Category Archives: Ubuntu

LibreOffice global menubar still not working properly in Ubuntu 12.10

Posted on November 5, 2012 by

I upgraded to Ubuntu 12.10 Quantal Quetzal about two weeks ago. As usual, there are a number of new or improved features and changes, the arguably most controversial being the Dash’s Amazon integration. What has not changed, unfortunately, is the … Continue reading →

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Disabling Ubuntu’s overlay-scrollbars for GRASS (or other applications)

Posted on October 18, 2012 by

Ubuntu has this new overlay-scrollbars for some time now. They look good I think, but unfortunately, they do not play nicely with GRASS GIS. So what if you want to keep them for most programs, but disable them from specific applications … Continue reading →

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Freezing LibreOffice icons on the Ubuntu Unity launcher

Posted on October 9, 2012 by

LibreOffice is still not playing nicely with the Unity interface of Ubuntu. For a start, it does not support the global menu. You can enable this by installing the lo-menu package (available in Ubuntu software centre). This doesn’t work for … Continue reading →

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Changing file permission on host in Wubi

Posted on September 25, 2012 by

I have Ubuntu installed on my laptop using Wubi. Wubi is an easy way of installing Ubuntu next to your Windows. After installing you will have a dual boot system, where you have to choose at start-up between Windows and … Continue reading →

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Add an application to the Ubuntu dash

Posted on August 15, 2012 by

How to add an application to the Ubuntu dash. When you install a program from the software center it will be automatically available in the Dash. But what if you want to run a program that is not installed the … Continue reading →

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