I'm looking for a program in which I could create a to-do list and be able to access / modify this list in Ubuntu AND Windows (since I often need to switch platforms).
View 2 RepliesAny of you ever heard of OS/2 WARP? My dad is a longtime user, as was I until I got my Mac (and now my netbook with Ubuntu). In any case, the OS is a tad...obsolete and my dad at some point wishes to try Ubuntu. In his current setup, he has a "Window List" that can be activated using a keyboard shortcut. It's a popup (not in a menu bar or "panel") that can be moved around and resized. From that you can use your keyboard to navigate to the program or window that you want. For instance, if I want to get to Firefox, I press Ctrl+Escape (to activate the Window List) and then I hit "F" as many times as needed to highlight "Firefox". Then I just hit "Enter" and I'm there. Anything similar out there for Ubuntu (it is preferable if the solution has text as well as icons or else can have the icons removed leaving only the text)
In addition, both him and I would be interested in some program for launching/switching to programs using keyboard shortcuts. On the Mac, I use Quicksilver for this, where it actually Launches the program if it's not open, and switches to it if it is. However, Gnome Do unfortunately lacks this functionality and I have no way to do it off the top of my head.
Fresh install of 9.10 shows buggy behavior for the 'Window List Applet' in the gtk panel.
Usually, clicking on a button in the window list applet does nothing at all. It doesn't un-minimise it, set focus to the window, or bring it to the front.
In 8.10, the window was always raised immediately and given focus.
Sometimes it works, but I've not figured out the state in which it does. I currently have 10 windows open, clicking through them all in the window list raises most of them, but on some nothing happens.
Modifying the 'Window List Preferences' dialog does nothing to fix the problem.
I have checked System->Windows->Window Selection to 'Select windows when mouse moves over them'. 'Raise selected windows after an interval' is not selected.
Linux kai 2.6.31-19-generic #56-Ubuntu SMP Thu Jan 28 02:39:34 UTC 2010 x86_64 GNU/Linux
I downloaded a WHOLE bunch of linux programs, but I can't open them. How do I open programs such as mupen64 plus?
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View 1 Replies View RelatedI recently got a new desktop, and did a fresh install of Ubuntu 9.04 Jaunty Jackalope. The reason I installed 9.04 is because the laptop I have been on for the last 7 years or so suddenly stopped operating with grub updates. I would t urn the computer on and it would never get past the 'grub loading' screen. but thats a whole different story. So I did a fresh install of 9.04 off of a startup disc I made a while back. Then I copied my /home file from my laptop (the old one) and inserted it into the new desktop's /home directory. Worked like a charm (more or less), and all my settings were transferred to my new computer. Desktop, Preferences, Admin stuff, I can't find a problem with it. Now for the applications.
I've tried multiple how-to's but none of them have worked. I found one that told me to do the following in terminal. Keep in mind, although I've been running Ubuntu for about three or four years now, I would still consider myself a noob. Anyway:
sudo dpkg --get-packages <filename><destination>
this left me with a text only file called 'package.selections' I was then to copy this file into the home folder on the new computer and run the following:
sudo dpkg --set-selections <directory>
Up until that last command, everything worked just fine. The list had tons of package titles (none with a .deb or anything though) and their state, got it on to the new computer and ran the code only to get the following error:
dpkg --set-selections does not take any argument
So i ran it without the directory, and it gave me a new line. So I typed in the directory and it gave me the following:
dpkg: unexpected end in package name at line 1
I've tried numerous other commands changing up the syntax as I go, but haven't gotten any farther. My goal is to have all the same applications installed on my new rig without having to go and install all the packages one by one.
A friend installed QCad. All seemed well but he cannot find the app in the Applications menu under any category. Strange thing is, the Software Centre shows that it is installed. How can he run it if it does not appear in the Apps menu?n it be run from the command line?
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UPDATE:
Known bug:
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+s...el/+bug/697358
Possible workarounds are suggested in the bug notes.
Since I do not have an internet connection I would like to get the DVD. I would like to get a list of the application contained on the DVD. Can someone direct me to a fedora link with that info.
