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Important Things/Tweaks to do after Install of Ubuntu 12.10 Quantal Quetzal

Ubuntu 12.10 Quantal Quetzal has been released, NoobsLab know what people want. So after a-

lot of work today bring this article for you. After applying these tweaks you can get better

experience with new Ubuntu. After these tweaks we can say your Ubuntu is ready to use, Every

tweak is tested by NoobsLab. So lets start tweak to your Ubuntu 12.10.

1: Install Gnome-Tweak-tool 3.6:

Gnome Tweak Tool is well-known powerful tweak tool, With this tool you can manage your

Ubuntu environment like: Change theme, icons, fonts, cursor and so on options.

Install with following command:

sudo apt-get install gnome-tweak-tool

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2: Install Ubuntu Tweak:

Ubuntu Tweak is an application designed to config Ubuntu easier for everyone. It provided many

useful desktop and system options that the default desktop environment isn't provided.

Enter following commands to install Ubuntu Tweak:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:tualatrix/ppa

sudo apt-get update

sudo apt-get install ubuntu-tweak

Here you can find more tweak tools Unsettings Tool

3: Install Compiz (CCSM) and extra plugins:

CCSM, short for CompizConfig Settings Manager, is a configuration tool for Compiz Fusion. It is

used to configure the many plugins included in Compiz and Compiz Fusion, as well as the use of

various profiles and intergrating better with existing desktop settings.

To install Compiz Config Setting Manager enter following command in Terminal:

sudo apt-get install compizconfig-settings-manager compiz-plugins-extra

Go to Dash and Search "CCSM"

4: Install Synaptic Package Manager:

Synaptic is a graphical package management program for apt. It provides the same features as

the apt-get command line utility with a GUI front-end based on Gtk+.

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To install Synaptic Package Manager enter following command in Terminal:

sudo apt-get install synaptic

Go to Dash and Search "synaptic"

5: Enable Hibernate option:

Ubuntu has disabled hibernate option since last distro 12.04, So here is tweak to enable

hibernate in 12.10.

Open Terminal and enter following command:

sudo gedit /var/lib/polkit-1/localauthority/50-local.d/hibernate.pkla

copy and paste the following code in file:

[Re-enable Hibernate]

Identity=unix-user:*

Action=org.freedesktop.upower.hibernate

ResultActive=yes

Save file and Exit, then Restart and check.

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Some People don't like white dots in Ubuntu 12.10 Login screen, So here is a tweak you can

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Personally I don't like this online search option in unity. So if anybody want to turn off, follow the

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sudo apt-get remove unity-lens-shopping

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Click on Key to show HUD to change key. I set my key Alt+Z because it is easy to press, You

can change whatever you want.

9: Disable overlay Scrollbars:

You can disable overlay scrollbars, if you don't like that.

Enter following command in terminal to disable overlay scrollbar:

gsettings set com.canonical.desktop.interface scrollbar-mode normal

If you want to get back overlay bar, enter following command:

gsettings reset com.canonical.desktop.interface scrollbar-mode

10: Show username on panel:

UserName is disabled by default in Ubuntu 12.10, So here is tweak you can enable it very easily.

Enter following command in terminal:

gsettings set com.canonical.indicator.session show-real-name-on-panel

true

To remove name from panel, Enter following command:

gsettings set com.canonical.indicator.session show-real-name-on-panel

false

11: Disable System Crash Reports:

If you are experiencing something crashes in your Ubuntu, and you don't like to notify with

reports. You can disable them easily.

Enter following commands to disable crash reports:

sudo gedit /etc/default/apport

Now text file will open, In the last line you will see "enabled=1" change it to "enabled=0". Save

and close file.

Now enter following command in terminal to stop apport service:

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sudo service apport stop

12: Install and enable XScreensaver:

XScreenSaver is a collection of about many free screensavers for Linux.

