If you want your most-used applications already opened when you boot up into your Ubuntu box, all you have to do is go to System > Preferences > Startup Applications and in the Options tab check the box next to [...]
If you miss the LibNotify functionality in Mozilla Thunderbird and want top have it in Ubuntu Jaunty, all you have to do is install this AddOn. Right click here, select Save As, download the extension and install it thro[...]
Say you want to write a small shell script that locks up your GNOME desktop at specific intervals. What command would you use?In this case, your best bet would be gnome-screensaver-command --lock This has the same effect[...]
A drop-down terminal can save you a lot of time. Always handy, it appears when you press a combination of keys on your keyboard (usually a plain-and-simple F12 key). KDE has Yakuake. Since some people chose to use only G[...]
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