On 3/19/07, Tony Arnold <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > 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/ >
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