Install XSreenSaver with following commands:

sudo apt-get remove gnome-screensaver

sudo apt-get install xscreensaver xscreensaver-gl-extra xscreensaver-data-

extra

create file for autostart enter following command in terminal:

sudo gedit /etc/xdg/autostart/screensaver.desktop

after that copy and paste the following code in file:

[Desktop Entry]

Name=Screensaver

Type=Application

Exec=xscreensaver -nosplash

Save and Exit the file.

13: Show Laptop Battery Percentage:

This tweak shows laptop battery percentage in the Ubuntu panel.

To install enter following commands in the Terminal:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:noobslab/initialtesting

sudo apt-get update

sudo apt-get install indicator-power

Then logout and login back.

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14: Install Hardware Temperature Monitor:

The Psensor Indicator is providing a quick access to sensor values and settings. When a sensor

temperature is too much hot, a desktop notification bubble appears and the Application Indicator

icon is changed to a red one. Your pc must have sensors to use complete features.

Enter following command in terminal:

sudo apt-get install lm-sensors hddtemp psensor

15: Install Ubuntu-One Indicator:

UbuntuOne indicator provides the overview of Ubuntu One Account synchronization state.

To install enter following commands in the Terminal:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:noobslab/initialtesting

sudo apt-get update

sudo apt-get install indicator-ubuntuone

Then logout and login back.

16: Install Recent Notifications Indicator:

Recent Notifications is a GNOME applet that collects recent messages sent with libnotify to a

notification daemon, such as notify-osd.

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To install enter following commands in the Terminal:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:jconti/recent-notifications

sudo apt-get update

sudo apt-get install indicator-notifications

After installation open indicator-notification from Dash.

17: Install Weather Indicator:

My-Weather is really cool indicator for Ubuntu, it can show up to two location weather with

complete details.

Enter following commands in terminal to install my-weather indicator:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:atareao/atareao

sudo apt-get update

sudo apt-get install my-weather-indicator

After installation open my-weather-indicator from Dash and configure it.

18: Install Window-List Indicator:

This Window-List indicator show which windows are currently open, and you can easily switch

between them.

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Enter following commands in terminal:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:jwigley/window-list

sudo apt-get update

sudo apt-get install window-list

After installation go to Dash and search "Window-List" then open it. Make it startup from Window-

List option.

19: Show all startup apps in Startup Applications:

By Default Startup Application show only few apps in the list, So now you can see which

applications are going to start by following command:

sudo sed -i 's/NoDisplay=true/NoDisplay=false/g'

/etc/xdg/autostart/*.desktop

20: Disable Global Menu:

If you don't like Global menu then you can disable it easily.

Enter following command in Terminal:

sudo apt-get autoremove appmenu-gtk appmenu-gtk3 appmenu-qt

and restart.

To disable Global Menu for Firefox, Go to 'Tools' –> 'Add-ons' –> 'Extensions' and Disable

'Global Menu Bar integration'

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To revert the changes enter following command in Terminal:

sudo apt-get install appmenu-gtk appmenu-gtk3 appmenu-qt

then restart.

21: Move Minimize, Maximize, Close Buttons to Right:

This tweak is about to move Minimize, Maximize, and Close buttons to the right side.

Enter following command to move buttons to right:

gconftool-2 --set /apps/metacity/general/button_layout --type string

menu:minimize,maximize,close

Alternative Method

Enter following commands in Terminal to install gconf-editor:

sudo apt-get install gconf-editor

now start gconf-editor with following command:

gconf-editor

Go to the following: 'apps' -> 'metacity' -> 'general' Find the "button_layout" parameter,

Right mouse click, and select Edit Key.

Change the value to the following: menu:minimize,maximize,close then Press Enter.

22: Add other Media Player to Ubuntu Sound Menu

If you are using different audio player to player audio files then you can add player in sound

menu with following method.

Enter following command in terminal to install Dconf-Tools:

sudo apt-get install dconf-tools

Go to Dash and open "Dconf-Editor"

Type your Player name in (interested-media-player + preferred-media-player) and you can

remove any media player by writing name in (blacklisted-media-players). See following image

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23: Enable Global Menu for LibreOffice in Ubuntu 12.10

By default LibreOffice doesn't support global menu, So you can enable Global Menu easily for

LibreOffice.

