[HOWTO] Add Minimize, Maximize/Restore buttons in Gnome 3
I am using Fedora 15 with Gnome 3. The window title bars have only a Close button as control button. If you want to add other buttons here is what you need to do. 1. Install Configuration Editor You...
View Article[HOWTO] Show date on top bar in Gnome 3
I have installed Fedora 15 with Gnome 3. In the top bar, only day and time is shown. If you want the date to be shown as well, open terminal and run the following command: gsettings set...
View Article[HOWTO] Add support for MP3, AVI and other media formats by installing codecs...
I am running Fedora 15 Desktop and here is how I installed support for MP3, AVI and other media formats. I opened up the terminal and ran the following commands (enter root password when prompted): su...
View Article[HOWTO] Add Shutdown menu item permanently on Gnome 3
I am using Fedora 15 and in the menu, I just saw the menu item for Suspend and no Shutdown. It is shown when I press Alt, but I wanted to show it at all times. There is a simple fix for this and it...
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[HOWTO] Enable right click and desktop folder in Gnome 3
In Fedora 15, nautilus does not handle the desktop by default, nor can you right click on the desktop to bring up the menu. To enable this, install gnome-tweak-tool by using Add/Remove Software. Then,...
View Article20 Things to do after installing Fedora 15
Here are few things you can do after installing Fedora 15 to make the experience better. You may have to enable sudo to follow some of the tips or you can run the commands in terminal by logging in as...
View Article[HOWTO] Install GPaste in Fedora 15
GPaste is a clipboard management tool for GNOME 3. It is not available in the repos and must be downloaded via git and compiled. Here is how you can do it: UPDATE: GPaste is now available in the repos,...
View Article[SOLVED] No package ‘gtk+-3.0′ found
If you are trying to compile a gtk-3 application and if you don’t have development package installed here is the error you can get: configure: error: Package requirements (gtk+-3.0 >= 3.0.0) were...
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[HOWTO] Install Gnome-Shell (Gnome 3) in Ubuntu 11.10 Oneiric Ocelot
I have installed Ubuntu 11.10 Oneiric Ocelot on my laptop. I had been using Ubuntu 11.04 Natty Narwhal on it and since I use this PC for work, I was reluctant in installing Gnome-Shell from PPA. But...
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[HOWTO] Enable Maximize, Minimize buttons on the title bar in Gnome 3...
I have just installed Gnome 3 in Ubuntu 11.10 Onieric Ocelot. In Gnome-Shell interface, there are no title bar controls for minimize, maximize/restore. To enable them, open up the terminal and type in...
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