Unity Tweak Tool Available In The Ubuntu 13.04

Unity Tweak Tool is a relatively new application that allows you to configure Unity, providing access to settings buried deep in Dconf-Tools or CCSM. The tool developed by the freyja-dev team is now available in the Ubuntu Software Center for Ubuntu 13.04 Raring Ringtail

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Auto hide Unity Launcher in Ubuntu 12.04 “Precise Pangolin”

Well I’m almost a week into my return to Ubuntu and there are a few more tweaks that I’ve discovered I like to make. One of these is auto-hiding the Unity Launcher bar along the left side of the display. Perhaps it’s based on doing the same thing with my OS X installation on my MacBook. Whatever the reason, this article will outline how to auto-hide the Unity Launcher in Ubuntu 12.04 …

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New Window Switching Method Added to Unity

Remember that Unity Quicklist window switching patch we mentioned at the end of January? It arrived as default in Ubuntu 13.04 earlier today.

Proposed by Lukas …

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[How-to] Install the 13.04 Unity Launcher Design Updates

Along with the recently covered design changes set to arrive in Ubuntu 13.04 came some changes to the look of the Unity launcher.

These small updates …

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Unity 6.8.0 Arrives in Ubuntu 12.10 with Performance Fixes

Unity 6.8.0 landed in Ubuntu 12.10 this morning – but what’s changed?

Largely a bug fix release, 6.8.0 addresses …

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Unity vs Gnome Shell – Desktop Comparison

Worked hard on this one. =o) There’s been a lot of controversy around choosing Unity over Gnome 3.. || Join the chat: twitter.com || ..and many of you have requested my opinion. Since recent releases, Ubuntu has used Unity as its default desktop environment. In this week’s episode of OS.ALT I describe the important differences for you, and what the improvements found in the latest version of Unity released with Ubuntu 12.04 mean in comparison with Gnome 3. Hint: Ubuntu 12.04 really floored me, in no small part due to Unity and the HUD.

Содержание: Урок 01. Создание разделов в Windows. Урок 02. Установка Debian Linux. Урок 03. Установка Debian Linux в текстовом режиме. Урок 04. Установка Ubuntu Linux. Урок 05. Основные консольные команды. Урок 06. Установка сценария для удаления файлов. Урок 07. Интерфейс GNOME. Урок 08. Компиляция программного обеспечения. Урок 09. Программа записи дисков GnomeBaker. Урок 10. Обозреватель файлов Nautilus. Урок 11. Запуск программ Windows. Урок 12. Создание общей конфигурации Wine. Урок 13. Терминал GNOME. Урок 14. Загрузка Linux с помощью загрузчика Windows. Урок 15. Компиляция ядра Linux. Урок 16. Управление разделами. Урок 17. Программа разметки дисков GParted. Урок 18. Создание новых пользователей. Урок 19. Резервное копирование. Урок 20. Установка сценария для резервного копирования. Урок 21. Восстановление системы. Урок 22. Управление демонами. Урок 23. Установка соединения с Сетью через ADSL. Урок 24. Установка Virtual PC. Урок 25. Настройка BIOS виртуального ПК в Virtual PC. Урок 26. Создание виртуального ПК. Урок 27. Установка VMware Workstation. Урок 28. Создание виртуальной машины в VMware. Урок 29. Настройка VMware и запуск виртуальных машин. Урок 30. Настройка BIOS виртуального компьютера VMware. Урок 31. Добавление оборудования в виртуальный компьютер. Урок 32. Использование реальных дисков в VMware Workstation.

Final Ubuntu 11.10 spiffs up Unity, adds ARM server support

Ubuntu 11.10 (“Oneiric Ocelot”) was released, featuring makeovers for its Unity desktop and Ubuntu Software Center, a switch to Thunderbird email, and a new Deja Dup backup tool. On the server side, Ubuntu 11.10 adds ARM support, as well as a new “Juju” cloud management framework.
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Unity: Dash Gets A Cool New Previews Feature [Video] – Ubuntu 12.10 Development

A cool new feature has landed in the Unity Staging PPA, for Ubuntu 12.10 Quantal Quetzal: previews in Dash.