Enter following command in terminal to install global menu.

sudo apt-get install lo-menubar

24: Open as Administrator in Ubuntu 12.10 Quantal Quetzal

This is really cool tweak for those who want to open file and folder with Administrator

permissions, So now it is really easy to do.

To add "Open as Administrator" entry enter following commands in Terminal:

wget http://dl.dropbox.com/u/53319850/NoobsLab.com/libnautilus-gksu.so

sudo cp libnautilus-gksu.so /usr/lib/nautilus/extensions-3.0/ && sudo rm

libnautilus-gksu.so

After that enter following command:

nautilus -q

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25: Move Nautilus Forward & Back button to Left Side:

To move these buttons to left side just follow steps:

Open Terminal (Press Ctrl+Alt+T) and copy the following commands in the Terminal:

sudo apt-get install -y dpkg-dev

mkdir ~/Desktop/nautilus-mod

cd ~/Desktop/nautilus-mod

sudo apt-get update

apt-get source nautilus

sudo apt-get build-dep nautilus

cd ~/Desktop/nautilus-mod/nautilus-3*

gedit src/nautilus-toolbar.c

Now, scroll down to line 130 or Find for "gtk_toolbar_insert (GTK_TOOLBAR (self->priv-

>toolbar), item, 0)" and change the "0" to a "2". So change the original line from:

gtk_toolbar_insert (GTK_TOOLBAR (self->priv->toolbar), item, 0);

To:

gtk_toolbar_insert (GTK_TOOLBAR (self->priv->toolbar), item, 2);

When you're done, click save and close Gedit.

Now Back in Terminal, run the following:

./configure --prefix=/usr

make

sudo killall nautilus

sudo make install

Now logout and login back or restart.

To undo the changes and revert back to stock Nautilus, you can simply run following command:

sudo apt-get --reinstall install nautilus

For Unity If SomeThing Went Wrong Enter following commands to Reset:

>> to reset the Unity:

sudo apt-get install dconf-tools

dconf reset -f /org/compiz/

setsid unity

git clone https://github.com/phanimahesh/unity-revamp.git

cd unity-revamp

chmod +x unity-reset.py

ln -s ./unity-reset.py /usr/bin/unity-reset

Then run in terminal:

unity-reset

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>> to reset Compiz:

gconftool-2 --recursive-unset /apps/compiz-1 unity --reset

26: Enable Hardware Drivers:

In Ubuntu 12.10 Quantal "Additional Drivers" location has been changed, You can choose best

drivers for your hardware from additional driver and can enable/disable from there easily.

Open Dash and Search for "Software Sources" Here you can find "Additional Drivers" in the last

Tab.

27: Install Adobe Flash Plugin:

By default firefox doesn't install flash player, So now you can install flash player.

Open Terminal and enter following commands:

sudo apt-add-repository "deb http://archive.canonical.com/ $(lsb_release -

sc) partner"

sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install flashplugin-installer

28: Install qBittorrent:

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I think everybody like to download from torrents, It is safe and easy method to download. So you

can install qBittorrent with following commands:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:noobslab/initialtesting

sudo apt-get update

sudo apt-get install qbittorrent

29: Install Plugins for Rhythmbox (Like Equalizer):

Rhythmbox is default Audio player in Ubuntu 12.10, You can install plugins for rhytmbox. Plugins

are: Audio-read, Album-art-search, Countdown-playlist, plugin-cover-art-browser, Equalizer,

Jump-to-Playing, Jump-to-Window, lyrics, micro-blogger, open-containing-foler, radio-browser,

Random-album-player, Remember-the-rhythm, repeat-one-song, rhythm-web, send-first, small-

window, stop-after, suspend, tab-guitar, tray-icon, web-menu, stream-ripper

Enter following commands to install plugins.

