gnome http://www.computersight.com/tags/gnome New posts about gnome How Do I Change my Background Image in Ubuntu http://www.computersight.com/Operating-Systems/Ubuntu/How-Do-I-Change-my-Background-Image-in-Ubuntu.105179 This tutorial has made and tested using Ubuntu 8.04 that was in beta stage, when this article has been written. I don't give any warranty for this tutorial. This should work on your computer in any distribution if you're running Gnome but I can't give any kind of promises.

This way requires two-button mouse and keyboard. You should be logged in to your Gnome to use this tutorial.

Clicking means always a hit of primary (1st or left) mouse button when the cursor is in the requested target. Usage of secondary (2nd or right) mouse button will be declared when it is required.

The Basic Tutorial

  1. Click your current background using the secondary (2nd or right) mouse button. You will get a menu
  2. Click the entry called ”Change Desktop Background”. ”Appearance Preferences” window with “Background” tab on. Now it's up to you, what you want to do. If you want to use the backgrounds installed with your system:
  3. Click the thumbnail you want to see on your desktop. You will see the preview on your desktop, behind the window.
  4. If you want to keep it, click “Close” button. If it is not that you want, you can go back to the step 3 (a or b) and choose again. If you want to use your own image file as your desktop background (experimental):
  5. Click “Add..” button.
  6. Select the background image you want to use
  7. You will see that image previewed on your desktop. 6..If you want to keep it, click “Close” button. If it is not that you want, you can go back to the step 3 (a or b) and choose again. I know, this article can be useless but someone can sort out something or find easier way to change the background image (=wallpaper).
]]> Sun, 06 Apr 2008 04:31:21 PST Ubuntu Configuration Editor http://www.computersight.com/Operating-Systems/Ubuntu/Ubuntu-Configuration-Editor.62238 Ubuntu has a nice configuration editor (very advanced, and possibly dangerous) for Gnome that is installed by default (but hidden from the menu by default).

This configuration editor can be run through the command (Alt-F2): gconf-editor

Or, you can right-click the Applications menu, click Edit Menus and then you can see the lists of things in the Applications Menu (some may be disabled from appearing by default when they are unchecked, others you can uncheck if you don't want to see them). Click the System Tools menu (in the left-hand column) and then check Configuration Editor (in the right-hand column). There are many apps that you may not have heard about, so you can check the boxes and try out the apps.

As I said before, you may want to be careful with what you do in the Configuration Editor as it could damage your user interface if you do something silly.

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