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Hacking sound themes in Karmic
Gnome used to allow the user to change system sounds to their own liking. The System > Preferences > Sound menu option used to show a breakdown of the specific events with the option to choose...
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Karmic: Where the heck did those icons go?
Ever since the Beta days of Ubuntu 9.10 Karmic Koala, I had been wondering why certain icons were no longer visible. Most notably were the search engine icon’s from Firefox’s search toolbar and the...
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Karmic: gnome-power-manager hides “Do nothing” from the GUI
So, I wanted to watch some video on an external monitor connected to my Ubuntu 9.10 Karmic Koala laptop, but everytime I closed the laptop’s lid, the external monitor would turn off. This is when I...
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More concern (than necessary) over Lucid’s button layout
There’s been a lot of debate between users over the relocation of the title bar buttons with the new theme for Ubuntu 10.04 Lucid Lynx LTS due out in April. During the alpha stages of Lucid’s...
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Full transparent panel with Lucid’s Ambiance and Radiance themes
As much as I love the new look of Lucid, I’m compelled to tweak the look and feel to suit my own taste. After haunting /wg/ at 4chan, someone requested purple-hued wallpapers. I downloaded all of them...
View ArticlePrevent Recent Documents from displaying recent documents
ARCHAN> How do i make history not stored ? i dont want places > recent doc to store my recent files Gnome doesn’t offer an option to turn off the tracking of recently open documents, but you can...
View ArticleKeep Nautilus from showing mounted devices on the desktop
Someguy77: how do I prevent ubuntu from auto placing a icon to my devices on my dekstop? [sic] Ubuntu, or more correctly Nautilus, Gnome’s file manager, places an icon onto the desktop to show when...
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Button mode always for Nautilus location bar
Some Lucid Beta testers, myself included, have noticed some functionality has been removed from the Nautilus file browser. There used to be a toggle button for the location bar to switch it between...
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Disable NoScript from Auto Opening the Permissions Menu
I’m not entirely picky about how things behave in the desktop environment. I didn’t kick up a fuss about Ubuntu’s decision to move the titlebar buttons from the right to the left. Nautilus’s location...
View ArticleGnome3/Nautilus: Delete key stopped working?
If you’ve been browsing your files with Nautilus and wondered why tapping the delete key doesn’t seem to work any longer, you’re not alone. Deleting files within Nautilus, much like other file...
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