I am running on a vmware and observe that a lot of times my text gets cut off as shown in the diagram and there no way I can access this. 
Can anyone give me some solutions? I have adjusted the resolution but it still doesnt work correctly.
I installed Ubuntu 12.04 and upgraded my Firefox.
However I would like to increase the size of the "toolbar" & "urlbar" like on Windows.
(The new firefox has big and nice interface to use).
How ca I do the same on Ubuntu?
What is the command update-alternatives used for?
Take this example:
sudo update-alternatives --install /usr/bin/java java /usr/local/java/jre1.7.0_09/bin/java 1
What does it do? How is it different from adding jdk to the path?
Let's say that I have run the command. How would I revert back to the original state?
In the Ubuntu terminal I find myself spending considerable time to switch to a particular directory every time the computer starts up. Is there some way I can make this process easier? Is there some hotkey or some quick directory change that I can use (like speed dial on a phone)?
eg:
cd 1:Changes to saved directory one
I am trying to resize my /dev/sda1 as shown in the diagram using the gparted Live cd.However although I have unallocated space I am unable to expand it.I have tried expanding /dev/sda2(which works) and then decreasing its size from the beginning(which doesnt). But that doesnt work either. Could someone please tell ,me how to resize my /dev/sda1 partition.
I am using Ubuntu 12.04 and am unable to find where I install software using apt-get. In the dash if I type eclipse or the name of the software it appears, But I am unable to right click on it and open the folder location. Does anyone know how to find where exactly a particular software is installed using the dash. Also is it possible to set a software to be installed to a particular location when using the apt-get.
I installed gnome-core package on Ubuntu (minimal version for the beagle bone) and it was almost 600mb. However, when I try to un-install it using
sudo apt-get autoremove gnome-core
It removes only 49 MB. Any Ideas, how to remove the entire 600 MB?
I installed gnome-core using sudo apt-get install gnome-core. But now I want to uninstall it and switch over to other desktop environments. Does anyone know how to do this and what are the other uis you would recommend. This is for a beaglebone- So a light weight Ui would be preferred.