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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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Friday, September 1, 2017
Turn The Google Menu Bar Into An Ubuntu themed Panel
Turn The Google Menu Bar Into An Ubuntu themed Panel
Google began rolling out a darker menu bar across its sites and services yesterday.
This minor similarity has led one developer to create a userstyle that replaces Google�s choice of menu bar with an Ubuntu Ambiance-themed �Panel� style � even through to the highlight colour used in menus
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The userstyle is available to download from gnome-look.org.Once fully download head to your Downloads folder and extract the .zip archive.
Next open your �Home� folder and press �CTRL+H� to reveal hidden files and folders.
Google Chrome/ium users need to move the css file to:
- ~/.config/chromium/Default/User StyleSheets/
- ~/.mozilla/firefox/yourProfile/chrome/
Going Further in Chrome
For an even greater Ambiance-themed Chrome you can also install: -- Ubuntu-style scrollbars
- Ubuntu coloured hover/highlight text
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Wednesday, August 16, 2017
Ubuntu 12 10 Simplifies GRUB Boot Menu
Ubuntu 12 10 Simplifies GRUB Boot Menu
Ubuntu 12.10 features a minor but interesting change in GRUB2 Boot Menu.
Menu entries now have Ubuntu as the first option instead of Ubuntu with Linux (Kernel version). Everything else has been tucked into a new Advanced Options entry which lists older Kernels and recovery mode options.
Here is a screenshot of new boot menu:
Advanced Options:
New boot menu makes sense as any first time Linux user may get confused by recovery mode option and Kernel versions. A simple Ubuntu entry is enough to tell a user what to do in case he is presented with a boot menu.
By default GRUB menu is hidden and it is only shown when a system fails to shut properly or Shift key is held during boot time.
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Sunday, August 6, 2017
Ubuntu 11 4 with classical GNOME menu
Ubuntu 11 4 with classical GNOME menu
Ubuntu 11.04 Natty uses Unity as default desktop environment, but this by no means the classic Gnome 2 desktop has been discarded. If you prefer this classic gnome desktop, you can do follow steps:
1.) At Ubuntu 11.04 login screen, choose login to �ubuntu classic�.
2.) Right click on �main menu�, �global menu� at top left screen and uncheck �lock to panel�, then select to �remove from panel�
3.) Right click on top panel, choose �add to panel� and then add �menu bar�.
Now you�re in Ubuntu 11.04 with classic gnome desktop!
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