Showing posts with label ubuntu. Show all posts
Showing posts with label ubuntu. Show all posts
Thursday, April 13, 2017
Customize NotifyOSD Notification Bubbles In Ubuntu 16 04 Xenial Xerus
Customize NotifyOSD Notification Bubbles In Ubuntu 16 04 Xenial Xerus
Sukochev Romans (Leolik) patched NotifyOSD PPA adds extra features on top of the Ubuntu NotifyOSD notifications, like closing the notifications on click, option to move the notifications to a different screen corner, configurable colors for both the notification background and text, and much more.
The PPA was updated recently with packages for Ubuntu 16.04 Xenial Xerus.Features:
- change notification position: top-right, middle-right, bottom-right, bottom-left, middle-left and top-left;
- close notifications on click;
- enable/disable fading notifications on hover;
- change the size of various NotifyOSD notification elements, such as the notifications vertical and horizontal gap, icon size, notification width, corner radius, etc.;
- change notification text and background color, and opacity;
- change font size, weight, margin, opacity, etc.;
- the NotifyOSD Configuration tool also allows saving and restoring custom notification settings and restoring the defaults.
Leoliks patched NotifyOSD doesnt come with a GUI to change the notification settings but theres a tool developed by Amandeep Grewal, called NotifyOSD Config, that can be used for this. Since the NotifyOSD Config PPA wasnt updated for Ubuntu 16.04, I uploaded it to the main WebUpd8 PPA.
Heres a quick demo showing Leoliks patched NotifyOSD with NotifyOSDConfig in Ubuntu 16.04 (Xenial Xerus):
(direct video link; for more videos, subscribe to the WebUpd8 Youtube channel)
Install the patched NotifyOSD and Notify OSD Config in Ubuntu
The instructions below should work with Ubuntu 16.04, 15.10, 15.04 and 14.04.
1. Add Leoliks patched NotifyOSD PPA, update notify-osd, install libnotify-bin (for testing the notifications) and restart notify-osd:
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:leolik/leolik
sudo apt update
sudo apt upgrade
sudo apt install libnotify-bin
pkill notify-osd2. Install NotifyOSD Config by using the WebUpd8 PPA:
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:nilarimogard/webupd8
sudo apt update
sudo apt install notifyosdconfigOnce installed, open NotifyOSD Configuration from Dash and tweak the NotifyOSD notification settings to your needs. To test the settings, click the "Apply" button and a test notification which uses the new settings should be displayed.
Note that by default, the notifications will use the old color settings (dark grey instead of using the Unity Dash color). To get the patched NotifyOSd to use the Unity Dash color, in NotifyOSD Configuration, on the Bubble tab, enable "Use Unity Dash colour".
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Thursday, March 23, 2017
Dash Online Search To Be Disabled By Default In Ubuntu 16 04 Xenial Xerus
Dash Online Search To Be Disabled By Default In Ubuntu 16 04 Xenial Xerus
With Ubuntu 16.04 LTS, the Dash online search feature will be disabled by default.
The online search feature wont be removed and users will be able to re-enable it via System Settings > Security & Privacy.
This isnt the only change though. Even after enabling the Dash online search feature, the Amazon and Skimlinks results will remain off by default and there will be an extra option to enable them.
Yet another change is the removal of the following scopes from the default installation (they will still be available for install from the repositories): Audacious, Clementine, GMusicBrowser, Guayadeque and Musique.
And finally, the Music Store will also be removed starting with Ubuntu 16.04.
Why change this? According to Will Cooke, Ubuntu Desktop Manager:
"On Unity 8 the Scopes concept has evolved into something which gives the user finer control over what is searched and provides more targeted results. This functionality cannot be added into Unity 7 and so we’ve taken the decision to gracefully retire some aspects of the Unity 7 online search features".
He then adds:
"By making these changes now we can better manage our development priorities, servers, network bandwidth etc throughout the LTS period".
Its important to mention that the only change that will affect previous Ubuntu releases is the removal of the Music Store, while all the other changes will only affect new Ubuntu 16.04 LTS installations.
via Will Cooke
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Friday, February 10, 2017
Create A Custom Ubuntu Or Linux Mint ISO With PinguyBuilder
Create A Custom Ubuntu Or Linux Mint ISO With PinguyBuilder
PinguyBuilder is a script which allows creating a customized Live CD/Live USB (remaster) of Ubuntu or Linux Mint, that can be used either as a distributable ISO or as a backup.
The script is a fork of remastersys, created by the Pinguy OS developer and its actually the tool used to build Pinguy OS.
PinguyBuilder allows creating a complete system backup (including user data) or a distributable ISO or filesystem and from its UI, it allows selecting a boot menu picture, Plymouth theme as well as the user whose settings will be used as default.
Other features include: EFI support (including EFI partition on ISO), offline install of grub-efi-amd64-signed (so it works with Linux Mint), MDM and GDM support and more.
The tool comes with a GTK user interface but it can also be used from the command line - simply run "sudo PinguyBuilder" and follow the instructions.
