12.04 LTS / Precise Classic (No effects) Tweaks and tricks

[Buntu Bunny]

Kansasnoob, I really appreciate the tweaks and tricks. I gave Unity an honest try, also Gnome shell and Classic with effects, then Cinnamon. I ended up liking Classic (No Effects) best and needed a few tweaks to make it feel just like home. Thanks.

[heyup]

I have decided to upload a picture to prove that I was able to get the "Search for Files" option back into my "Places" menu.

Is anyone else bothering to follow my instructions on this?

I haven't checked your instructions, but the gnome-search-tool is not installed by default.

Install the gnome-search-tool and it appears in the menu Applications > Accessories > Search for Files.

Edit. The gnome-search-tool 'Search for Files' also appears in the Places menu.

[heyup]

About the fonts, they can be changed in gconf and dconf (or by using the command line as I've done with most of my other changes), but not knowing what exactly you want I'd recommend using Ubuntu Tweak

Haven't tried Ubuntu Tweak yet, but gnome-tweak-tool doesn't have an option to change the desktop icon other than by scaling.

The commands I used to change the fonts:

gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.wm.preferences titlebar-font 'Serif Bold 9'

gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.interface document-font-name 'Serif 9'

gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.interface font-name 'Serif 9'

gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.interface monospace-font-name 'Monospace 9'

gsettings set org.gnome.nautilus.desktop font 'Serif 8'

Edit. Changed titlebar-font to a gsettings command.

Change the font type and size (highlighted in red) as required.

[kansasnoob]

@ heyup,

I personally see no need for that

Look at post #126

That works well for me

[heyup]

@ heyup,

I personally see no need for that

Look at post #126

That works well for me

When I tried that (post #126) it gave the Help page for 'Search for Files'. That's not the same as the gnome-search-tool application which is what I thought guimaster was wanting.

[rickm1945]

Thanks for the great tweaks and tricks I have done most of them. One thing I can't figure out how to have one Panel, like you have on your machine? One panel at the bottom. That looks neat and uncluttered.

[Cavsfan]

Thanks for the great tweaks and tricks I have done most of them. One thing I can't figure out how to have one Panel, like you have on your machine? One panel at the bottom. That looks neat and uncluttered.

You should be able to press Alt+Super+right click on the top panel, go to properties and select autohide.

[rickm1945]

You should be able to press Alt+Super+right click on the top panel, go to properties and select autohide.

That hides the panel but I want both panels to be at the bottom all in one panel. see this post.

http://ubuntuforums.org/attachment.php?attachmentid=216659&d=1335505493

[Cavsfan]

That hides the panel but I want both panels to be at the bottom all in one panel. see this post.

http://ubuntuforums.org/attachment.php?attachmentid=216659&d=1335505493

Oh Sorry! I thought that was what you meant. I didn't know you could put both panels on the bottom.

[tlipur]

Hey for some reason i cannot access my workgroup nor can i see any other pc on my network.

How can i fix that?

Thanks