Tips and Tricks for Elementary OS Luna
| Date: | 2012-12-11 19:19 |
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| category: | Linux |
| slug: | tips-and-tricks-for-elementary-os-luna |
| tags: | elementary OS, linux, tips and tricks |
After using Elementary OS as my main distro on my Desktop and my laptop for sometime, Here are some tips and tricks and small modifications that I have right now:
Make sure you have dconf-editor installed you can do so by running this command:
sudo apt-get install dconf-tools
Remove ubuntu overlay scroll bars:
open dconf-editor then go to this path:
org.gnome.desktop.interface
And uncheck the ubuntu-overlay-scrollbars entry.
Silencing the bell:
This for muting that annoying sound when you try to auto-complete something in the terminal and nothing matches. Go to this path with dconf-editor:
org.gnome.desktop.wm.preferences
And uncheck the audible-bell entry.
Modify the dock:
I like to have the indicators on so I can know whether a program is running or not. To do so, open up this file with your favorite text editor:
~/.config/plank/theme/dock.theme
And change this line:
IndicatorSize=5
Its default value was zero on my installation, it might be different on yours. You can change a lot of stuff in here, like the color of the dock, the padding of the items, etc. Each entry is commented with a small description.
On my laptop I have a limited vertical space, so having the dock on the bottom wasn't the best idea in my opinion. So to change the position of the dock, open up this file
~/.config/plank/dock1/settings
And change the value of the "Position" variable to either 0,1,2,3.
0 to move it to the left.
1 to move it to the right.
2 to move it to the top (doesn't work since we have the top bar).
3 to move it to the bottom (the default value).
That's it for now, hope you like it and to the elementary devs and designers, you guys rock! \m/,
