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I've upgraded my 11.04 System76 laptop to Ubuntu 12.04. How do I find programs with the Dash thing? It feels like I'm guessing to discover what programs are installed.
The old "Start" menu has it's drawbacks, but it does allow me to browse installed programs by category.
Dash has categories similar to the old Gnome2 applications menu.
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PS: Start menu? Are you sure it was 11.04?
On the bottom of Dash there are 5 icons Home-Applications-documents-music-videos. Also just type the name of what you are looking for and it will come up.
Ah, that will help. It's pretty close to what I was looking for. Thanks.Quote:
Originally Posted by mikewhatever
I'm pretty sure it was that. I think it was 11.10 where there was no going back to the old ubuntu setup. It wasn't a bottom-left-corner Windows XP style menu, but the Applications/options/system top left style.Quote:
PS: Start menu? Are you sure it was 11.04?
I was looking for how to search through the applications. Typing in semi-random names to look for apps isn't very user-friendly. It'd be nice if I could open up the right side bar options automatically on the applications tab.Quote:
Originally Posted by Enigmapond
Sorry if i sound a noob but what i guess is that you were earlier using gnome desktop with windows like menu. Gnome Desktop environment is installed by default. All you need to do is just click the Ubuntu icon on the login page and select Gnome as your desktop environment.
I hope this works well
Oh, I'm happy to give the new UI a try. If there wasn't going to be an easy way to launch programs without memorizing them, though, it was going to get tossed away fast. As is, if I can't get sound working correctly (without stuttering) I'm moving to KDE or something else that will work.
The big problem is that the aplication menu is compleately unorginized, so you have to sift through all the diffrent types of programs even if you know what catagoty of program you want, but not the name of that program. this is really a pain when you have a lot of applications that you don't use that often.
Recommend Cinnamon DE
http://cinnamon.linuxmint.com/
Fairly easy to install on Ubuntu
Actually, in most cases, you can type what you want to do, and the dash will give you a relevant application. If you open it and type "music", for example, you get Rhythmbox. Typing "internet" gives you Firefox.Quote:
Originally Posted by DuckDodgers
If you don't know the name, and searching for the function doesn't give you what you want, then all you need to do is hit Super+A (or right click on the Ubuntu button, then choose "Applications), then click "Filter results".