The uphill struggle for freedom: February 2012

Tuesday, February 21, 2012

Interesting blog about Ubuntu setup and installation

this is just one page, but whole blog is full of interesting posts
http://debianhelp.wordpress.com/2011/09/12/to-do-list-after-installing-ubuntu-11-10-aka-oneiric-ocelot/

Monday, February 20, 2012

Idea of complete removing main menu from Thunderbird

I have an idea how to economize space in Thunderbird by means of existing addon "Tiny Menu".
Screenshot:

It will be good if Tabbed area could contains buttons in the front(left side) to make it looks even more natural.

Gnome3 Alt+Tab behaviour

In Gnome3 applications are grouped be default during window switch by Alt+Tab. This is inconvenient when you have few windows from the same application (skype), and I always used mouse to select window in group, but I found in Fedora forum, that to switch between windows in group we could use Alt+`. Works fine!

Saturday, February 18, 2012

Importing contacts to gmail

I have a CSV file with all contacts that I took from old phone, now importing to google looks as simple step, as gmail support this. But problem was that Gmail expect CSV in different format that I have, after searching I found page, with link to Gmail CSV example, my copy is here. After 20 minutes of copy paste - I got csv that got CSV that properly imported to gmail contacts.
Note: to call from contact page - use international format( for Ukraine +380WWXXXYYZZ).

Wednesday, February 8, 2012

Gnome shell extensions for Ubuntu 11.10

Source of wizdom part1, part 2,

1. Install repository:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:webupd8team/gnome3
sudo apt-get update

2. Install tool for extensions management
sudo apt-get install gnome-tweak-tool

3. Install all plugins, do not forget to switch them on in gnome-tweak-tool at "Shell Extension" tab, and LogOut after that
sudo apt-get install gnome-shell-extensions-alternative-status-menu - to show Power Off in menu
sudo apt-get install gnome-shell-extensions-user-theme - different themes for gnome
sudo apt-get install gnome-shell-extensions-apps-menu
sudo apt-get install gnome-shell-extensions-drive-menu
sudo apt-get install gnome-shell-extensions-places-menu
sudo apt-get install gnome-shell-extensions-native-window-placement - make thumbs be in proporsion to window size
sudo apt-get install gnome-shell-extensions-gajim
sudo apt-get install gnome-shell-extensions-gpaste - buffer manager
sudo apt-get install gnome-shell-system-monitor
sudo apt-get install gnome-shell-extensions-windowoverlay-icons - overlay application icon to tumbnail
sudo apt-get install gnome-shell-extensions-weather - weather.yahoo.com, copy RSS link, and put city code to settings

4. how to disable universal access settings icon

5. additionally remove Bluetooth icon, open the same file
sudo gedit /usr/share/gnome-shell/js/ui/panel.js
, and comment out

/*if (Config.HAVE_BLUETOOTH)
STANDARD_STATUS_AREA_SHELL_IMPLEMENTATION['bluetooth'] = imports.ui.status.bluetooth.Indicator;
*/

Result: