Unity has a nice layout. I really do like the Ambiance and Radiance themes. However, I just feel that the window manager itself is lacking. KWin has an excellent tiling mode that automatically handles all my window needs without having to drag, resize, or keypress. I can focus on the information and the work.
My question to you is: Is there a way to get Kwin or another similar tiling window manager to work within Unity so that I can have the benefits of both worlds?
I have multiple users on my home desktop. I am content with most of the default user directories, however I would like to make one change.
I would like to setup a common directory for Music (ie /home/common/Music/) that is writable to all users and Nautilus/Dolphin/whatever recognizes as the user's Music directory.
I know that it would involve changing the xdg user directory setup, but everything I see points that it is relative to the user's $HOME. Is there a way I can specify an absolute path?
Since Halloween, I have been really enjoying Frictional Games' Amnesia on Ubuntu. My next goal is to get the other offerings they have.
Unfortunately, there is not a gamepad setting for this game (and many others out there). I know there is software like rejoystick that allows the mapping of keyboard keys to a gamepad. However, since this game incorporates the mouse, is there a solution to map both over?
Thanks in advance.
Update: I have found on playdeb.net QJoypad. It allows the mapping of both keyboard and mouse. Unfortunately, I still seem to have trouble with the mouse when entering Amnesia.
Here is hoping that this is not duplicated somewhere else...
Back before the easy addition of Launchpad PPAs, many of us used to customize our sources list to include user/3rd party repositories. Some ambitious Ubuntu'ers would even maintain updated lists on their websites. It was the easiest way to install software for things like Google Earth in the earlier days.
So the question I am asking may prove useful for the newcomers and for the experienced.
What other repositories (like Medibuntu) have you found useful for 10.10 (other than PPAs)?
Is there a way to set the Bluetooth in Ubuntu to autoconnect to devices it is paired to when it is turned on. Furthermore, is there a way to automatically change the sound output to a Bluetooth headset on connection?
Under XFCE, I had option to set my keyboard media keys to run particular programs or scripts. I understand the options to adjust the Keyboard Shortcuts under Gnome, but how do I change the default programs that the keys use.
For example, I have a script I use that manages my calculator (in this case, galculator). This script not only launches an instance of galculator but makes sure that another instance is not running. So unlike the default manner under Gnome, if one instance is already running, it just brings focus to it). I am not having 15 different calculators to close out in the end.
I have tried looking under gconf and keyboard shortcuts. Any other ideas?
Living in the United States, it is most common to have dates expressed like the following:
I prefer the big endian form for my dates like below:
or the little endian form
4 digit years, 2 digit month
Without changing the locales information for my currency, etc, how would I go about setting this up so that system wide it can be expressed in either of the types of forms.