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Thanks for suggestions!

I did not find any speed altering functions in Pitivi.
I will take a look at the Tragtor GUI.

I also found a manual way to accomplish the speed-up although it seems a...

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I am trying to convert some very long and boring presentations to a faster speed.

I have found by playing it in VLC media player, that speeding it up by 1.3x makes it much less boring to listen to...

I am looking for a beat visualizer (for lack of a better word) to use full screen when playing music on my computer.

What do I mean by that?

I know there are a lot of visualizers out there that...

Another easy way to get the window buttons back on the right and in the standard order is to install the right aligned theme:

Step-by-step procedure:
1. Download the modified theme...

The buttons are where they are. In the default theme they do not extend out to the corner. So clicking the corner should not close the window since that would be outside the button.

If you want to...

What happens if you do:
1: Open menu "System" > "Preferences" > "Appearance"
2: Click button "Customize"
3: Click tab "Window border"
4: Select another border theme

Does that change it or is...

Another easy way to restore the window button position is to install the right aligned theme:

Step-by-step procedure:
1. Download the modified theme...

It may be that you must to repeat the config hack every time you switch the theme.

Another easier way to restore the window button position for the default theme is to install the alternative...

Canonical apparently have plans to introduce some sort of new user interface thingie in the next version of Ubuntu (10.10). And they have decided to put this new stuff on the right side of the window...

Another easy way to restore the window button position is to install the right aligned theme:

Step-by-step procedure:
1. Download the modified theme...

I agree. For making the transition easier for new users coming from Windows I recommend restoring the buttons to "Windows style layout".

The cleanest way to restore the window button position to...

The cleanest way to restore the window button position is to install the right aligned theme:

Step-by-step procedure:
1. Download the modified theme...

The cleanest way to restore the window button position is to install the right aligned theme:

Step-by-step procedure:
1. Download the modified theme...

Very good point!

The cleanest way to move the windows back to standard is to install the right aligned theme (mentioned by Mr.Pricklesworth).

Step-by-step procedure:
1. Download the modified theme...

(Comment removed. The theme Ambiant-right did not restore the ordering only the location so it might not be optimal solution. Prefer the customize solution in first post.)

EDIT:
Now the button...

Here is a mouse-click only solution to revert the buttons to the right:

1. System > Preferences > Appearance
2. Select the theme icon "New Wave"
3. Click the button "Customize.."
4. Select tab...

What I finally did was:
1. System > Preferences > Appearance
2. Select the theme icon "New Wave"
3. Click the button "Customize.."
4. Select tab "Controls" and select value "Ambiance"
5. Select...

Thus far the data suggests that the mouse resting location generally is leaning more to right side than to the left. But it also suggests that there is very large variability. Keep posting :-)

This is a good idea.

Answer based on what you are using 51% of the time or more. ;-)

That is still a valid answer and a valuable piece of information. What we are interested in is where the mouse is when it is not doing anything productive (not clicking, dragging, etc).

If the...

Mark Shuttleworth is wants us to collect research data about people's mouse usage.

The purpose of his poll is to gather data about where on the screen the mouse pointer rests when it is not doing...

Virtually all e-mail and instant messaging (IM) between individuals is being sent completely or partially insecure/unencrypted.

Often the information being sent is of a confidential nature and...