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:fossfreedom/rhythmbox-plugins

sudo apt-get update

sudo apt-get install rhythmbox-plugin-complete

After installation open Rhythmbox and Go to "Edit" -> "Plugins" and enable plugins.

30: Install Gnome Shell 3.6:

Install latest Gnome Shell 3.6 in 12.10

Enter Following commands to install Gnome-Shell 3.6:

sudo apt-get update

sudo apt-get install gnome-shell

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31: Install User-Theme and other Extensions in Gnome Shell 3.6:

With User-Theme Extension you can enable Gnome Shell 3.6 themes in Gnome-Tweak-Tool.

Now Restart Gnome Shell (Press Alt+F2 and type 'r') and enable User Themes Extension, again

Restart Gnome Shell.

Themes Enabled

Install official extension in 12.10, Following extensions will install: Alternative Status Menu, Native

Window Placement, Alternative Tab, Auto Move Windows, Workspace Indicator, Dock, Places

Status Indicator, System Monitor, Gajim IM Integration, User Themes, Removable Drive Menu,

Window Navigator, Applications Menu.

Enter following command to Install Gnome Shell 3.6 Extensions:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:noobslab/gnome

sudo apt-get update

sudo apt-get install gnome-shell-extensions

After Installation Press Alt+F2 and type 'r' to restart Gnome Shell, or just logout and login back.

Open Gnome Tweak Tool to change/install shell Themes.

32: Install Restricted Extras:

There are some Restricted extras in Ubuntu which can't be install while installation of Ubuntu by

default but you can install these Restricted extras by yourself. Restricted mp3 playback and

decoding, support for various formats, fonts, java, flash plugin, lame, dvd playback.

sudo apt-get install ubuntu-restricted-extras

33: Install Codecs:

If you are multimedia user and use Ubuntu for multimedia then these codecs are very useful for

you. You can install them by single command.

sudo apt-get install gstreamer0.10-plugins-ugly gstreamer0.10-ffmpeg

libxine1-ffmpeg gxine mencoder libdvdread4 totem-mozilla icedax tagtool

easytag id3tool lame nautilus-script-audio-convert libmad0 mpg321

34: Install Compression/Decompression tools:

You can compress and decompress 7z, zip, gzip, rar, xz, tar, bz2, xar, tar.gz, tar.bz, and many

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others.

Enter following command in terminal to install:

sudo apt-get install p7zip-rar p7zip-full unace unrar zip unzip sharutils rar

uudeview mpack lha arj cabextract file-roller

35: Install Other Environments:

>> Install Kde Plasma Desktop

Enter following command to install Kde-Plasma-Desktop:

sudo apt-get install kde-plasma-desktop

>> Install Lubuntu Desktop

Enter following command in terminal to install Lubuntu-Desktop

sudo apt-get install lubuntu-desktop

>> Install XFCE4 Desktop

Enter following command to install XFCE4 Desktop:

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sudo apt-get install xfce4

>> Install Cinnamon

>> Install Razor-qt

36: Misc/Softwares for Ubuntu 12.10 Quantal Quetzal:

Install Latest Google Chrome

Install Latest Skype

Install Latest WineHQ (Windows Program Loader)

Install Latest Cairo Dock

Install Latest Gimp 2.8.2 Image Editor

Install Format Junkie

Install Deepin Software Center

Install Latest VirtualBox

Install Grub Customizer

Install and Configure Samba Sharing between Windows and Ubuntu

Install Latest Nvidia Drivers (Only for those who own Nvidia Card)

Install Other Media Player VLC, UMplayer, SMPlayer, Clementine, Xnoise

Install File Managers Marlin, SunFlower Twin-Panel

Install Video Tools/Editors OpenShot, Blender

Wallpapers Ubuntu Wallpapers, Black Wallpapers

Checkout Conky Collection

Checkout Themes Collection

Checkout Icons Collection

Your Ubuntu is complete now, That's it Enjoy.

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