How to rename a file in Ubuntu : Ubuntu Beginners This article is part of a series entitled “Ubuntu Beginners”, which walks new users through basic Desktop and Command Line usage. This article will detail how to rename files, using both the graphical interface as well as the command line. Included below are GNOME, KDE… Read More »
I recently installed Kubuntu 9.10 to have a look at the latest that KDE has to offer in the Ubuntu arena. I have to say, I find it very polished and far less buggy than previous releases that I’ve used! If you haven’t tried KDE recently, I invite you to give it a try. In… Read More »
Some time ago I blogged about keyboard shortcuts for the Gnome Desktop. I figure its time to revisit some of these. If I’ve missed any that you find helpful as usual drop a comment. I am unaware of any definitive list of Gnome shortcuts. Could this be a start? Gnome Desktop Keyboard Shortcuts Alt-F2 :… Read More »
Recently I blogged about the advanced permission management tool for nautilus, which could be switched on using the gconf-editor. I noticed that one of the comments mentioned that neither of them had adequate support for ACLs. This post will remedy that. If you have no idea what ACLs are you might skip this post as… Read More »
Recently you may have seen this topic on Tombuntu’s blog, but if you missed it here is an outline of how to enable the advanced permissions dialog in the Nautilus file manager. Activating the Advanced Permissions Dialog in Nautilus Activating (or deactivating) the advanced permissions dialog can be done by way of a single command. … Read More »
Not too long ago I blogged about the ability to quickly open a terminal session from within nautilus and a handy right-click. If you missed it you might want to take a look back here. In today’s post there is a similar very easy way to quickly resize or rotate images with a simple right-click.… Read More »
Tonite it’s getting late but I wanted to post something that is useful for quickly getting to the shell from any GUI location. The package nautilus-open-terminal does just what you might guess it does. It allows you to launch a gnome-terminal from a right-click within nautilus. You might remember I blogged about something similar long-long… Read More »
Today’s tutorial might be a bit quick, but that fits along with the tips included. Speed up your work by using keyboard shortcut keys. Below I’ve listed some of the shortcut keys I use within during my day-to-day. If you have any more to offer please drop in a comment or blog about them yourself… Read More »
As a preface to this post I want to apologize for not remembering who mentioned the un-wanted Gnome feature. I want to say it was someone at the recent interLUG BBQ, but I’m not sure. I mean no offense by forgetting.. I’m sure understand. Recently I heard complaint about the nautilus file browser in the… Read More »