ubuntu tips

when gutsy boots part of the screen goes brown, you can change the colour to something else in this file -

Code:

gksudo gedit /etc/gdm/PreSession/Default

on line 61 (right near the end of the file) there's a bit that looks like this -

# Default value
if [ "x$BACKCOLOR" = "x" ]; then
BACKCOLOR="#dab082"

i think that is the original value - #dab082 i changed it to a dark colour, to this - BACKCOLOR="#1C1919"

i installed a really good launcher called gnome-launch-box, it's like the mac one called quicksilver. i made a keybinding of alt-F3 for it so it's right next to the default program launcher (alt-F2) i think that's free to use. here's how to make the keybinding -
http://developer.imendio.com/node/77
i can't find any good videos showing it, so here's one showing quicksilver instead. they look the same to me!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u4i7KHxmLLw

sudo aptitude install gnome-launch-box
it's really cool, you can launch CLI programs like 'top <enter>' and it will run top inside a terminal for you, or you can look for files and directory names too

 

Hello Iceni, installed Gnome Launch Box via Terminal. Trouble is, I can't find it anywhere. What command-line launches it?

 

gnome-launch-box will run it, but i posted about it at ubuntuforums and i don't think anyone else could get it working, it's a bit odd, i don't know why. i installed it on ubuntu and suse without any problems

 

Alt F2 brings it up. It is a bit like Quicksiliver in that it finds things really fast but Quicksilver is much, much more than a launcher.

 

there's a KDE one too that might do more things called katapult, i think that's what it's called. if you use KDE then that's definately worth getting, i don't use KDE so i haven't tried it. i've no idea if loading KDE libs for KDE apps uses a lot of resources if you aren't already using KDE, but i've heard people moaning about it.

 

there's a new program called 'gnome do' that's just started. you can get it here -
https://launchpad.net/gc

there's a video on the page too.