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View 1 Replies View RelatedUbuntu 10.04.1GNOME desktopOK, If you right click on the Documents folder in you home profile and select "copy to desktop" you would assume that both folders would be synced because your basically creating a short-cut for main folder to the desktop.Assuming that these folders would sync made an *** out of me, I'm fining that I have to keep copying files from one "Documents folder" to the other one.I don't want to hear about Ubuntu One because that NOT what I trying to do. I don't want to share my folder I just want them both to contain the same information. I don't understand if you make a short-cut of a folder it SHOULD contain the same information as the parent directory, you shouldn't have to open both folders and hand-sync them. That's just stupid and redundant.
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View 2 Replies View RelatedI have used ubuntu for some time, installed&removed many packages, and now i need to determine which packages are removed&installed on my installation, comparing this list to default one. If i had another machine with just installed ubuntu, it would be just as easy as list installed packages on two machines and then diff these lists. But i don't have another machine to clean install ubuntu on it. How can i do this without having clean ubuntu installation?
View 3 Replies View Relatedi accidently got rid of the panel on top, so i deleted the bottom one, and started a new one on the bottom. now whenever i open a program, there used to be a "list" of all the open program/windows on the bottom, now that is goneso once i minimize a program, the only way for me to get back to it is to press alt+tab.
View 2 Replies View Relatedrecently my window list in the bottom panel (where it shows all the minimized windows, etc.) got removed. When I added it back,'s not aligned all the way to the left as expected, it's more towards the middle
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View 1 Replies View Relatedafter i solved the many other problems that plagued me as an early adopter of the new iPod touch, I took my freshly recovered device (iOS 4.1, on an ipod touch 4G) and tried syncing with Rythmbox and Banshee. It shows up on the GUI as a music player and a camera, I press sync on rythmbox or banshee and it works out. But when the sync is over and I look at my device I find no songs on there, but they're inside the itunes_control file in my ipod when I view the file contents from ubuntu.
I have succeeded in syncing with iOS 4.1 before, but an error forced me to restore my iPod. But that was when I had a jailbroken ipod with the DBversion changed to 2 as per many guides on the internet. But I thought all of these problems were solved with the new libimobiledevice 1.04.
I'm trying to figure out how to add enlightenment to my window manager list in kdm.
View 2 Replies View RelatedI want to find a utility that will allow me to manage the size, position of open application windows. Like tile, cascade of that other OS. So if I have my FTP, Editor, Terminal, Browser I can organize the screen ...
View 3 Replies View RelatedI"m running 10.04 on a netbook. I switched my Java look and feel to Nimbus and now my java application opens with most of the buttons and window content missing. The main menu is there, but otherwise the main form is mostly blank. If I restart the application (not my computer) 2-3 times, the problem is resolved until the next time I have to launch the java app. I did not see this issue before changing the look & feel setting for Java. But the GTK l&F doesn't work for other reasons, so I was forced to make a change.
I'm running compiz and I know the blank windows in Java apps was a common problem a while back. I'm not sure if what I'm seeing is related to that old problem or is something different.
I use Xubunt 10.04, today when login, I found:
1)I lost ability to move application window. eg, The firefox window is stuck and anchored at the upper left corner. I can still resize by dragging the lower right corner. I notice the upper right corner resize tab disappears. If open another application, it is again anchored at upper left corner and cannot be moved.
2)under Settings>Xfce Setting Manager> Window Manager, all the icons are gone. Same inside Window ManagerTweaks. I used "xfce4-panel" in terminal, it doesn't help.
I'm connecting to my Ubuntu server (its actually a VirtualBox virtual machine on the same physical box) using putty and xming.
Is there a way to set my GTK+ appearance/theme so that my GTK+ apps don't look so bland?
I want to port a window application( involving COM, ActiveX, OLE, MFC, Win32) to Red Hat Linux. What options I have that can help me in this activity? What are the Linux counterparts of COM, ActiveX etc.
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View 2 Replies View RelatedI am in the process of customizing my desktop, and I have run into a problem. As a programmer, I will invariable end up with tons of windows open. I would like to expand the gnome-panel's Window List's y size to allow more applications to show without being crunched together.
That's the way the desktop currently looks, notice the tiny Window List in the top left. That's as big as it gets. I want to expand it all along the entire left side. I have a feeling the answer is in gconf-editor, but i just can't find the right field to modify.
So the other day my window list applet was somehow connected with a crash, and ubuntu asked me if I wanted to remove it. I accidentally clicked yes not realizing what it was, and now ubuntu does not list the windows open on a workspace at the bottom of the screen - terribly annoying! how to get this back? Poking through the software manager and synaptic and googling aren't helping.
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