Mouse and Touchpad settings window for Ubuntu 13.04 Raring Ringtail no longer display an option to enable or disable horizontal scrolling. So, here’s how to enable horizontal scrolling and natural scrolling on Ubuntu 13.04 Raring Ringtail. Continue reading
A GNOME shell extension provide capability to enable or disable desktop icons. Gnome tweak tool allows you to do the same function, but this extension brings a switch button in GNOME shell status menu for quicker and easier switching. Continue reading
Terminator is an advanced terminal emulator supports multiple terminals layouts, arranging terminals and change its sizes in a single window layout. In this tutorial, I will show you how to configure Terminator layout and customize it fit along with your desktop environment. Continue reading
A Gnome Shell extension allows you to implement Unity Quicklists to the Gnome Shell application launcher. Generally all applications which support Unity Quicklists it will work on Gnome Shell as it used to be working in Unity user interface. Continue reading
Here’s another CCSM [How To]. There are many users prefer to use certain applications always in maximized mode especially if they have a notebook or a small display. I will show you a couple of ways to set all windows or certain applications window’s to start in maximized mode using Compiz Config Settings Manager “CCSM”. Continue reading
Shell prompt fans! here’s a microblogging client for Twitter and identi.ca you can use through the command line interface. Twidge allows you to view the recent tweets, add a new tweet, view messages, replies, retweets by those you follow and many other features. Continue reading
A quite handy plugin to Google search for any selected text on Terminator terminal emulator. Check how to install Terminator and how to installing additional plugins to Terminator. Continue reading
Choosing a highly secure password for your email accounts, social networks, wireless networks and any other applications or websites requires a password became a challenge. So, when you choose a password, think about the possibility of cracking it and how long it will take to crack your password. In this post we will have a look at some tips for choosing a secure and strong passwords as much as possible, and we will check a CLI tool for Linux/Unix will helps you to generate a secure passwords in case you can’t figure one out. Continue reading
This post for who prefer to use a pristine Firefox release, without any additional Ubuntu features to it. “Ubufox” Ubuntu extension for Mozilla Firefox integrates some options related to Ubuntu such as Google custom search engine, some bookmarked websites for Ubuntu projects, and some other options. Continue reading
Since the release of Ubuntu 11.10 Oneiric Ocelot, the default display manager become LightDM instead of Gnome Display Manager “GDM”. Ubuntu developers added the their own personal touch to LightDM by integrating Unity Greeter theme with. In this post we will check a couple of ways to change the background and logo of LightDM unity greeter on Ubuntu 11.10 Oneiric Ocelot. Continue reading
Simple and easy way to search for books using Ubuntu Unity Dash through many books search engines ex.Google Books, and online books libraries, such as Calibre database. Select the book and it will open web page to read the book on the default web browser. Also you can use it to search through your available books on ~/Documents directory for currently active user. Continue reading