I would like to have my gnome panels transparent like I had them in 10.10. I used this guide (scroll down a bit) to make them transparent in 10.10, but it doesn't seem to work, at least with the Equinox themes. I am using 11.04 Classic and the Equinox Dawn theme. If there's anymore information needed for the problem, let me know and I'll provide it. Thanks a lot!
Is there a way to assign a keyboard shortcut to hide or unhide a specific gnome-panel?
EDIT: Is there was a way to make a button combination have the auto-hide panel slide out, as if I had hovered my mouse on that side of the screen?
Is there a way to change the hide button on the gnome-panel? What I mean is the buttons placed at the end of each side of the panel? I'm wondering if its possible, and if it is, how to go about doing it.
Panel hidden, button showing
Panel not hidden, buttons on each side
I really don't like the gradients in the Elementary theme and I was wondering if there is a way to remove them from applications like Nautilus-Elementary, Postler, Dexter, etc. I've tried commenting out the Apps/[Application].rc in /usr/share/themes/elementary/gtk-2.0/gtkrc but it doesn't work. It still leaves the gradients in their place.
I'm a big fan of the other controls in the theme: the scroll bar, the way it borders gedit and the buttons, and I'd like to keep these features, but I don't like the way it styles its windows.
EDIT: The gradients I'm talking about are the ones at the top of the window.
Some examples:
Nautilus-Elementary:
Postler:
Rhythmbbox:
Transmission:
I'd like to create a sort of matte look, similar to this, which was done using Orta:
Nautilus-Elementary:
Postler:
Rhythmbox:
Transmission:
I'd like a flat color, preferably without the line separating the top part of the application with the bottom.
I'm a bit confused about whether or not Gnome-shell is a new distribution or just a desktop environment? Will shell be available to install and use instead of Unity?
When using Elementary (at least, using the Controls), it makes the panel dark, and I'd like to use a light panel. How can I change this?
Thanks for any help!
Is there a way to sync a folder to an USB drive when the drive is plugged in? I'd like it to sync, or copy over changes, both ways. I've seen the Back In Time and Unison-GTK applications, but I'd like for it to run as soon as the drive is mounted. What I mean is, unintrusively sync the two folders without any input from myself besides setting it up.
If this isn't possible, is it possible to run the application when the thumb drive is plugged in to remind myself to sync manually?
Thanks!
Just curious, but I love the look.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Lv1p4TvRw4
Is there something similar to this for Ubuntu, when shutting down, or logging out, or even when the screen goes to sleep?
I've recently changed the sidebar color in Nautilus to match the theme. Is there something I could do similar for Rhythmbox? Thanks for any help!
Is there a way to synchronize Tomboy Notes through Ubuntu One and also to a local folder? I'd like to have it sync online with Ubuntu One but also create back ups in a Dropbox folder.
It would be very useful, and am thinking of switching to XFCE for the speed.
Where are extensions stored once they've been installed to Chromium?
Is there a way I can restrict the Internet connection and application use of another user account?
What I'd like to do is let that account connect for the use of Dropbox, but otherwise have no Internet access. Also, have a list of applications that the user can use, or better, a list that they cannot.
Is there a way to make Chrome/Chromium's notifications use notify-osd instead of the ugly boxes it uses by default?
What is the code to make a script run on startup that binds the home folders with other folders depending on if a drive is present?
Because most of my files are kept in separate drives and places than /home/John/Folder, I use Terminal code to bind the Home folders for different places. For example, I bind the /Documents folder with /Dropbox/Documents so it's constantly backed up. I've found out how to do this through the terminal, and read somewhere that you can put code in the /etc/rc.local script and that that script (rc.local) runs on start up. I've put the code into that script, but I'm not sure how to get that to run on startup. Right now I have to wait till the computer has started up, then run the code in the terminal. The full code in that script I've set is below.
sudo mount -o bind /media/Storage/Music ~/Music && sudo mount -o bind /media/storage/downloads ~/Downloads && sudo mount -o bind /media/2TB/Videos ~/Videos && sudo mount -o bind /home/john/dropbox/documents ~/Documents && sudo mount -o bind /home/john/dropbox/Photos ~/Pictures && exit 0
The exit 0 is needed for the script to run, according to a comment in the script.
Since this on a laptop and I keep my video files on an external drive, is there anyway to add a simple "If is present, also bind ~/Videos to /media//Videos," and if it's not, skip over it? Or put that code at the end so it doesn't affect the above execution?