New features are confirmed for Ubuntu 11.10

Ubuntu 11.10, known by the codename Oneric Ocelot, offer some fuciones redesign will eliminate some programs, and will focus on optimizing the performance of the desktop.

Among the novelties is the Gnome Display Manager Replacement (GDM) and access the desktop manager, which will be replaced by LightDM.

This measure was taken because LightDM has the advantage of being lighter than GDM ,As well

UnityFox, integrating Firefox to Unity

I have not had the opportunity to write in detail my views on Unity. I'll try at some point. However, it seems necessary to the extent that we find improvements to this desktop environment, we like the most. Or so I hope ...

But hey, I do not want to leave the topic. I want to tell that we integrate Firefox with Unity through an extension that will show the progress of our

GUnity: Facilitating further the configuration of Unity

Although Unity can be configured easily if we installed the Compiz configuration wizard (just go to the properties of the Unity plugin), not for all this first step is simple a priori. To further facilitate this work, we find GUnity, a small application programmed in python that allows us to easily set all these parameters of the interface Unity.

Download | GUnity

[Unity] Add icon to show desktop in launcher

Unity does not bring in Ubuntu 11.04 An applet to show the desktop in the launcher, if instead a keyboard shortcut to quickly access the desktop is the key combination Super+D.

But you may be accustomed to go to your desktop by clicking on an icon, so in WebUpd8 have made a small script that does the same job as the show desktop applet for gnome.

First installed wmctrl in a

3 alternatives if you do not like Unity

Unity is the new interface for Ubuntu 11.04, is a different interface to the classic that were 2 panels, without the classic menu Applications/Places/System. The interface can be liked by many, many others do not. In general I think that it costs them more to novices, the newcomers to Linux and almost always land on Ubuntu ,Is something completely different to what I came looking

How to remove Unity in Ubuntu 11.04

It seems to be "counter-current" because Unity is the default interface in Ubuntu 11.04 Natty Narwhal, but many users do not like and are interested in continuing to use the classic desktop Gnome or other alternatives such as: Unity-2D or Gnome Shell (who also will see soon).

You always have the option on the home screen, disable the interface of Unity and restart with the

How To Reset Unity, Launcher Icons Or Compiz In Ubuntu

If you're using Unity and you want to reset Unity to its default settings, want to reset the Unity Launcher icons or you've changed some Compiz settings which have messed up Ubuntu and want to reset everything, here's how to do it.

Reset Unity

If you want to reset Unity (this will only reset the Unity settings in CompizConfig Settings Manager and leave the other CCSM settings intact), open a terminal (or press ALT + F2) and enter:

unity --reset

Reset Unity Launcher icons

If you want to reset the Unity Launcher icons (dock bar on the left) to their initial state, run the following command:

unity --reset-icons

Reset Compiz in Ubuntu 11.04

Resetting Compiz in Ubuntu 11.04 is a bit different then in older Ubuntu versions because its settings in gconf are under /apps/compiz-1 and not under /apps/compiz like before.

Warning: only do this if you really must and have no other option! Use both commands, or else you might not see the Unity launcher and top panel anymore! Use it at your own risk.

To reset all the Compiz settings (this includes all the plugins settings, etc.) to the default values, open a terminal (don't run it with ALT + F2! The top panel and launcher will disappear after running the first command but will show up after the second one so use a terminal) and type:

gconftool-2 --recursive-unset /apps/compiz-1
unity --reset

If something doesn't look right after this, log out and log back in.

How To Reset Unity, Launcher Icons Or Compiz In Ubuntu

If you're using Unity and you want to reset Unity to its default settings, want to reset the Unity Launcher icons or you've changed some Compiz settings which have messed up Ubuntu and want to reset everything, here's how to do it.

Reset Unity

If you want to reset Unity (this will only reset the Unity settings in CompizConfig Settings Manager and leave the other CCSM settings intact), open a terminal (or press ALT + F2) and enter:

unity --reset

Reset Unity Launcher icons

If you want to reset the Unity Launcher icons (dock bar on the left) to their initial state, run the following command:

unity --reset-icons

Reset Compiz in Ubuntu 11.04

Resetting Compiz in Ubuntu 11.04 is a bit different then in older Ubuntu versions because its settings in gconf are under /apps/compiz-1 and not under /apps/compiz like before.

Warning: only do this if you really must and have no other option! Use both commands, or else you might not see the Unity launcher and top panel anymore! Use it at your own risk.

To reset all the Compiz settings (this includes all the plugins settings, etc.) to the default values, open a terminal (don't run it with ALT + F2! The top panel and launcher will disappear after running the first command but will show up after the second one so use a terminal) and type:

gconftool-2 --recursive-unset /apps/compiz-1
unity --reset

If something doesn't look right after this, log out and log back in.