With the new “previews” feature, you’ll be able to right click applications or files in Dash to get a preview, along with some extra information which depends on the item you’ve right clicked.
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[ubuntu] Enable Unity 3D in 12.04 from a machine with dual screens run by two nvidia cards

Hi folks:
My goal is to enable Unity 3D in 12.04 from a machine having two monitors respectively connected to two nvidia Video cards, and one of the monitors rotate clock wisely . However, I found it is really hard. so far what I can achieve is to have dual screen in Unity 2D with one rotated monitor by using the following script:

$ sudo gedit /etc/X11/xorg.conf

Section "ServerLayout"
Identifier "Layout0"
Screen 0 "Screen0" 0 0
Screen 1 "Screen1" RightOf "Screen0"
InputDevice "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
InputDevice "Mouse0" "CorePointer"
Option "Xinerama" "1"
EndSection

Section "ServerFlags"
# Not working with Xinerama anyways.
Option "RandR" "on"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
# generated from default
Identifier "Mouse0"
Driver "mouse"
Option "Protocol" "auto"
Option "Device" "/dev/psaux"
Option "Emulate3Buttons" "no"
Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
# generated from default
Identifier "Keyboard0"
Driver "kbd"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
# HorizSync source: edid, VertRefresh source: edid
Identifier "Monitor0"
VendorName "Unknown"
ModelName "DELL 2208WFP"
HorizSync 30.0 – 83.0
VertRefresh 56.0 – 76.0
Option "DPMS"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
# HorizSync source: edid, VertRefresh source: edid
Identifier "Monitor1"
VendorName "Unknown"
ModelName "DELL 2209WA"
HorizSync 30.0 – 83.0
VertRefresh 56.0 – 75.0
Option "DPMS"
EndSection

Section "Device"
Identifier "Device0"
Driver "nvidia"
VendorName "NVIDIA Corporation"
BoardName "Quadro FX 580"
BusID "PCI:3:0:0"
Option "NoLogo" "True"
Option "Rotate" "left"
EndSection

Section "Device"
Identifier "Device1"
Driver "nvidia"
VendorName "NVIDIA Corporation"
BoardName "Quadro FX 580"
BusID "PCI:4:0:0"
Option "NoLogo" "True"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
Identifier "Screen0"
Device "Device0"
Monitor "Monitor0"
DefaultDepth 24
Option "TwinView" "1"
Option "TwinViewXineramaInfoOrder" "DFP-0"
Option "metamodes" "nvidia-auto-select +0+0"
SubSection "Display"
Depth 24
EndSubSection
EndSection

Section "Screen"
Identifier "Screen1"
Device "Device1"
Monitor "Monitor1"
DefaultDepth 24
Option "TwinView" "1"
Option "TwinViewXineramaInfoOrder" "DFP-0"
Option "metamodes" "nvidia-auto-select +0+0"
SubSection "Display"
Depth 24
EndSubSection
EndSection

Section "Extensions"
Option "Composite" "Disable"
EndSection

the problem of this setting is:
1. only working in Unity 2D
$ echo $ DESKTOP_SESSION
ubuntu-2d
2. nothing comes up when execute
$ /usr/lib/nux/unity_support_test -p
Error: no composite extension
3. $ ps -ef | grep compiz | grep $ USER
chenming 2547 2380 0 20:15 pts/1 00:00:00 grep –color=auto compiz
3. compiz does not work, either.

I also saw my colleague using the following script to enable unity 3D in 12.04 from a machine with dual screen without rotating

Section "ServerLayout"
Identifier "Layout0"
Screen 0 "Screen0" 0 0
Option "Xinerama" "0"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
# HorizSync source: edid, VertRefresh source: edid
Identifier "Monitor0"
VendorName "Unknown"
ModelName "DELL U2312HM"
HorizSync 30.0 – 83.0
VertRefresh 56.0 – 76.0
Option "DPMS"
EndSection

Section "Device"
Identifier "Device0"
Driver "nvidia"
VendorName "NVIDIA Corporation"
BoardName "Quadro 4000"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
Identifier "Screen0"
Device "Device0"
Monitor "Monitor0"
DefaultDepth 24
Option "TwinView" "1"
Option "metamodes" "DFP-0: nvidia-auto-select +0+0, DFP-1: nvidia-auto-select +1920+0"
SubSection "Display"
Depth 24
EndSubSection
EndSection

but clearly the difference between his machine and mine is that he has got one video card with two sockets, therefore only one device is defined, and dual screen can be achieved by TwinView rather than Xinerama. But in my case all of the devices, monitors has to define twice. and so far as I know it might not working by using TwinView. Also I didn’t know whether TwinView can rotate screen. Is there any way i can do to enable unity 3d in my machine with two video cards and screens? thanks a lot!

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