Difference between revisions of "Ubuntu Desktop"

Revision as of 14:10, 3 October 2010

Ubuntu 10.04

I am using the standard gnome desktop with compiz manager (stable)

Additional software

Ubuntu is very flexible when installing new software.

Software from Ubuntu Tweak

Ubuntu Tweak:

Sources:

Adobe Flash PPA
Medibuntu
PPA for AWN Windows Manager testing, see Issues
PPA for Ubuntu Wine Team
SMPlayer
Virtual Box official source
P7zip-full

Programs:

Ubuntu restricted extras
Flashplugin64-installer
Google Chrome Unstable ( version 7.x)
Skype
VLC
Wine

Software from Launchpad

Other Software

Bit Defender Antivirus for Linux with free licence for non comercial usage

Other Issues

AWN and run apps dialog

There is a problem with using AWN and the run apps dialog (Alt+F2). It simply doesn't work any more, when you disable gnome-panel (which you have to, if you like to run awn only).

A good replacement for the build-in gnome-panel dialog is Gmrun:

sudo apt-get install gmrun

Then do the following steps:

disable the run dialog in compiz configuration settings -> Gnome comaptibility
disable the Alt+F2 key combination
add a new key combination for gmrun and assign Alt+F2

And the best: now the launch entry in the awn main menu is working.

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 === Other Issues ===
 ==== AWN and run apps dialog ====
-There is a problem with using AWN and the '''run apps dialog (Alt+F2)'''. It simply doesn't work any more, when you disable gnome-panel (which you have to, if you like to run ''awn only''). A good replacement is '''Gmrun''':
+There is a problem with using AWN and the '''run apps dialog (Alt+F2)'''. It simply doesn't work any more, when you disable gnome-panel (which you have to, if you like to run ''awn only'').
+A good replacement for the build-in gnome-panel dialog is '''Gmrun''':
   sudo apt-get install gmrun