TheVeech wrote:
> I'm still trying to find out what's common knowledge and what people > have overlooked in the Ubuntu world (for a future project). It looks > like there is very little that everyone knows, so I'd really appreciate > it if you'd let me know how helpful you find the following, and if you > already knew any of it (apologies for the attachments, but I haven't got > the time to put up a web page right now)... > > Some Laptop configs > ---------------------------------- > > 1) Disable touchpad clicking: > > https://help.ubuntu.com/community/SynapticsTouchpad > > My xorg.conf (Do a backup of the original first): > > sudo gedit /etc/X11/xorg.conf > > The relevant bit: > > Section "InputDevice" > Identifier "Synaptics Touchpad" > Driver "synaptics" > Option "SendCoreEvents" "true" > Option "Device" "/dev/psaux" > Option "Protocol" "auto-dev" > Option "HorizScrollDelta" "0" > #new stuff > Option "SHMConfig" "on" > Option "TappingOff" "1" > Option "MaxTapTime" "0" > EndSection > > > > Restart X, reboot, or whatever, and you should be good to go! Did not know about the above. I'll try it as I think I would find it useful, especially if it means I can safely turn on single click in Nautilus. > > You might also want to try > http://gsynaptics.sourceforge.jp/ > > It was in the repositories last time I looked. It's a bit unnecessary, > though, because the above should do it. > > 2) Making the most of screen space > > Seeing as though you use a laptop, you might also benefit from the > following. > > Here's a (cropped) screenshot of my Desktop to give you > some ideas for modifying yours. You'll notice I've only got one panel, > but it works quite well. > > First off, I unlocked all the essential bits of the bottom panel, moved > them to the top one, and then deleted the bottom panel. > > Then I changed the Ubuntu menu with (IIRC) the 'main menu' option in the > 'add to panel' dialogue - See: > https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Applets . > > I also used a number of drawers (see second screenshot) for my main > applications (if you look closely, you'll see on a few of the panel > icons a small black blob at about 7 o'clock - they're the drawers. > > I set the all my system fonts to 7 points > System > Preferences > Font > > Then I set the size of the panel to 18 (right-click on the panel and > select 'properties'). > > Then, I just experimented with the options until I got what I wanted. > > It looks very cramped when you've been using the default set up, but > once you get accustomed to a set up like this, everything's nice and > close together. I was aware you could do all of the above, but I've never been bothered by the amount of screen space available to me on my laptop. I tend to run most apps filling the screen available. > 3) Desktop icons > > If you want to enable desktop icons for your 'home', 'document, and > 'trash' icons, try this: > > Open Terminal (Applications > Accessories > Terminal) and type: > gconf-editor > > In this program, go to: > apps > nautilus > desktop > > Tick whatever icons you want to show on your desktop. Yes, I knew about this and have used it on all my machines. Thanks for the tips. Regards, Tony. -- Tony Arnold, IT Security Coordinator, University of Manchester, IT Services Division, Kilburn Building, Oxford Road, Manchester M13 9PL. T: +44 (0)161 275 6093, F: +44 (0)870 136 1004, M: +44 (0)773 330 0039 E: [EMAIL PROTECTED], H: http://www.man.ac.uk/Tony.Arnold -- [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
