Ubuntu Tweak is an application designed to config Ubuntu easier for everyone.

It provided many usefull desktop and system options that the default desktop environment isn’t provided.

At present, It is only designed for Ubuntu GNOME Desktop, and often follows the newest Ubuntu distribution.

LICENSE

Ubuntu Tweak is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foun
dation. More information can see at the the package’s LICENSE.

Features of Ubuntu Tweak

• View of Basic System Information(Distribution, Kernel, CPU, Memory, etc.)
• GNOME Session Control
• Auto Start Program Control
• Show/Hide and Change Splash screen
• Show/Hide desktop icons or Mounted Volumes
• Show/Hide/Rename Computer, Home, Trash icon or Network icon
• Tweak Metacity Window Manager’s Style and Behavior
• Compiz Fusion settings, Screen Edge Settings, Window Effects Settings, Menu Effect Settins
• GNOME Panel Settings
• Nautilus Settings
• Advanced Power Management Settings
• System Security Settings

Its a great Software which I think every Ubuntu user should intall it.



If you want to install this great peice of software then follow this link http://ubuntu-tweak.com/downloads and follow the instructions on that page.

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If you want to download pakage from Synaptic faster then just follow this simple steps.

Go to System->Administration->Synaptic Pakage Manager

Now enter your password and the Synaptic Pakage Manager will open.

Now click on Settings -> Repositories
In the Ubuntu Software tab go to Download from drop down menu and select Other

"Choose a Download Server" window will open so just click on Select Best Server

Now it will complete some tests to select the best server so be patient.
After the testing is over you will see the fastest server highlighted in the window which is available to you so to complete the procedure click on the Choose Server button.

Now in Synaptic Pakage Manager just click on Reload button and you are done.

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As we know Ubuntu display a login screen every time we start our system. We then insert our username and password in order to access our system but if you are the only person using the computer and you not worried about the security then you can enable autologin in Ubuntu.

Just follow this simple instructions.

Go to System->Administration->Login Window

It will prompt you for your password. Enter your password and click OK.

In the Login Window click the Security tab and then check the Enable Automatic Login Checkbox then secelt your username from the dropdown menu and then complete the task by clicking the Close button.

See the screenshot


Have Fun

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Ubuntu 8.04 is coming with Firefox 3 Beta version which I think is far more better then Firefox 2 but as it turns out that addons are not yet ready for this new version then therefore a guy like me{who depends on addons} is forced to install firefox 2 in Ubuntu

If you want to install Firefox 2 then follow this instructions.

Installing Firefox 2 will not uninstall Firefox 3 so don't worry and go ahead.

sudo apt-get install firefox-2

After the installation you will see 2 Firefox in your Internet menu, One is Firefox 3 and the other is Firefox 2 in which we can install our addons.


Then use this command in the terminal.

rm -rf ~/.mozilla {I was getting error messages while installing addons and therefore I have to use this command in order to delete all the saved preferences of Firefox 3}

One final step is remaining and that is to make our Firefox 2 the default Web Browser in Ubuntu otherwise when we try to open links from other applications like Liferea it will open in Firefox 3. I have found out that when the links are mistakenly opened in Firefox 3 then the addons gets disabled and I have to reinstall all the addons again after clearing the preferences.

To make Firefox 2 your default web browser then go to System>Preferences>Preferred Applications and then in the Internet Tab select custom and then in the Command box type firefox-2 %s then click on Close button and you are done.



Please let me know if you find this article useful by giving your precious comments.

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