Ubuntu: Tips and tricks 1
So, let’s say you’ve installed Ubuntu. Here are a few simple tips to get you going.
1. Customise the panel (taskbar)
Ubuntu includes the Gnome panel - this allows you to add or remove menu items in various ways to panels - they can be located on the top/bottom/left/right of screen, like XP’s taskbar - Unlike XP, you can have more than one taskbar in Ubuntu.
I like Windows XP’s menu system, so I’ve configured my system to be similar (single panel at bottom like XP taskbar). Here’s how I did that:
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2. Add the computer to your desktop
Not that you need to, but if you miss it, you can add it by dragging it off the places menu
3. Adding shortcuts
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