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After a fresh install of Ubuntu 10.10 Maverick Meerkat, configuration made easy with Ubuntu-Tweak | Newbies

Written by Mel Kham on . Posted in Ubuntu

If you want to configure Ubuntu 10.10 Maverick meerkat please check also our post:

Top things to do after installing Ubuntu 10.10 Maverick Meerkat

Ubuntu Tweak is an application to config Ubuntu easier for everyone. It provides many useful desktop and system options that the default desktop environment doesn’t provide.

Ubuntu_Tweak_002Using Ubuntu Tweak you can install all needed applications and games with a simple click, you can also change the window buttons from Left to right, backup your system and more useful features.

 

  • Install Ubuntu Tweak in Ubuntu via repository:

Open terminal and enter the following command:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:tualatrix/ppa 
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install ubuntu-tweak
  • To install applications and games, go to Application center, select all the applications you want to install and press Sync:

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  • Changing the login screen and logo made easy with ubuntu Tweak, just go to login settings and change your preferences, if you want for example to use another logo you need an icon of dimensions 64×64 :

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  • Add icons to your desktop: Go to Desktop icon settings and select the icons you want to add to your desktop.

 

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  • Backup and recovery your Desktop :This One if the the newest features of Ubuntu-Tweak, if you want to back up and recovery your desktop you need to go to Backup Recovery.

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  • Change the windows titlebar button layout from the left to the right:

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  • Compiz : Compiz setting will allow you to configure effects on your screen and also to  install Compiz setting manager, read our post for more information about compiz. 

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Mel Kham

Founder of Unixmen, Living in Amsterdam. Am working in my free time to help people to understand the Opensource and to explain them in easy way how to make the fist steps to the the light. Working day and night with my Co-founder Zinovsky to keep this website live even with less resources.
  • Pierre Loubert

    Looks nifty, looking forward to tinkering with this. I installed it successfully. One question though, when following the console installation instructions, I got a message that a bunch of packages were used in the install that would no longer be needed, the installer says I can use the command “apt-get autoremove” to clean up, will it remove any useful stuff or only utilities that were needed to execute the installation?

    PS: I tried to register or login with G+ but the button didn’t work. (Ubuntu 12.10, Chromium, popups allowed…

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