I will be collecting here some nifty tidbits that have helped me make my Ubuntu installation more fun to use. In case of very long console commands, quotations are used to emphasize that the command is one long command, even if the blog template splits it into several lines. Do not include the quotations when typing in the commands, as that will not work.
These tips, commands, and possible links are for reference only; any use of them is entirely up to you, and I assume no liability for any damages you do to your or someone else’s system.
NO SHRINKING BOX ANIMATION ON MINIMIZE
When you minimize a window, a rectangular shrinking box animation is shown by default. It gets annoying after time, but there is a way to disable it:
“gconftool-2 -t bool -s /apps/metacity/general/reduced_resources true”
I HAVE INSTALLED ADOBE FLASH PLAYER, BUT STILL HAVE TROUBLE WITH FLASH SITES LIKE YOUTUBE
Use the following three commands in console:
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get remove swfdec-mozilla
sudo apt-get install flashplugin-installer
Mika Salakka is a Finn living in the United States. He is a nursing assistant, a creative writer, a devoted husband, and an observer of the human condition. His interests range from music and literature to psychology, sociology, medicine, technology, and spirituality.