[Tip] How to revert to the default settings of Unity

If after reading the entries with options for settings Unity you were "fingering" your system and you are not too happy with your desktop of Ubuntu 11.04 You can quickly return to default settings ,To leave Unity how recently left the factory.

You only have to type in the terminal the following command:unity --resetAnd everything will return to normal.

Behavior of launcher in Unity, configuration-Part II-

In the previous entry saw the settings of plugin Unity in Compiz on tab Behaviour

Now let's see in detail the options that you can set the tab Experimental

Backligth Mode

Set the backlight to have icons for the launcher, Allways On Backligth (Default) all icons are backlight (pictured at left) Toggles BackLigth only illuminates icons for running applications (pictured right)

Ubuntu 11.04 ‘Natty Narwhal’ arrived

Now. Arrived! Reached the new final version of the distribution GNU/Linux most rivers of ink has been unleashed throughout the world in recent years, especially with this issue that aims to imbue its users a new desktop concept called Unity. Ubuntu 11.04 came 'Natty Narwhal'!
Linux 2.6.38, GNOME 2.32.1, Firefox 4, LibreOffice 3.3.2, Banshee 2 ... Among many others, these are the

VirtualBox 4.0.6: up to 256 kernels, and improved support for Unity

Oracle has released VirtualBox 4.0.6 ,The latest version of its virtualization application available for Windows, Mac OS X and Linux and is the third stable update VirtualBox 4.0.

According to the developers, this update integrates more than 50 changes and correctionsIncluding those affecting VirtualBox 4.04, which added support for guest machines with Ubuntu 11.04.

so far,

How To Remove Mounted Drives From The Ubuntu Unity Launcher

All the mounted drives (this includes USB drives, NTFS and other partitions that you set to automount, etc. - basically everything that's in /media) show up in the Ubuntu 11.04 Unity launcher by default which is usually ok if you have a big monitor or if you don't have a lot of applications pinned to the Launcher. But if you use a netbook or just want more space on your Unity launcher, here's how to change the launcher behavior so that it doesn't display any mounted drives.


But firstly, here is how to unmount external devices.

How to unmount external devices

How will you unmount / safely remove mounted external media if you do this? You have at least 2 easy options:

A. Open Nautilus, right click on the mounted device and select "Eject" or "Safely remove drive".

B. Using "ejecter", an AppIndicator available in the official Ubuntu 11.04 repositories which you can install by clicking the button below:

If the above button doesn't work for your browser, open a terminal and copy/paste the following command to install Ejecter:

sudo apt-get install ejecter

Once installed, press ALT + F2 and enter "ejecter" to run it. To run it when your computer starts, open "Startup Applications", add a new startup item and add "ejecter" for both the name and command.

There is another appindicator called "indicator-usb" but unfortunately it doesn't seem to work anymore (when running it on my Natty installation, nothing happens).

By the way, for a huge list of AppIndicators, check out this AskUbuntu question.

Now that you know how to unmount external media easily, let's remove the mounted media icons from the Unity launcher.

How to remove mounted drives from the Ubuntu Unity launcher

1. Install dconf-tools by clicking the button below:

Or install it using a terminal:

sudo apt-get install dconf-tools

2. Press ALT + F2 and enter: "dconf-editor", then navigate to desktop > unity > devices and change the "devices-option" value from "OnlyMounted" to "Never".

That's all - the mounted usb drives (or any other mounted volumes) should now stop showing up on the Unity launcher.

Extra tip: also remove mounted drives from your desktop

If you decide to keep the default Ubuntu 11.04 Unity launcher behavior and display the mounted media icons on the launcher, there's really no reason to have the mounted volumes show up on the desktop too. Really now, why both on the launcher and desktop?

You probably already know how to do this, since this is an option in Ubuntu Tweak but if you don't want to install Ubuntu Tweak just for this, to remove mounted volumes from your dekstop, press ALT + F2 and enter: "gconf-editor", then navigate to apps > nautilus > desktop and disable (uncheck the box) "volumes_visible".

How To Remove Mounted Drives From The Ubuntu Unity Launcher

All the mounted drives (this includes USB drives, NTFS and other partitions that you set to automount, etc. - basically everything that's in /media) show up in the Ubuntu 11.04 Unity launcher by default which is usually ok if you have a big monitor or if you don't have a lot of applications pinned to the Launcher. But if you use a netbook or just want more space on your Unity launcher, here's how to change the launcher behavior so that it doesn't display any mounted drives.


But firstly, here is how to unmount external devices.

How to unmount external devices

How will you unmount / safely remove mounted external media if you do this? You have at least 2 easy options:

A. Open Nautilus, right click on the mounted device and select "Eject" or "Safely remove drive".

B. Using "ejecter", an AppIndicator available in the official Ubuntu 11.04 repositories which you can install by clicking the button below:

If the above button doesn't work for your browser, open a terminal and copy/paste the following command to install Ejecter:

sudo apt-get install ejecter

Once installed, press ALT + F2 and enter "ejecter" to run it. To run it when your computer starts, open "Startup Applications", add a new startup item and add "ejecter" for both the name and command.

