Section: How To

Discover an eclectic mix of tutorials covering everything from ways to install neat apps, or enable new features, to workarounds for known issues, and configuring your Ubuntu system.

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How to enable visualisations in Banshee

Want to enable visualisations in Banshee? Here's how.

14 September 2010
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Making Chrome look native in Kubuntu

Afro over on our sister site OMG! SuSE! just posted a neat little guide on getting web browsers Google Chrome & Opera to look all neat and tidy within the KDE desktop. Since the tips […]

13 September 2010
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How to use a custom icon with GnoMenu on AWN

If you use the popular GnoMenu application in AWN you'll find yourself stuck with a gold foot as your main launch icon - which is great if you like giant golden feet, less so if you were hoping for something more configurable. Here's how to use your own icon.

13 September 2010
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Show the date, day & seconds on Indicator-Datetime

Maverick users who have either personally installed the Indicator-datetime applet or found it sat lovingly on their desktops after an upgrade may wish is was a little bit more... configurable. Getting it to display more than the time - e.g. the date, seconds and/or the day - is actually relatively simple, just following the following steps that lie herein.

13 September 2010
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How to restore default GNOME Panels in Ubuntu

So you've removed a desktop panel you wished you hadn't, ditched an applet you now realised you were quite fond of or you just long for the halcyon days when your desktop panels were all neat and tidy like a fresh install, right? This script is there to help.

12 September 2010
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How to fully replace your GNOME panels with AWN

Long to ditch the old-skool GNOME panels and rock it with a dock and some bling? A very nice reader by the handle of sub7i dropped off a tutorial detailing exactly how you can achieve this. Everything you need is provided behind the read more link...

9 September 2010
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How to use Ubuntu mono panel icons with other icon sets

Ever found a really beautiful icon set with some awful panel icons that shamed you into reverting to the default Ubuntu Humanity set? A reader by the name of bung was in the same fix: – So […]

8 September 2010
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A neat collection of Linux-friendly add-ons that work with Firefox 4 beta

With the latest development versions of Firefox rocking out on more and more users desktops as it progressed the age old error of ‘add-on not compatible with your version of firefox’ is once again frustrating Joe and Janes around the world. Well, it needn’t. Read on to find out more.

8 September 2010
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Use command aliases for lazy terminal installing, purging & searching

This neat little tip was dropped off in our inbox by a reader called Darren – so thanks goes to him. Become a lazy geek “Fed up with typing ‘sudo apt-get install blahblah’, ‘apt-cache search […]

8 September 2010
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Enable CoverFlow in Nautilus-Elementary for Maverick

Quick tip, courtesy of reader Dhananjay, for Maverick-using Nautilus-Elementary fans. “The latest nautilus revision from the bzr (ver. 108) has got back the good old clutterflow (coverflow )to elmenatry 2.31+ branch.” You need to compile […]

7 September 2010
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Bringing the bling back: Crazy custom compiz effect

Bored of your desktop bling? Want something new and jaw-dropping? A reader by the name of Larry might just have something for you...

7 September 2010
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OMG Video: Probing Your Box, Grub 2 and You!

If I had to pick one horror story that I get messaged about the most, it would be the dreaded bootloader. “It’s missing” or “I have a black screen of death..” and some people edit […]

6 September 2010