This simple tutorial shows how to enable Compiz Desktop Cube effect in Ubuntu 13.10 Saucy Salamander. 1. To get started, first enable workspaces by going to System Settings -> Appearance -> Behavior tab. Check the box which says “Enable workspaces” 2. Press Ctrl+Alt+T to open terminal. Run commands below to install Compiz Config tool and […]
Enable Desktop Cube Effect in Ubuntu 13.10
Alt-Tab Windows Switching in Ubuntu 12.04/12.10 Gnome Classic
If you installed Gnome Classic desktop in Ubuntu 12.04 or 12.10, you may have already found that the Alt-Tab windows switching not working any more. So this simple and brief tutorial will show you how to enable Alt-Tab windows switching behavior in Gnome Classic. First go to Applications -> Ubuntu Software Center, search for and […]
Enable Desktop Cube in Ubuntu 12.10
This simple and brief tutorial is going to show you how to enable and setup Compiz Desktop Cube effect in Ubuntu 12.10 Quantal. First take a look at the screenshot: To get started: Go to Ubuntu Software Center, search for and install CompizConfig Settings Manager and compiz-plugins-extra. Or run this command into terminal (Ctrl+Alt+T): sudo […]
Enable Rotate Desktop Cute/3D Windows in Ubuntu 12.04
This tutorial will explain how to enable Compiz effects Desktop Cute, Rotate Cube, 3D windows on Ubuntu 12.04 Precise Pangolin. Here we go : 1. Open terminal from the dash home or press Ctrl+Alt+T, execute this command to check if your machine support compiz effects or not: /usr/lib/nux/unity_support_test -p You’ll get this similar output: 2. […]
How to zoom desktop, scale windows down in Ubuntu 12.04
This is a simple guide on how to enable whole screen zoom in and scale windows down feature in Ubuntu. They are “enhanced zoom desktop” and “shelf” plugins for Compiz. The Enhanced Zoom Desktop plugin allows the whole screen to be zoomed in for improved legibility. It is possible to continue working with other applications […]
Ubuntu 12.04 Get Back Unity Launcher ‘dodge windows’ Feature
In previous Ubuntu Unity Launcher’s auto-hide behavior there’s a ‘dodge windows’ option. This feature’s dropped from Ubuntu 12.04 Unity. damianatorrpm has created a couple patches that will revert the Canonical changes and re-add the behavior back to the source. The patch was applied to the latest release of Unity 5.12.0 also with the ability to […]
Simple Unity Configurator ‘MyUnity’ 2.0 released(available in Precise’s Universe repository)
MyUnity is a simple graphical tool to customize Ubuntu Unity’s launcher, dash, panel, desktop, and font. The 2.0 version has released with adjusting Dash size, precisely changing Launcher size, Panel & Launcher transparency with scroll-bar of percentage. MyUnity 2.0 now is available in Ubuntu 12.04 Precise’s universe repository. Screenshots of MyUnity 2.0 in Ubuntu Precise: […]
Ubuntu Unity Enable Transparent Panel and Window’s Title Bar
This tutorial is about how to configure your Unity to get transparent top-panel and window title bar. I did following in Ubuntu 11.10 Oneiric with Unity desktop. 1.) Get the transparent top-panel. Unity’s panel opacity is controlled by Ubuntu Unity Plugin under CCSM. So to do that first install CompizConfig-Settings-Manager by following command in a […]
Ubuntu 11.04 Unity enable Different Wallpapers in each workspaces
Different wallpapers is a cool feature in Ubuntu desktop that implemented by Compiz. While Ubuntu 10.10 Maverick release, for some reason different wallpapers in different workspaces doesn’t work like older Ubuntu edition. Now, this feature come back in Ubuntu 11.04 Natty, and following is how to enable it in Ubuntu Natty Unity desktop. 1.) Disable […]
Manage Ubuntu 11.04 Unity Launcher Quicklist using unity-launcher-editor
Unity-Launcher-Editor is a GUI designed to manage Unity Launcher items and quicklists. So far, it supports add/remove Launcher items, customize quicklist group, and even change shortcut icons. This project is hosted on Launchpad, and still in the early development phase. To install unity-launcher-editor, first open up a terminal window and type in this two commands: […]
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