Unity (Ubuntu 11.04)
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What is this? What is Ubuntu? Who are you? Why did you make this? How often do you update this site? Are there any out-of-date tutorials?"
Unity AskUbuntu ‘Lens’ installable via PPA
Natty only: Remember that rather neat AskUbuntu lens we mentioned a few days back ?
As well as using your mouse to operate software, you can also use your keyboard to perform specific functions. This page provides a list of keyboard shortcuts which you may find useful. How to use a keyboard shortcut Traditionally, keyboard shortcuts are written like so: Alt + F1 .
Keyboard Shortcuts - Community Ubuntu Documentation - https://help.ubuntu.com/
Unity2D
Unity 2D's goal is to provide the Unity desktop shell on hardware platforms that cannot currently support Unity's OpenGL requirements (see Hardware Requirements for Unity for more details). Its architecture is very close to Unity's as it only replaces the user interface elements but still shares all the same backend components. Specifically, Unity 2D replaces the panel, launcher and places components as defined in Unity's architecture overview .How to Upgrade to Ubuntu 11.04 Natty Narwhal? There are two ways in which you can upgrade to latest Ubuntu 11.04 Natty Narwhal. One is by using the Ubuntu 11.04 Live CD and the other one is directly via internet. How to Upgrade to Ubuntu 11.04 using Ubuntu Live CD? This is the easier method of the two.
How to Upgrade to Ubuntu 11.04 "Natty Narwhal" Easily
12 Things I did After Installing New Ubuntu 11.04 "Natty Narwhal"
Ubuntu 11.04 Natty Narwhal released, reviewed . Ubuntu 11.04 Natty Narwhal beta is already here and in a few days time, the final release will happen. We have already reviewed the latest Ubuntu 11.04 and we think it is ready for prime time, well, almost. We did encounter some amount of instability in the new Ubuntu Unity mostly because of Compiz, but overall we believe Ubuntu 11.04 is going to be a release to look forward for.
A note before reading this post: before giving up on Unity without giving it a try... don't. Try Unity for a few days - yes, it's not a finished product but it's actually quite interesting - and if you don't like it then switch. If you've just upgraded to Ubuntu 11.04 Natty Narwhal, there are probably a few things you'll miss, so here is how to get them back as well as some other things you may find useful. Install CompizConfig Settings Manager and Tweak Unity to better suit your needs: sudo apt-get install compizconfig-settings-manager Then search for CompizConfig Settings Manager in Dash and you'll find the Unity-related options under the "Unity" Compiz plugin.
Things To Tweak / Fix After Installing Ubuntu 11.04 Natty Narwhal
Unity/LauncherAPI
Launcher API We support adding quicklists, counters, and progress bars for apps in the Unity Launcher: Using the Launcher API The recommended and supported way to take control of your launcher icon is to use the API provided by libunity .
Ubuntu 11.04 Natty Narwhal Released - See What`s New (Screenshots And Video)
After the usual 6 months of development, Ubuntu 11.04 has finally been released. I usually start these posts with "there haven't been any major or ground-breaking changes" but this time pretty much everything is new with the introduction of Unity as the default interface. Since we've been writing about the new features in Ubuntu 11.04 constantly, in this post we'll only talk about the major new features. Read on!
Disable The AppMenu (Global Menu) In Ubuntu 11.04
If you're subscribed to the Ayatana mailing list (or you can look here - look for "Menus hidden by default"), you probably know the huge discussion behind the AppMenu (Global Menu) which is set to autohide by default in Ubuntu 11.04 (in both Unity and the classic desktop). Apparently even quite a few Ubuntu developers find it confusing. I didn't find a way to disable the autohide only, but I was reading on Ubuntusecrets.it about disabling the AppMenu altogether and though I'd let you know about 2 ways of disabling the AppMenu: either for a specific application or globally, for all applications but using a different method which should keep you error-free.After seeing a simple script on ubuntu.onego.ru to share files on Dropbox using an icon in the Unity launcher, I though I'd update the Dropbox Share script I've created a while back to do something similar, but more advanced: just like the regular Dropbox Share, you'll be able to share both files and folders and also you can share multiple files at once . So Unity Dropbox Share was born, a simple drag'n'drop Dropbox share icon for the Unity launcher (it's just a script written in Bash). Here's a video with Unity Dropbox Share in action: Even though this was created for the Unity launcher, it should probably work with other docks like Avant Window Navigator, Docky, DockBarX or Cairo Dock too (I've only tested it with AWN). How it works:
Unity Launcher Icon To Share Files Using Dropbox [Drag'n'Drop
Launchpad
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Christian Giordano has announced on the Canonical Design blog that Unity will get overlay scrollbars . This means the scrollbars will not be visible until you move your mouse over the side where the scrollbar used to be. Touch and scrollwheels are making that chrome, if not obsolete, then certainly less important.
Unity To Get Overlay Scrollbars!
Great news for those who want to try out the latest Ubuntu 11.04 Natty Narwhal with the Unity interface without booting a CD or Live USB - Unity now works in the latest VirtualBox 4.0 . All you have to do to get Ubuntu 11.04 with Unity to work in VirtualBox 4.0 is to enable 3D Acceleration and obviously, install the VirtualBox Guest Additions. Read on! 2.