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Ubuntu Tweak

Sunday, 25. January 2009, 19:33:14

If you want to tweak some things in your Ubuntu OS with out having to edit any "configuration files", I recommend "Ubuntu Tweak" a program created by an Ubuntu community member. It brings to the surface usually hidden GNOME desktop settings to allow for good customization.

To install it, click System > Administration > Software Sources, make sure Third-Party Software tab is selected, click on the Add button.

Then type the following into the dialog box:

deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/tualatrix/ubuntu hardy main

then hit reload, next use Synaptic to search for and install the ubuntu-tweak and compizconfig-settings-manager packages.

Once installed, Ubuntu Tweak can be found on the Applications > System Tools menu.

The tweaks are split-up into 5 categories: Applications, Startup, Desktop, Personal, and System

Applications:
This section lets you install and remove some of the most popular Ubuntu software, including adding of third-party APT repositories to add-in useful third-party applications. It’s well worth investigating the lists of software provided because they filter out much of the dross available in the package archives.
you can also edit your software sources in this section to fit your needs

it also has a Package Cleaner which works very well

Here you can control what happens when the Ubuntu desktop appears, such as what programs automatically run, or whether the splash screen appears. Much of the same functionality can be accessed using the System > Preferences > Sessions
program, youy can also add a splash screen jus by dragging a picture to the splash image section.

also under this section is the autostart menu, here you can check off some of the things you don't want starting when Ubuntu boots so it boots a little faster.

Desktop:
This option gives control over the desktop and windows appearance, such as whether desktop icons appear, or what happens when you double-click the title bars of windows.

This option gives control over the desktop and windows appearance/operation, such as whether desktop icons appear, or what happens when you double-click the title bars of windows.

You can also configure some of the desktop effects functions (select the Compiz Fusion option), to see a few of the most popular compiz effects.

next click on Gnome, you can adjust your panels and menus

Personal:
This options are related to your useraccount, you can alter the location of your document folders.

next click on templates, here you can manage your documents templates

scripts can be very useful and time saving.

shortcut commands

System:
Here you can change options relating to how the GNOME desktop used by Ubuntu functions, including the Nautilus file manager and also some specific power management settings.
file type is not available, click on nautilus. here you can adjust all kind of settings

next under power management you can change cpu and power settings
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security: This option lets you “lock down” some features of the Ubuntu desktop, such as stopping people hitting Alt+F2 to run programs and others

thats it I recommend exploring all the settings in this program if you like tweaking your system.

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Comments

Anonymous # 23. June 2009, 10:12

Anonymous writes:

Nice thanks ;)

Anonymous # 23. June 2009, 14:42

Anonymous writes:

Ubuntu tweak isn't really tweaking. You want to do real tweaking in a Linux distribution, you roll up your arms and you start directly editing .conf files. No way an uninspired GUI tool will be nearly as good at tweaking as just having the sheer guts of getting into the actual configuration of the whole system.

Not that I really expected much technical expertise from an Ubuntu blog.

Ubuntu Tweak is a good utility for Ubuntu users to make some frankly basic changes to the GNOME desktop. Few, if any, features of Ubuntu tweak actually change anything Ubuntu specific, I believe as long as you're using GNOME on a Debian-based distribution that utility is useful.

But I mean, Ubuntu Tweak seems to be just another frontend for gconf.

But this is not tweaking. Tweaking means you're changing obscure settings manually to get some obscure benefit, often at the risk of blowing up the entire distribution. Tweaking means using sudo a lot.

This is why I like Arch. It's a distro that expects the user to do a lot of real tweaking.

Anonymous # 23. June 2009, 15:32

Anonymous writes:

@14:42

Would you like some fries with that elitism?

Anonymous # 23. June 2009, 15:33

Anonymous writes:

I like the way the commenter above me talks. Their every word is a subtle suggestion toward their anonymous elitism. If only every person were more like this. In a world where choices are often withdrawn by those with commercial interest it is ideals like this that suggest there will forever be a permanent division between the user and the 'elite'.

Anyone can open up a text file and change a true to a false, a 1 to a 0, but it takes a true expert and person of intelligence to do so in silence for no reason other than to look down from their ivory tower and ask, "Now what?". It is this great savior that will provide us light by way of the shadow they cast over us all.

When you or those you love wait in panic for this sentient being of knowledge to deliver the aid needed. You can be certain that one's capabilities will be judged and division will prevail. You are the ultimate nothing. You are not one. You are not 'Anonymous'.

Nor are you using Arch. You jerk.

Anonymous # 23. June 2009, 15:34

Anonymous writes:

Aww someone beat me :(

Anonymous # 23. June 2009, 19:22

Kevin Griffen writes:

F**K You b**ches, I use my real name. Hoes don't know bout my skittles

Anonymous # 23. June 2009, 20:53

Anonymous writes:

has anyone experienced not having a shift key available It stopped working when i started using open office. caps lock works but no shift functions. I've rebooted but no caps.

thanks
rollin

Anonymous # 24. June 2009, 17:02

noonespecial writes:

when i try to add the source to >Software Sources, i get an error:

W: GPG error: http://ppa.launchpad.net hardy Release: The following signatures couldn't be verified because the public key is not available: NO_PUBKEY 6AF0E1940624A220

Now, I know that I am a dumb ass when it comes to linux (and many other things) but I don't know what to do. I'd love to go exclusively NON-M$ but until the open source community gets MUCH better about their instructions/directions/documentation (and much easier to access this information), I'm afraid that trolls will continue to speak down to us and act like we are all simply dumb asses.

