[Tips And Tricks]: iOS Natural Scrolling On Ubuntu 11.04 Natty Narwhal

Posted on August 11, 2011 by mhnassif

MAC OS X Lion introducing new scrolling improvement simulate same scrolling gestures in touch screen devices. it’s now available to use on Ubuntu. Continue reading →

Command Line | Easily Switch Between Directories Using pushd and popd commands

Posted on February 13, 2011 by mhnassif

pushd and popd commands become handy sometimes and make access to directories really quickly many times You can use pushd and popd commands in case you want to save a directory and want to get back to it later using popd. down there you will find a quick tutorial showing instructions for using pushd and popd commands, also i will type same instructions in this post. Continue reading →

[How To]: Change Number of WorkSpaces On Ubuntu 10.10 Netbook

Posted on September 16, 2010 by mhnassif

Adding multiple workspaces it might be useful for many users to organize currently opened applications or windows, become handy feature specially if you have a big display with high resolution to easily switch between workspaces as many as you want. Continue reading →

Easier Navigation for Nautilus Gnome 2.30

Posted on May 8, 2010 by mhnassif

It’s quite easier to use keyboard instead of the mouse sometimes, some changes comes up with the new release of Gnome GDM 2.30 for Nautilus. we already reviewed how to move “close, minimize, and maximize” button to right hand side of the title bar in this post. This tested on Ubuntu 10.04 LTS, also it’s working on other platforms as long as the gnome GDM 2.30 installed.

So here you can find many shortcuts will help you to easily navigate and use your file browser.

F3 : Extra pane ” This options is new with Gnome 2.30 ”

Ctrl+S : Select Pattern [enter pattern]

Alt+ENTER : File/Folder Properties

Shift+Ctrl+N : Create New Folder

Ctrl+1 : Toggle View As Icons

Ctrl+2 : Toggle View As List

Shift+Right Arrow : Open Directory (List View)

Shift+Left Arrow : Close Directory (List View)

F2 : Rename File

Ctrl+A : Select All

Ctrl+T : Delete (to Trash)

Ctrl+W : Close Window

Ctrl+Shift+W : Close All Nautilus Windows

Ctrl+R : Reload Nautilus Window

Alt+Up Arrow : Open Parent

Alt+Left Arrow : Back

Alt+Right Arrow : Forward

Alt+Home : Home Folder

Ctrl+L : Location Bar

F9 : Toggle Sidepane

Ctrl+H : Show Hidden Files

Ctrl++ : Zoom In

Ctrl+- : Zoom Out

Ctrl+0 : Normal Size