bytesandsuch.com » ailurus http://bytesandsuch.com reviews, tips, & comments Tue, 15 Nov 2011 02:39:26 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Lucid Lynx – A Wild Cat http://bytesandsuch.com/2010/03/lucid-lynx-a-wild-cat/ http://bytesandsuch.com/2010/03/lucid-lynx-a-wild-cat/#comments Thu, 25 Mar 2010 15:14:02 +0000 don http://bytesandsuch.com/2010/03/lucid-lynx-a-wild-cat/ There seems to be some controversy over Canonical’s decision to move the windows contol buttons from the right side to the left side of the screen in the next release (Lucid Lynx). Personally, as an occassiol Mac user, it matters little to me where the controls are located, Canonical has clearly stated that over the next few years Ubuntu will evolve to a point where it will be comparable to the Mac OS X. I often tell friends that using Ubuntu is like having a poor man’s Apple.

Apple names Mac OS X releases after wild jungle cats, Jaquar, Tiger, Leopard and etc. A Lynx is a genus of medium sized wild cats. If future Ubuntu releases are to be more Mac-like in look and feel then this is certainly an apprpriate release in which to make that change.

The GNOME desktop is highly customizable. If it happens that you prefer the window controls to remain on the right this click here for instructions on how to use the GNOME Configuration Editor to make that change. Alternately if you have the latest version of Ailurus installed it can make the change for you.

]]> http://bytesandsuch.com/2010/03/lucid-lynx-a-wild-cat/feed/ 0 To Tweak or Not to Tweak? http://bytesandsuch.com/2010/01/to-tweak-or-not-to-tweak/ http://bytesandsuch.com/2010/01/to-tweak-or-not-to-tweak/#comments Mon, 11 Jan 2010 19:41:06 +0000 don http://bytesandsuch.com/2010/01/to-tweak-or-not-to-tweak/ Ubuntu-tweak has been upgraded to version .5x. A deb installer can be found here. Similarily, a deb installer for ailurus can be found here. These two applications are similar in nature, and duplicate a few functions. Both can be used to customize your Ubuntu/GNOME installation quite a bit. Both purport to make the learning of Linux easier. I like both of these apps, but I don’t think either should target Ubuntu ‘newbies’.

Back in the days when I was a student, I always wondered if classmates who took copious amounts of notes ever really learned anything. It’s much the same with learning Linux. You can copy and paste a lot of commands but that is just blindly making changes. It is not learning.

Apply a tweak in the same way that you would use the command line. You should never issue a command until you understand exactly what it is doing. Neither should a tweak be applied unless the user completely understands its effects. I have pointed out before that the GNOME configuration editor is purposely not enabled in the menus to avoid newbies from messing up their desktop. And if you do tweak, I would strongly advise keeping a record of it in case strange events start occuring at a later date. I practice what I preach, and believe me, good notes have saved my day numerous times.

Tweak only with caution!

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