Rule 1: Never, ever, feed a troll.
Rule 2: Someone please provide INFORMATION that works and is easily accessible so we don't have to go near trolls in the first place.

We wouldn't be having this discussion at all if INFORMATION IN A USABLE AND EASILY AVAILABLE FORM WERE IN EXISTENCE ANYWHERE AT ALL!!!!

Ubuntunerd ☠ # 24. June 2009, 20:48

Originally posted by anonymous:

Anonymous writes:

Ubuntu tweak isn't really tweaking. You want to do real tweaking in a Linux distribution, you roll up your arms and you start directly editing .conf files. No way an uninspired GUI tool will be nearly as good at tweaking as just having the sheer guts of getting into the actual configuration of the whole system.

Not that I really expected much technical expertise from an Ubuntu blog.

Ubuntu Tweak is a good utility for Ubuntu users to make some frankly basic changes to the GNOME desktop. Few, if any, features of Ubuntu tweak actually change anything Ubuntu specific, I believe as long as you're using GNOME on a Debian-based distribution that utility is useful.

But I mean, Ubuntu Tweak seems to be just another frontend for gconf.

But this is not tweaking. Tweaking means you're changing obscure settings manually to get some obscure benefit, often at the risk of blowing up the entire distribution. Tweaking means using sudo a lot.

This is why I like Arch. It's a distro that expects the user to do a lot of real tweaking.

ahhhh I feel some negative energy here but never the less this blog is intended for beginners as well as others this post was to show the App itself not to tweak Ubuntu, maybe I title it wrong but thats about it.

what makes you think Arch is any better than Ubuntu when it comes to Tweaking or everyday use?? Ubuntu can do the same things Arch can from the terminal or with a GUI.
Editing your config files and other things is nothing new to me, did you really think I didn't know that? Dude Im a nerd this is what I do
I have play around with all this config files many times:

/etc/apt/sources.lst - apt-get source servers
/etc/fstab - Disk drives mounted at boot
/etc/hosts - self explanatory if you cat the file
/etc/resolv.conf - your dns information
/etc/X11/xorg.conf - Xorg config file

and you know what this is not just another Ubuntu blog, this is Ubuntunerd's blog if you don't like it read somewhere else. I get ridiculous "HITS" on this blog to me it means Im helping others get to know linux by breaking it down for them with screen shots and the best of my knowledge. What are you doing for "Open Source" besides being a sorry user!!!
please man comeback when you're ready for me to teach some real skills.

one more thing Tweaking doesn't mean in any way using "sudo" check your facts you don't know what you're talking about. Sudo is jut a substituted for root if you know what that means.

note: Oh yea I got way more guts than you any day of the week peace!!

Anonymous # 25. June 2009, 19:29

Anonymous writes:

Skrew Ubuntew vista is the way to go.

Ubuntunerd ☠ # 28. June 2009, 23:52

sorry man but Windows Vista is just not better then Ubuntu

Anonymous # 29. June 2009, 01:18

MrGrey writes:

@ noonespecial

gpg --keyserver hkp://subkeys.pgp.net --recv-keys 6AF0E1940624A220

gpg --export --armor 6AF0E1940624A220 | sudo apt-key add -

Anonymous # 29. June 2009, 01:29

MrGrey writes:

ps, I normally don't feed the trolls but in this case I'll make an exception.
@ Mr Arch linux above...
You are what the average person would refer to as a WANKA. Get a life you useless waste of space.
I have been supporting a numbr of my family and friends on Ubuntu for a while now and this is an excellent tool for my purposes... try teaching your mother how to edit a config file, then try getting her to use this program. Then come back and tell me again how editing the config files is better?

Ubuntunerd ☠ # 29. June 2009, 13:38

Originally posted by anonymous:

MrGrey writes:

ps, I normally don't feed the trolls but in this case I'll make an exception.
@ Mr Arch linux above...
You are what the average person would refer to as a WANKA. Get a life you useless waste of space.
I have been supporting a numbr of my family and friends on Ubuntu for a while now and this is an excellent tool for my purposes... try teaching your mother how to edit a config file, then try getting her to use this program. Then come back and tell me again how editing the config files is better?

MrGrey thanks for stopping by hope the blog was interesting enough to keep you coming back

Anonymous # 3. July 2009, 20:13

Anonymous writes:

Nice App, very Windownesque. This app is a joke? Isn't it?

I don't get it.

Great blog, keep it up. Still wondering if Tweak 0.2 will ever be Tweak 0.4 though

Anonymous # 23. July 2009, 11:06

Anonymous writes:

I am using windows 7 and I can break it very easily, so that must make me betterer than any of you. Now I am going to post this on an Arch blog, because they will understand more betterer. They know how to "tweak".

Anonymous # 24. July 2009, 21:11

Anonymous writes:

Keep bragging. It`s okay - if it makes you feel better - to be a bloated, noisy windbag.

Ubuntunerd ☠ # 24. July 2009, 21:42

Originally posted by anonymous:

I am using windows 7 and I can break it very easily, so that must make me betterer than any of you. Now I am going to post this on an Arch blog, because they will understand more betterer. They know how to "tweak".

you are just a sorry user and thats about all I have to say have a great day you and arch