Ubuntu 11.04 Change From Unity To Classic Gnome « scottlinux.com. Ubuntu 11.04 Change From Unity To Classic Gnome Classic Gnome fans, fear not. You can still use standard Gnome in Ubuntu 11.04 if Unity is not your bag. To change to traditional Gnome, logout and then after clicking on your username, select Ubuntu Classic Desktop at the bottom of the login screen. Enjoy the latest and greatest Ubuntu with regular Gnome! Edit! Click the Power icon > System Settings Find and click on Login Screen where you can set your default session as well. Edit2! Install KDE with: $ sudo apt-get install kubuntu-desktop.
Create a minimalist desktop. Restore the Default Gnome Panels in Ubuntu [Ubuntu Beginners Series] – Starry Hope. Sometimes crazy things happen when you’re using Ubuntu, especially when you’re first getting started. It’s easy to mess things up and sometimes hard to get them back to normal. One problem I often see is that people accidentally delete their top or bottom panels (the bars that go across the top and bottom of your desktop and contain menus and other useful widgets). It can be especially frustrating when your top panel disappears along with the Application Menu … what’s a person to do? You might see instructions in a forum or on a blog post that tell you how “easy” it is to restore your default panels with some “simple” Terminal commands. While these commands might be easy for the seasoned Linux geek, they can be confusing for everyone else.
Introducing: PanelRestore PanelRestore is a small program that will allow you to restore the default Ubuntu panels quickly (it will also allow you to backup and restore your existing panel configurations). 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. Customizing the Ubuntu GNOME Desktop Panels. From Techotopia This chapter provides an overview of the steps involved in customizing the various panels comprising the Ubuntu implementation of the GNOME desktop. [edit] An Overview of the Ubuntu Panels The bars across the top and bottom of the desktop are called panels. The top panel (shown below) contains the desktop menus, icons to launch commonly used applications such as the web browser and email client and other items such as the date and time and various status indicators.
The panel along the bottom of the desktop (shown below) contains button to hide and show the currently running applications, an area for switching between workspaces, a button to hide all currently visible application windows and an icon to open the trash can. Although only two panels are configured by default you can add as many panels you you need to the desktop (although obviously there are limits on the amount of space on the desktop to accommodate the panels).
[edit] Changing Desktop Panel Properties. Remove that Panel! A Review of Popular Window Navigators for Linux « The_Linux_Cauldron. After a long time, I really said to myself, can I lose that bottom panel? I really wanted something semi-flashy that had function, giving me access to my favorite shortcuts. I have heard of Avant, and tried that, but I also wanted to give “the other guys” a good try too! I came across Gnome-Do and also Cairo Dock. While each actually has its ups and downs, I’m sure everyone can agree they accomplish the job. Here is The Linux Cauldrons review of Popular Window Navigators. Pre-requisites: Decent graphics hardwareCompositing Enabled (go to System > Appearance > and enable at least the next tier of effects for your system.On systems (such as Arch Linux) that do not have an option on “Appearance”, a working install of Compiz or Compiz fusion is required. Avant Window Navigator (AWN) My avant bar, "flat style" not the "3D look" Avant is the “safe bet” for many people.
GNOME Do The GNOME Do instant search in action The GNOME Do "Docky" appearence mode. Cairo Dock That does it for today. Cheers, Nano. Hide the top and bottom panels in Ubuntu Linux. Hide the top and bottom panels for more screen space Windows has a taskbar in which it displays the applications that are running and windows that are open. The Mac has a Dock that does a similar job and Linux has panels. Linux panels are more like the taskbar than the Dock and they both have broadly similar functions, but panels that look like the Mac's Dock are available for Linux too.
Just as the Windows taskbar and OS X Dock can be automatically hidden when they are not actually being used, so can Linux panels. You should set them to auto-hide so they disappear when they are not bing used. You can hide one or both panels and the choice is yours. An alternative to this is to tick the Show hide buttons option. Go to Linux tips index...