Customising Ubuntu Desktop
Customising Ubuntu Desktop
Submitted by Alan Pope on Tue, 2006-11-14 12:05. desktop | edgy | gnome | linux | ubuntu
This video covers the settings which can be changed to personalise the Ubuntu desktop.
This includes:-
- Being able to change the screen resolution.
- Download an image from an online gallery.
- Describe how to change the desktop background image.
- Modify screensaver settings.
- Change the theme use by the desktop environment.
- Add icons for regularly used applications to the panel.
- Edit the menus.
- Adding additional panel tools and widgets.
- Add a personal photo
- Change logon screen
- Change panel settings
- Modify workspace settings
Distribution: Ubuntu
Version: 6.10 (Edgy Eft)
Architecture: Any
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Firefox "Set as desktop background"
When you're saving the background from art.gnome.org you choose to save the file and find it again from the "Set background" option.. It seems a bit silly since there's a "Set as desktop background.." option in the context menu in Firefox which would be loads easier. :-)
I do that deliberately
So that you can store the image somewhere and know where it went.
One of the big problems people have when downloading stuff over the internet is knowing where the file was saved to.
Very informative
I definately enjoyed this screencast. I think a lot of new users want to get right in there and begin personalizing their desktop and this is a perfect starting point for them. Thank you for making these screencasts, I think they will help a lot of people out!
Great :)
Great screencast. My brother (who started using ubuntu a few days ago when his windows machine crashed) found it very useful :)