Its important to mention that you cant build an ISO larger than 4GB and youll need GDebi to install PinguyBuilder or else the app may not start, according to its release notes (GDebi is no longer required).
Download PinguyBuilder
Download PinguyBuilder
Version 3.x is for Ubuntu 14.04 and version 4.x is for Ubuntu 15.04+. For Ubuntu 15.10, youll need to manually download and install xresprobe (download: 32bit | 64bit) because this package is not available in the official repositories any more.
Important note: remove remastersys before installing PinguyBuilder to avoid any incompatibility issues.
Important note: remove remastersys before installing PinguyBuilder to avoid any incompatibility issues.
Make sure you read the FAQ on its download page before installing PinguyBuilder!
Thanks to Antoni for the tip!
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Monday, October 31, 2016
Configure Razer Mice In Linux With Razercfg Ubuntu PPA
Configure Razer Mice In Linux With Razercfg Ubuntu PPA
Razer Synapse, the official Razer configuration utility, doesnt work on Linux however, theres a tool called Razercfg that allows configuring some of the Razer mice settings under Linux.
The application only includes options that are supported by the mouse hardware, like changing the DPI, scan frequency (polling rate) and led colors. So for instance if the hardware doesnt support button remapping, Razercfg wont offer this option. That also means that Razercfg doesnt support macros.
Razercfg also allows saving and easily switching between profiles (Desktop, FPS gaming, RPG gaming, etc.).
The latest stable Razercfg doesnt ship with a tray applet / AppIndicator, though such a feature should be added in the next release (0.34), and youll be able to use it to quickly switch between profiles.
Razercfg supports the following devices:
- Razer DeathAdder Classic
- Razer DeathAdder 3500 DPI
- Razer DeathAdder Black Edition
- Razer DeathAdder 2013
- Razer DeathAdder Chroma
- Razer Krait
- Razer Lachesis Classic
- Razer Naga Classic mouse
- Razer Naga 2012 mouse
- Razer Naga 2014 mouse
- Razer Naga Hex mouse
- Razer Taipan mouse
The following mice are listed as stable, but missing minor features:
- Razer Boomslang CE
- Razer Copperhead
- Razer Lachesis Classic
For a complete list of hardware features for each mouse, see the Razercfg homepage.
I also managed to add basic support for Razer Ouroboros mice (for both wired and wireless modes), based on this bug report, by using the Taipan code as a base (only basic features: enable/disable the leds and change the DPI and scan frequency). This is available if you use the packages available in the main WebUpd8 PPA or by downloading the Debian packaging (youll find the patch in the debian/patch folder).
Dont report bugs related to the Ouroboros on the Razercfg GitHub page since the app doesnt officially support it yet.
Install Razercfg in Ubuntu
Note that I only tested the packages in Ubuntu 16.04, which uses systemd, so Im not sure if it will work in Ubuntu 14.04.
Razercfg is available in the main WebUpd8 PPA, for Ubuntu 16.04, 15.10, 15.04 and 14.04. Add the PPA and install the application using the following commands:
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:nilarimogard/webupd8
sudo apt update
sudo apt install razercfgIf the application doesnt detect your mouse (and the device is listed as supported), try restarting the system and also see the first note below.
Important:
- if your system has an xorg.conf file (/etc/X11/xorg.conf), youll need to make sure it doesnt specify a device (you can comment out the "Device" section) or configure it to use a generic device. The Razercfg GitHub page explains this in detail;
- if the settings are not saved between system restarts, you can edit the /etc/razer.conf configuration file to specify various options and initial hardware configuration settings.
For other Linux distributions, see the Razercfg GitHub page.
Also see: How To Change The Mouse Scroll Wheel Speed In Linux Using imwheel.
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Saturday, October 22, 2016
Create A Bootable USB Stick On Ubuntu With GNOME Disks Quick Tip
Create A Bootable USB Stick On Ubuntu With GNOME Disks Quick Tip
[Quick tip] Ubuntu Startup Disk Creator has been known to be buggy at times, so users have been looking for alternatives. Well, some might not be aware of this, but theres another GUI tool already installed by default in Ubuntu (w/ Unity) and Ubuntu GNOME, as well as other GNOME-based Linux distributions, which allows creating a bootable USB stick: GNOME Disks.
GNOME Disks is reliable, very easy to use and should already be installed if you use Ubuntu with Unity or GNOME.
To create a live USB using GNOME Disks, open Nautilus, right click the Ubuntu (Fedora, etc.) ISO and select Open With > Disk Image Writer:
Next, simply select your USB drive as the Destination (and double check to make sure the drive you select under "Destination" is correct because the data on it will be destroyed!) and click "Start restoring...":
Note that this method doesnt support data persistence, so when starting up from this USB, the documents and settings will be discarded on shutdown.
And speaking of GNOME Disks and USB drives, you can also use this tool to format USB sticks, edit partition, create a disk image, change filesystem label and more.
In case youve removed GNOME Disks Utility or your Linux distribution doesnt provide it by default, install the "gnome-disk-utility" package. In Debian / Ubuntu (and derivatives), install it using the following command:
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