Showing posts with label hud. Show all posts
Showing posts with label hud. Show all posts
Thursday, September 21, 2017
Ubuntu MATE 16 10 Yakkety Yak Gets A Unity HUD Like Searchable Menu
Ubuntu MATE 16 10 Yakkety Yak Gets A Unity HUD Like Searchable Menu
MATE HUD, a Unity HUD-like tool that allows searching through an applications menu, was recently uploaded to the official Yakkety Yak repositories, and is available (but not enabled) by default in Ubuntu MATE 16.10.
MATE HUD is a fork of i3-hud-menu, which weve covered recently, with a few changes:
- xprop was replaced with a Python implementation;
- rofi is used instead of dmenu;
- rofi is automatically themed based on the current GTK theme;
- the settings (including configurable keyboard shortcut) are stored in Dconf (org > mate > hud).
Slightly off-topic: Rofi is a lot like dmenu, with various improvements, like mouse support (allows selecting items using the mouse; dmenu does not). Furthermore, Rofi provides a window switcher, run dialog and SSH launcher. Check it out HERE. Youll find Rofi in the official Ubuntu repositories (15.10+).
Like i3-hud-menu, MATE HUD has some limitations, like not supporting Qt applications, Firefox, Thunderbird, or LibreOffice. It can also break the LibreOffice menu completely, as long as the "libreoffice-gtk" desktop integration package is installed. Check out our i3-hud-menu article for more information.
To try MATE HUD, you need to be running the latest Ubuntu MATE 16.10 Yakkety Yak. After installing all the available updates, you should see an option in MATE Tweak (under "Panel") that allows enabling MATE HUD:
If you cant see this option, make sure youve installed all the available updates (if youre using a repositories mirror, it may take a while until the package is synced). Alternatively, you can install MATE HUD using the following command:
sudo apt install mate-hud
Once installed, restart the session (logout/login) and enable MATE HUD from MATE Tweak.
The default keyboard shortcut for opening MATE HUD is Ctrl + Alt + Space. This can be changed using Dconf Editor, under org > mate > hud.
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Thursday, August 17, 2017
Ubuntu Disalbe HUD service
Ubuntu Disalbe HUD service
I found that a program called hud-service was eating up my RAM, so I decided to disable it. This appears to be Ubuntu specific (e.g. not found in Xubuntu or Lubuntu etc). Rather than changing distro, I decided to just disable it.
Steps
64 bit Users
sudo chmod -x /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/hud/hud-service
sudo killall hud-service
32 bit Users
sudo chmod -x /usr/lib/indicator-appmenu/hud-service
sudo killall hud-service
References
- Ask Ubuntu - How Can I Disable Hud Service?
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Monday, August 7, 2017
Ubuntu 12 04 Unity and HUD experience
Ubuntu 12 04 Unity and HUD experience
I am using Ubuntu 12.04 since its release. It takes on 2.1 GB after complete install. It is really good thing about saving space.
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| Ubuntu 12.04 takes 2.1 GiB space on hard disk after install |
System Problem
After completing install it sows some error message. Here is an example. It says: System program problem detected. Do you want to report the problem now? I just install it and it is saying that system program is on problem? What a mysterious thing it is. It said me to report but did not tell what kind of problem it is. I did not report. Just click on Cancel.
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| System program problem detected after install Ubuntu 12.04 |
Huge update.
After two weeks Ubuntu offer me to download an upgrade whice size is 92.7 MB. What a astonishing thing it is? System update offer me 70.1 MB download after 4 days of installation. I am not sure if it is normal or not.
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| Ubuntu 12.04 offer 92.7 MB download after two weeks |
Look at the image below. It cover my active desktop, open website/ blogs/ files with Dash and HUD. I dont like it. If I like to search anything, then why do I need to cover my every work to find it? Say, I am reading an e-book. Now I need to know an word meaning. So I am going to open dictionary. Now if I search dictionary, I need to stop reading for overlapping reason. I do not understand this philosophy created by Mark Shuttleworth. Sorry to say that I wont use Ubuntu 12.04 only for this reason.
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| HUD overlap my active desktop, files, website, blog |
Ubuntu one crashed.
When I going to install Ubuntu one on my desktop it closed unexpectedly.It said: Ubuntu one installer crashed with Transection Failed. Package ubuntuone-control-panel-qt isnt available. I dont know what is the reason behind this but I feel disturb.
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| Ubuntu one closed unexpectedly on Ubuntu 12.04 |
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| Ubuntu one crashed unexpectedly on Ubuntu 12.04 |
I connect modem with my computer instantly found Ubuntu 10.04. I know that 10.10 and next versions takes longer time to detect and connect my Nokia e51 mobile phone with pc. I thought this waiting time will decrees on Ubuntu 12.04 because it is LTS. But alas! My bad luck. It still takes up to 1 minute to detect my mobile phone.
Only Chinese language input method on ibus
Ubuntu 12.04 is not install any other language input method on ibus except Chinese pinyin and Bopomofo. I dont know what is in the mind of canonical. Are they thinking that only chinese people love to use Ubuntu? I published an post about other language on ibus. Read -How to install iBus on Ubuntu 12.04 and found your local language typing method on ibus preference.
I am thinking to switch to another linux distro after having a very nice experience with Ubuntu for 3 years. Sorry Ubuntu, I think you dont want me to stay with you anymore. I discover/ found freedom with you, I feel speedy with you, I feel safe with you, I connect internet and browse through sites safely with you for long time. But Unity has destroyed my good feelings about you. I do not like your left-side launcher. It cover my desktop space, I have no any way to place applet anywhere, I do not like hiding any site or file which I am reading on that time when I tried to search an application at the same moment. Sorry, I dont like to say bad about you any more. You are my first linux love. And I wont forget you in my life.
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