If you are using the Gnome desktop and have played with the wallpaper (Appearance) settings, you will discover that there is an inbuilt slideshow feature that you can use to change the wallpaper at regular interval. While this is a useful feature, it is rather limited since it can only rotate among the default wallpapers and not your custom collection of wallpapers. For those who wish to create your own slideshow and don’t want to have a third-party wallpaper changing app running in the background, here’s how you can do it in Ubuntu.
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How to Setup A Ubuntu Web Server On A Remote Host
By | November 28, 2011 | 1 Comment
Setting up your own web server can be a fun thing, simply because you can customize the things you want and optimize it to perform at the highest level. Previously, we have shown you how to install a LAMP server in your Ubuntu machine, but that is using a GUI and it won’t work if you are administering a remote host. Here’s how you can setup a Ubuntu web server on a remote host.
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How to Give Any KDE Desktop An Ubuntu Makeover
By | November 23, 2011 | 5 Comments
Although some might consider it blasphemous, the default KDE desktop is not a style everyone automatically likes. If it were, KDE-Look.org would not be filled with desktop themes, window manager themes, and more. KDE is all about customization, and the ability to make it look however you want is part of that.
I have spoken to many people who dislike KDE solely based on its default appearance, the Air/Oyxgen set of styles and themes. Some have even argued that it looks too much like Windows (although evidence strongly suggests that Windows 7 mimicked KDE, rather than the other way around). What those people may not realize is that you can make KDE look as much like Gnome or any other desktop environment as you want.
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5 Alternatives to Unity in Ubuntu Oneiric
By | October 27, 2011 | 11 Comments
With the past few releases, Ubuntu has been focusing more and more on their homegrown desktop Unity. Some people love it, but a lot of us don’t. Fortunately, as with all things Linux, there are many alternative options. For those of us who just can’t find a way to unite with Unity, here are 5 great options that you might find you like better.
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How to Auto-login to Gnome Shell In Ubuntu Oneiric [Quick Tips]
By | October 25, 2011 | 4 Comments
In Ubuntu Oneiric, the default desktop session is the Unity Desktop (or Unity 2D depend on your hardware capabilities). If you have set the computer to auto-login to your desktop whenever you boot up, it will always login to the Unity desktop, even though you have installed Gnome-shell or classic Gnome. It doesn’t matter which desktop session (Gnome shell, classic gnome or Unity) you are using before you shut down, because on the next boot up, it will automatically login to the Unity desktop again. If you have Gnome shell installed, here’s how you can change the auto-login to Gnome shell instead of the Unity desktop.
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Useful Ubuntu Unity Lenses For Ubuntu Oneiric
By | October 24, 2011 | 2 Comments
One of the best feature of the Unity desktop in Ubuntu is the lens. Lens are the search feature in the Dash. Different lenses allow you to perform search functions, for example, the Music Lens allows you to search for music that you have recently listened to while the Applications Lens searches for all your applications in the system. In Ubuntu Oneiric, it comes with three default lenses, namely the Applications lens, Recent Files/Folders lens and the Music lens. Below are several useful lens that you can add on to your system.
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How to Reactivate ALT + F2 Shortcut in Gnome Shell in Ubuntu Oneiric [Quick Tips]
By | October 24, 2011 | 6 Comments
If you have used Gnome Shell in Ubuntu Oneiric, one of the things you might realize is that the “Alt + F2″ shortcut keys to open the Run prompt is no longer working. In fact, the “Alt + F2″ shortcut keys was disabled for unknown reason. After the “Can’t disable login sound” issue, this is yet another small issue that causes great irritation to the users.
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Can I Install Amd64 Ubuntu On My Intel 64-bit Machine? [MTE Explains]
By | October 17, 2011 | 3 Comments
If you have been to the Ubuntu download page, you will notice that there is a big list of ISOs that you can download. For the desktop version, there are always two versions: amd64 and i386. Which one should you download? Can I install the amd64 version of Ubuntu on my Intel machine? Let MTE explains to you.
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How to Remove Appmenu (Global Menu) In Ubuntu Oneiric
By | October 14, 2011 | 2 Comments
The appmenu (also known as the global menu) in Ubuntu Oneiric can be both a useful and annoying feature. When it is in action, it reduces the screen space required to render the menu bar. If you are using a computer with small screen, this is very useful for you. On the other hand, if you have a large screen, having to move your mouse to the top left corner of the screen every time you want to access the menu can be a troublesome chores.
For those who wish to remove the appmenu, simply remove the appmenu app with the following command:
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A Simple User Guide For Ubuntu Oneiric
By | October 13, 2011 | 7 Comments
Ubuntu Oneiric, while added much improvements to its Unity desktop, also brought lot of changes that make it more confusing and difficult to use. Users who have come from previous version of Ubuntu will find that some of their favourite applications are missing and replaced with another application that is either more resource intensive or more difficult to use. New users will also be confused where they can find all their applications and system settings. In this tutorial, we provide a simple user guide to help you familiarize with Ubuntu Oneiric.
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