ...
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persian keyboard layout not present in ubuntu 22.10
i recently changed from ubuntu 20.04 to ubuntu 22.10. now when i try to add persian keyboard layout it's not in the add an input source menu. i searched for persian and farsi and no languages were ...
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How do I customize my ubuntu terminal prompt
I want to have this:
This is currently what I see in the shell:
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How to change color in the app switch window in Ubuntu 22.04?
When I switch between applications using ALT + TAB, a small window appears in the middle of the screen and lets me choose another application.
My problem is that the color of the highlighted ...
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Change location of the Dash icon to the top of the panel
No LSB modules are available.
Distributor ID: Ubuntu
Description: Ubuntu 22.04.1 LTS
Release: 22.04
Codename: jammy
Wondering if there is a way to change the location of the Dash icon AKA ...
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Ubuntu 22 Gnome dark theme window border
On the default Ubuntu Gnome light theme there is white border around window, and shade effect - it is easy to spot how large window is and where are its edges.
On the dark theme multiple overlapping ...
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Launch app on startup, lock user out of desktop?
I am trying to create a media player PC for home, and I just want Ubuntu to load and go straight to a media library app. I don't need anything else to load or be accessed... I mean except the media ...
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Unable to create custom iso Ubuntu 22.04 using autoinstall
I am trying to create a Single Ubuntu 22.04 custom iso from ubuntu-22.04.1-live-server-amd64.iso using cloud-init configuration for autoinstallation.
I have my meta-data and user-data files in /cdrom/...
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Making an Ubuntu 22.04 based desktop and server distribution? [duplicate]
I am a beginner in Ubuntu.
How can I make an Ubuntu 22.04 desktop and server based distribution?
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How to center KDE application launcher from latte dock?
The application launcher position doesn't match center screen. I use latte dock. Is there any way to center the launcher position?
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How to build a livecd without dev entry points for local hard drives
I'm trying to create a bootable USB key with "livecd" lubuntu distribution (lubuntu-22.04.1-desktop-amd64) for a specific purpose: a restricted OS for students examinations. I'm almost done ...
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How to accomplish some tasks within cubic with the goal to create a custom Ubuntu image ready to Pass-Through an nvidia GPU
I'm trying to understand how to customize Ubuntu 22.04 to satisfy my needs and also because I want to re-distribute a version of Ubuntu ready for the users who wants to passthru their nvidia gpu ...
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How to create a custom column in folders
Is there a way to permanently create a custom column in folders?
I want to create a column that specifies some properties of a file
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My question: Is Ubuntu free (even for commercial use)? [duplicate]
Is Ubuntu free to install, customize and use - even to perform commercial purposes by using other apps available on it?
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Does upgrading ubuntu from 20.04 to 22.o4LTS affect the customization done on the previous version?
I am thinking of upgrading from my Ubuntu 20.04 LTS to 22.04 LTS (latest version). I would like to know if this could completely alter the configurations and customization done on the previous version....
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make custom iso of ubuntu
The one thing I want to do is customize Ubuntu to make my own ISO file installation, and one of the things I want to do is enable eno1 (my 1G interface) after installation! Do you know if this is ...
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How to change Gnome 42 window color
Gnome 42 dark mode is kinda too dark for me. But the light mode is too bright. Honestly can't see the UI elements properly because of my eye problem. Is there any way to change the color of the window ...
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Associate custom icons to specific extensions on Xubuntu/Xfce
First, sorry about my English btw and also sorry if a similar question has been asked before.
Context: I've installed lutris to manage some windows games easily, in this case "osu!".
There ...
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How to switch between customisation in xubuntu?
Xubuntu looks boring,but is highly customisable,I want to customise it like MAC OS from a youtube tutorial.
I fear it might slow down the system to a bit.
I want a way to switch between the default ...
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How to set custom shortcut involving only Left or Right Alt?
I am currently using ubuntu 22.04. I want to set a custom shortcut like
<LEFT ALT> + Left/Right ----> to shift workspaces <Like a MAC>
Whereas the <RIGHT ALT> must remain with all ...
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Remove Ubuntu 22.04 LTS dock border
Is there a way to remove the border from the dock? (please see image reference)
I tried with gsettings but didn't find any key or value that refers to that specific border. Any guess?
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How to add dictionary lookup option to text selection in Ubuntu 22.04
I tried to look for some leads to add this option to Ubuntu 22.04 but couldn't find anything.
I found a tutorial that worked on Ubuntu 18.04. But it was only a walk through on how to add a custom ...
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How do I remove the "X" button on the tabs in terminator?
I really like terminator, but it has one big drawback: Sometimes when I try to switch to another tab, I accidentally hit the "X" button on the right of the tab. Then that tab closes, and I ...
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How to change the orange hot corner theme to green, if I don't want to use Yaru-olive?
I changed the GTK theme to Orchis-green-dark, I have an orange theme when pressing ctrl to find my pointer, or at this activities hot corner:
And I want to make them green, like in Yaru-olive, but I ...
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How to change background color of "Show Applications" on Ubuntu 22.04?
I have tried with Dconf, but I was not able to find how to finetune the background color of the "Show applications" action menu on the Dock.
My idea is to make somewhat a WinXP look, which ...
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Ubuntu 22.04 build ISO (Both: MBR and EFI )
In our company we use a modified Ubuntu installation ISO image.
Since Ubuntu 22.04 has changed the structure of the installation image (ISOLINUX has been removed, in favor of GRUB2), I would need ...
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Grub customizer is not opening
1-Hello i just completely uninstalled windows from my computer.
So the problem is when i restart my computer i always see dual boot menu , i found grub customize and downloaded it but its not opening ....
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Kubuntu unlock screen - keyboard trigger and auto-focus
I just switched from Ubuntu/Gnome to give Kubuntu/KDE a try. I often suspend/lock my system. The unlock screen when restarted from suspend seems to require a mouse event to trigger it so it displays ...
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How to update the kernel for a live CD Linux image
I've a customized LiveCD image based on Ubuntu. It's a small image has just the required software to get the job done. The thing is that this image doesn't have modules for newer hardware such as a ...
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Can you change the desktop highlight colour in 20.04?
I know this question has been asked a couple of times, but none of the methods that I have seen work for 20.04
If there is a way to do it with the terminal, that would be good.
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Applications to arrange icons in folders like I arrange in desktop
Is there an application (or file manager) that changes the way files are organized in a way I can change the position of applications freely as I do in my desktop?
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Top bar/Panel customization orange line
I've been trying to customize the panel to my liking but I can't figure out how to remove or at least shorten the orange line that you see in the screenshot.
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This is the ...
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Tools for creating a custom Linux OS based on Ubuntu
I want to create a new OS which is based on Ubuntu. I changed everything in Ubuntu like name, screenfetch logo, etc., but I failed when it comes to creating an iso for my OS. I want to change ...
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