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Presumption
Installed distro
is Fedora 16 with Gnome 3 desktop environment.
Adding close and minimize buttons to windows
$ yum
install gconf-editor
run it
after installation by clicking on ALT+F2 then write “gconf-editor
”
and hit enter.
in the
Configuration Editor navigate to desktop --> gnome --> shell
--> windows
Find
“button_layout” and click on it and change it to
":minimize,maximize,close"
.
logoff
and logon again OR ALT+F2 then write “r
” and hit enter.
Show desktop icons and right clicks
$ yum
install dconf-editor
Go to
org --> gnome --> desktop --> background and check the box
to show desktop icons.
While
this brings back desktop icons, and enables right clicking on the
desktop, it makes the computer, home, trash icons visible. These are
usually hidden with Ubuntu. To make them hidden again, but still
allowing icons on the desktop, go to nautilus --> desktop, and
uncheck the boxes for the icons you want hidden.
Taskbar & dock
$ yum
install docky # if you like dock-like taskbar
$ yum
install tint2 # if you like classical taskbar
$ yum
install gnome-panel # if you like the gnome original panel
to run
and test them, ALT+F2 then write the name of program you want to run.
Personally
i would recommend the gnome-panel for stability reasons, to add it to
every system start up, ALT+F2 then write “gnome-session-properties”
and hit enter, put name, lets say “gnome panel”, command
“gnome-panel --replace”, and comment “ start up gnome-panel”
then click add.
Hide all windows
usually,
fedora user was hiding all menu by clicking ALT+CTRL+D, i like
windows way to hide them (because it is uses less keys) which is
WinKey (Or Super)+D.
To
make it functional, hit WinKey and write "keyboard" -->
"shortcuts" -->navigation --> "hide all normal
windows " then set the shortcut you like.
Customizing the icons, fonts & theme
$ yum
install gnome-tweak-tool
I like
default xfce icons which is rodent icon set . I didn't find away to
install it independently
so i went to install the xfce desktop
environment.
$ yum install xfce4-icon-theme
ALT+F2 then write “r
” and hit enter, after making any changes.
Fonts
the
fonts "Tahoma" and "Calibri" are pretty enough with many languages
support , they can be installed from windows directory.
Gnome shell extensions
to
install most of gnome extensions
$ yum
install gnome-shell-extension*
the
gnome-tweak-tool
can be used for extensions customization.
Codeblocks
$ yum
install codeblocks # for codeblocks
$ yum
install codeblocks-contrib #for most plugins
System monitoring gadget
"gkrellm"
is nice and does the job
$ yum
install gkrellm
To
download transparent theme
To
install the theme
Untar
it on /home/<user_name>/.gkrellm2/themes
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