There is another appindicator called "indicator-usb" but unfortunately it doesn't seem to work anymore (when running it on my Natty installation, nothing happens).

By the way, for a huge list of AppIndicators, check out this AskUbuntu question.

Now that you know how to unmount external media easily, let's remove the mounted media icons from the Unity launcher.

How to remove mounted drives from the Ubuntu Unity launcher

1. Install dconf-tools by clicking the button below:

Or install it using a terminal:

sudo apt-get install dconf-tools

2. Press ALT + F2 and enter: "dconf-editor", then navigate to desktop > unity > devices and change the "devices-option" value from "OnlyMounted" to "Never".

That's all - the mounted usb drives (or any other mounted volumes) should now stop showing up on the Unity launcher.

Extra tip: also remove mounted drives from your desktop

If you decide to keep the default Ubuntu 11.04 Unity launcher behavior and display the mounted media icons on the launcher, there's really no reason to have the mounted volumes show up on the desktop too. Really now, why both on the launcher and desktop?

You probably already know how to do this, since this is an option in Ubuntu Tweak but if you don't want to install Ubuntu Tweak just for this, to remove mounted volumes from your dekstop, press ALT + F2 and enter: "gconf-editor", then navigate to apps > nautilus > desktop and disable (uncheck the box) "volumes_visible".

Configuring Unity on Ubuntu 11.04, launcher behavior

We saw in a previous post how to install CCSM in Ubuntu 11.04 to access the settings for some aspects of Unity.

In this post we will see some options you can use to modify the behavior of the Unity launcher.

We said that pressing Alt+F2 and typing "about:config" went directly to the Unity configuration of Compiz and we would see a screen like this.
Let's start with the tab

Configuring Unity on Ubuntu 11.04

Ubuntu 11.04 not bring, at least until the release of latest beta- No tool to configure settings in Unity installed by default.

However, this is easily solved, since many of the graphic aspects of Unity can configure it from your plug in Compiz settings manager.

In this post we will install the Compiz settings manager in Ubuntu 11.04, And other post we will see what we can do

Ubuntu Unity Keyboard Shortcuts Wallpapers

Can't remember all the Unity keyboard shortcuts? Then check out the AskUbuntu keyboard shortcuts thread - you'll find two wallpapers (one is also available in German) with most of the Unity mouse tricks / keyboard shortcuts:

Unfortunately there's no SVG available so if the wallpaper resolution doesn't match your monitor, try tweaking it via the Appearance preferences (stretch/zoom, etc).

Get the full-size wallpapers @ AskUbuntu

[via Novatillasku]

Ubuntu Unity Keyboard Shortcuts Wallpapers

Can't remember all the Unity keyboard shortcuts? Then check out the AskUbuntu keyboard shortcuts thread - you'll find two wallpapers (one is also available in German) with most of the Unity mouse tricks / keyboard shortcuts:

Unfortunately there's no SVG available so if the wallpaper resolution doesn't match your monitor, try tweaking it via the Appearance preferences (stretch/zoom, etc).

Get the full-size wallpapers @ AskUbuntu

[via Novatillasku]

[Unity] Add a quick launch of the LibreOffice panel

Although Unity not have a tool for creating shortcuts similar to the application launcher for example, we do it ourselves getting into the guts (?) system.

We can create a quicklaunch of LibreOffice icon from LibreOffice Writer when you right click the icon should look like this.

From a terminal the following command tipeamos
gksu gedit /usr/share/applications/

Install Unity Reddit Lens In Ubuntu [.deb]

A Reddit user has created a cool Unity Lens for Reddit (a website where you can find what's new and popular on the web with a very active Linux section). By default it displays /r/linux, /r/ubuntu, /r/iama and of course, the main stories.

The search field for the Unity Reddit Lens is basically a filter for Reddit categories so if for instance you want to see the top stories in the /r/technology category, search for "technology":

Install Unity Reddit Lens

There is no PPA to install Reddit Unity Lens but thanks to Andrew Starr-Bochicchio's packaging, I've created a .deb you can download and install in Ubuntu 11.04 (both 32bit and 64bit):

Download Unity Reddit Lens (it's called "place" instead of "lens" but anyway, it will work). 

Once installed, log out and log back in.

Configuration

Unfortunately Unity Reddit Lens doesn't come with a GUI to configure it but if you want to change the categories, you can edit the /usr/lib/unity-place-reddit/unity-reddit-daemon file and replace / add more categories. For instance you can search for the word "Iama" - replace it with some Reddit you want to use instead.