Re: [Trisquel-users] New installation - Some "settling in" questions

[yeayea542]

Thank you for the response.

I'm not actually seeing the Shortcuts tab. After browsing around I'm not  
finding anything that refers to any keyboard shortcuts.


I'm using the LXDE environment for Trisquel Mini. It's a low powered laptop  
and I can't really shoulder the full GNOME.


The browser problem is solved, it was my own being dumb XD IceCat works very  
well.

Re: [Trisquel-users] New installation - Some "settling in" questions

[t8mf4nu6lizp]

Are you allergic to the command line? Can you handle bash scripts?

Re: [Trisquel-users] New installation - Some "settling in" questions

[dahunt]

Even when a program I want to run is in the menus, I find it quicker and  
easier to use the run dialogue.  

Re: [Trisquel-users] New installation - Some "settling in" questions

[dahunt]

Welcome to Trisquel!

In Settings->keyboard, you can find the shortcuts tab; you seem to have done  
this.  You'll notice categories of shortcuts, including 'launchers', this for  
your default email, media player, media player controls, etc.  To activate a  
shortcut, highlight it, then move right, there, you can press the keys you  
want to use for the shortcut;  for instance, I have 'ctrl+super+left, right,  
up,down', for previous track, next track, vol-up, vol-down.  Also 'ctrl+alt+b  
and m' for browser and mail, respectively.  There is also a 'custom' option  
for binding a shortcut to any other command you like.


Re:  the search bar, are you referring to GNOME Shell?  that can be installed  
from synaptic package manager; the packages you want are gnome-session and  
gnome-shell.  On next login, you can choose Gnome session instead of  
Trisquel.


What browser extensions are you looking for, and have you tried abrowser, as  
well as icecat?  Trisquel uses its own addons page that may not show as many  
addons as on the FF page, because the Trisquel one will show only the libre  
ones.


HTH,

Dave

Re: [Trisquel-users] New installation - Some "settling in" questions

[onpon4]

Alt+F2 is the Run prompt. That's quite different from search, designed for a  
completely different purpose. With search, you can start typing what an  
application is called, or part of what it's called, and find it quickly. The  
Run prompt requires knowing the exact command. For example, you can't type  
"text editor"; you have to know to type "gedit". The Run prompt is mostly  
useful for when there's a program that isn't in the menu for some reason, or  
when you need to run it with gksu.

Re: [Trisquel-users] New installation - Some "settling in" questions

[adfeno]

Regarding the search application, the default session *does* have one.

It's called "Execute application" or "Run application" (I don't know which  
one, my English tends to fail me sometimes). You can also siply press Alt +  
F2.


Some keyboard Fn key combinations are indeed recognized by the system, but  
they sometimes do nothing. I have seem this most commonly with the brightness  
keys (where the control panel brightness wouldn't also work), but I think I  
have found a partial solution to the problem. I just have to wait until my  
computer comes back from maintenance (because typing things using a virtual  
keyboard makes me tired). :D