Getting started:

To get started, go to System –> Main Menu.

Then select where you want to launcher to appear, and click ‘New Item’

Type the launcher name, and the command for the application and click OK. The command for Gnome Control Center is:

/usr/bin/gnome-control-center

Notice a new application launcher is created under ‘Other item on the menu list.

Launch it and enjoy!

Command to launch common applications in Ubuntu can be found in the /usr/bin directory. If you don’t know the command for an application, then click the ‘Browse’ button and browse to the /usr/bin directory to find it.

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Getting started:

To get started, go to Places –> Home Folder.

Then click ‘Edit’ –> Preferences.

Then click the Behavior tab and choose ‘Single click to open items’ and close out.

Enjoy!

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We have written a detailed step by step tutorial on installing Skype in Ubuntu. To view that step by step tutorial, click here.

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Getting started:

To get started, go to System –> Preferences –> Screensaver.

Then un-check the second box shown below and close out.

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Getting started:

To get started, open Nautilus by going to Places –> Home Folder.

Then click ‘Edit’ from the top menu and select Preferences.

Next, click Behavior tab and select the box to ‘Include a Delete command that bypasses Trash’ and close out.

Now when you right-click a file or folder, you should be able to delete it without first sending it to the Trash Bin.

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Getting started:

To get started, press Alt-F2 on your keyboard, then type the command below and click Run:

gconf-editor

Then expand:

apps --> nautilus --> preferences

Put a check mark into the name ‘always_use_location_entry’ and close out.

Now take a look. When you open Nautilus, the location entry will always be shown.

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To restore Gnome Panels, go to Applications –> Accessories –> Terminal.

Then copy and paste the command below and press Enter.

gconftool --recursive-unset /apps/panel

Next, copy and paste the command below again and press Enter.

rm -rf ~/.gconf/apps/panel

And finally, copy and paste the command below and press Enter.

pkill gnome-panel

Now when you click minimize, applications will not be visible on the bottom panel.

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To read my previous post, click here.

To install Radio Tray in Maverick, go to Applications –> Ubuntu Software Center.

Then type Radio Tray in the search box, and select Radio Tray to install.

Enjoy!

Again, Radio Tray is an online radio streaming player for Linux that runs on the system tray (Panel). It main focus is to play online radio and nothing else. It easy to install and easy to use.

Getting started:

To get started, press Alt-F2 on your keyboard then type the command below and click Run:

gconf-editor

Then expand:

apps --> metacity --> general

Select and right-click button_layout and click Edit. Then change the value to the one below:

menu:minimize,maximize,close

Click OK, then close out and notice the change.

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Instead of writing a complete tutorial for Maverick which will be the same as the one for Lucid, I will just point your to my previous tutorial on the same topic.

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Again, this is my previous tutorial on installing Adobe Reader: Installing Adobe Reader In Lucid.