And what is this request? Ubuntu Tweak 0.4.6, of course. The best way to achieve this is by downloading the small, 1 MB. Deb and install it with a double click. Once it's out of the way, you'll find Tweak Ubuntu entry under Applications -> System Tools.
When you open Ubuntu Tweak, a welcome screen gives you a quick overview of the possibilities of the program. At the bottom are four buttons: on, make a donation, End and preferences. The first three are self-explanatory, while the preferences will allow you to customize certain aspects of Ubuntu Tweak interface as its default size, colors, and the window function to be displayed when you open the program. The update check Enable box notifies you when a new version is available.
But we pay attention to functionality, this nifty little program. Sidebar is located on the left contains all the main categories: Welcome, computer applications, launch, desktop, system and personal. Select one of these expand into the various subcategories.
The first item on screen in a row, dubbed the computer, it seems very useful information on system and user: hostname, distribution, desktop environment, kernel, and a forum, CPU, RAM, your home directory path of the shell and language.
The other applications menu four subcategories: Add / Remove Programs, Source Editor, third-party sources, packages and cleaning. And even if I do not think you've easily Add / Remove Ubuntu, this is a bit 'different, because it seems more popular packages, which are not installed fresh system and is required to fully enjoy the multimedia and web browsing. Let me mention just a few: VLC, banshee, Ubuntu restricted extras, Opera, MPlayer, Miro Internet TV, Kino, gtk-recordmydesktop, Filezilla, compizconfig-settings-manager. VirtualBox OSE, Wine, Gnome Partition Editor and Gnome Do any other program that is found to be very useful. I personally do not see this as a recommendation for access to the portal, who have lost hundreds of packages for the Ubuntu archives.
The source code editor allows you to manually add or remove software sources, and present your list of bookmarks to a public servant for all to see. The sources of the many third party applications will be updated to their latest versions do not offer solutions Ubuntu bugs and security updates by default. I was delighted to see software like Chrome (the future of Google Chrome for Linux), Firefox, Skype, Compiz Fusion, or Medibuntu Skype. After activating one of these are also displayed in the Add / Remove if you were not there before. The latter sub-category of applications is set cleaner, with three options: Pack of Cleaning, clean configuration, clean cache. While Ubuntu Tweak could not find anything to clean the first and third options, cache cleaning removed approximately 500 MB of useless junk from my system. Nice!
Along the way, the main entrance to start the session host and automatic restart control that allows some customization subcategories smarter. Aside from the features of Ubuntu startup applications (until the session auto-start applications), Ubuntu Tweak lets you choose a startup screen to display on your desktop, show or hide the quick disconnect and allow TCP connections for connect remotely to your office.
Desktop menu allow you to customize many elements of the interface. With the first "icons" entry you can choose which icons to display on your desktop computer, a home folder, the volume of trash, red and mounted. An interesting option is likely to be useful for many is using the file to your desktop so you have quick access to your files. There is also a box to hide desktop icons, but unfortunately when I tried (to the top of our test machine of Ubuntu 9.04), Nautilus crashed and went into a continuous loop trying to restart. It is quite possible that this is a problem only for Jaunty, so older versions should not be affected.
Windows allows you to change the level of transparency and paste in the title bar of each mouse buttons for actions such as turning the wheel to roll on Windows up / down, or double-click to enlarge. Compiz Fusion Division provides quick access to some of the most popular 3D effects and you can install Screenlets widget framework. The last entry in the class addresses GNOME desktop environment, and all panels can be locked to prevent accidental moving. Another neat feature is the ability to remove "Input Method" and "Insert Unicode control character" entries that appear when you click on the text input field. Most of you probably do not used them so you can be happy with this.
If you are tired of the default menu logo Ubuntu Tweak is so you can easily change by the same subset of GNOME. Create a 24x24 image file, click the button, go to your file and that's it. You will be asked if you want to apply the changes immediately (which restarts the window manager) or the next connection. Another option to keep your computer activity hidden by disabling Recent Documents menu. Finally, you can change the location of the popup notification system. Be aware that this has no effect on the course of Jaunty new notification.
Class of personnel is another great resource to continue to improve on the desktop: you can change the default folder locations of Ubuntu (Public, downloads, music, etc.), you can add useful models of option "Create Document", such as HTML, documents, OpenOffice documents, and shell scripts. Great list of scripts for Nautilus creates a new context menu items allow you to edit files and folders easier and faster: Copy, Link, desktop ..., Move house, open gedit, Convert JPG, browse folders with administrator privileges , and more. Keyboard shortcut editor did not work for me, I could set the command and link, but when you press the keys indicated, would not have launched a similar program.
Last but not least, you will find many interesting options in the category of system. His first entry is a file manager type, which, as its name suggests, lets you change file type associations. The Nautilus seconds, you can install three extensions, the first two are essential for any user: Nautilus Open Terminal, Nautilus with root privileges and Nautilus with wallpaper. From here you can also clear the cache of thumbnails, resize thumbnails and decide how long to keep the images in the cache (also customizable).
There are some CD burning tweaks to make it possible to burn and burn proof so that you can use every bit of space from a CD. Advanced file permissions can also be displayed in the Properties window by checking a box. Power Management allows you to enable / disable suspend or hibernate and you can choose to disable the network when the computer goes into sleep mode. The last category with the security settings, so you can restrict access to a lot of features: ALT + F2 Run Application, lock screen, print, print setup, disk backup and rapid change user.
Well
The intuitive, easy to use and, of course, lots of customization options available Ubuntu Tweak is a great tool for any user of Ubuntu.
The bad
Some features do not seem to work as they should. Also, better support for the upcoming Ubuntu 9.04 is expected.
Truth
Ubuntu Tweak is the number one program to get after installing an operating system Ubuntu and sweet as a good way to help beginners with their first Linux.
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