Showing posts with label tips n tricks. Show all posts
Showing posts with label tips n tricks. Show all posts

How To Disable Recursive Search In Nautilus 3.6 or 3.8 [Patch w/ PPA] How To Disable Recursive Search In Nautilus 3.6 or 3.8 [Patch w/ PPA]

The type-ahead find feature was removed from Nautilus starting with version 3.6. Now when typing in a Nautilus (3.6+) window, it performs a ...

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How To Get XCF Thumbnails In Nautilus 3.x [Quick Tip] How To Get XCF Thumbnails In Nautilus 3.x [Quick Tip]

Quick tip: You can get XCF thumbnails in Nautilus by using GNOME XCF Thumbnailer. However, the tool needs a fix to work with the latest Naut...

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Use Monochrome Icons For The Steam Ubuntu AppIndicator [Quick Tip] Use Monochrome Icons For The Steam Ubuntu AppIndicator [Quick Tip]

A quick tip for those of you who are using Steam for Linux in Ubuntu: you've probably noticed that Steam for Linux has recently got an A...

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How To Get Unity Launcher Window Dodge In Ubuntu 12.10 Or 13.04 How To Get Unity Launcher Window Dodge In Ubuntu 12.10 Or 13.04

The patch that adds the old window dodge autohide behaviour for the Unity Launcher hasn't been updated for Ubuntu 12.10, but an old scr...

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Unity Revamped PPA Is Back For Ubuntu 12.04 (Unity Launcher Dodge, Minimize On Click Features) Unity Revamped PPA Is Back For Ubuntu 12.04 (Unity Launcher Dodge, Minimize On Click Features)

The Unity Revamped PPA is back for Ubuntu 12.04 LTS . This is a PPA that comes with a custom Unity build that brings back the old "Dod...

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Enable TRIM On SSD (Solid-State Drives) In Ubuntu For Better Performance Enable TRIM On SSD (Solid-State Drives) In Ubuntu For Better Performance

TRIM allows the OS to " inform a solid-state drive ( SSD ) which blocks of data are no longer considered in use and can be wiped intern...

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Fix Facebook Not Working With Gwibber In Ubuntu 12.10 Or 12.04 Fix Facebook Not Working With Gwibber In Ubuntu 12.10 Or 12.04

Facebook doesn't currently work with Gwibber (the Facebook feeds aren't updated - bug HERE ) and this bug affects Ubuntu 12.10, 12.0...

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How To Find Out Maximum Supported RAM Or Number Of Available DIMM Slots In Linux How To Find Out Maximum Supported RAM Or Number Of Available DIMM Slots In Linux

If you need a quick way to find out how much RAM your Linux system supports or to determine the number of DIMM slots available, you can use ...

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How To List Packages From A PPA / Repository In Ubuntu How To List Packages From A PPA / Repository In Ubuntu

A few weeks ago, we saw how to find out to which PPA / repository a package belongs to in Ubuntu / Debian. But how about getting a list of ...

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Add a "New Empty File" Entry To Nautilus 3.6 Context Menu Add a "New Empty File" Entry To Nautilus 3.6 Context Menu

As you probably know, a small but useful feature - at least for me -, was removed from Nautilus 3.6 (and newer): the context menu option to ...

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How To Find Out To Which PPA Repository A Package Belongs To How To Find Out To Which PPA Repository A Package Belongs To

There are various reasons why you may need to find out to which PPA a package belongs to, for instance, in case a package in a PPA breaks so...

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GNOME Shell: How To Enable Notifications In The Lock Screen GNOME Shell: How To Enable Notifications In The Lock Screen

GNOME Shell 3.6 got a neat feature which allows notifications to be displayed in the lock screen . The lock screen notifications are turned...

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Ubuntu Multi-Monitor Tweaks (Full Screen Flash Fixes, Span Wallpaper Across Monitors, More) Ubuntu Multi-Monitor Tweaks (Full Screen Flash Fixes, Span Wallpaper Across Monitors, More)

If you are using a multi-monitor setup in Ubuntu, here are a few tips which should help you fix some annoyances, like: get full screen flash...

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Get Ubuntu NotifyOSD Notifications To Show Up On Active Monitor In Multi-Screen Environments [Quick Tip] Get Ubuntu NotifyOSD Notifications To Show Up On Active Monitor In Multi-Screen Environments [Quick Tip]

By default, the Ubuntu NotifyOSD notification bubbles are displayed on only one monitor in multi-monitor setups, which might be useful in so...

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How To Reset Compiz And Unity In Ubuntu 12.10 Or 13.04 How To Reset Compiz And Unity In Ubuntu 12.10 Or 13.04

In Ubuntu 12.10 and 13.10 , Compiz (and Unity) are using Gsettings instead of Gconf and because of this, the "unity --reset" comma...

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Use Pepper Flash Player From Google Chrome In Chromium Browser [How To] Use Pepper Flash Player From Google Chrome In Chromium Browser [How To]

Adobe Flash Player 11.2.x is the last release available for Linux, future versions only being available through a new API called "Pepp...

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New Chromium Stable And Development PPAs For Ubuntu 12.04 New Chromium Stable And Development PPAs For Ubuntu 12.04

A quick tip for Chromium users who are using Ubuntu 12.04: the Chromium PPAs (Stable, Beta, Dev and Daily) haven't been updated since C...

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3 Hidden Features In Firefox 15 You May Want To Enable 3 Hidden Features In Firefox 15 You May Want To Enable

Firefox 15, which has been released a few days ago, comes with some cool features disabled by default: native PDF viewer, preferences in tab...

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Disable Global Menu Autohide Behaviour In Ubuntu 12.04 Disable Global Menu Autohide Behaviour In Ubuntu 12.04

The Unity Revamped PPA created by Isaac Joseph , which provides Unity with two patches: Dodge Windows and minimize/unmaximize on click for t...

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