First Look at the Ubuntu Unity Desktop Environment

Published in May 10th, 2010

Posted by Tom in maverickmeerkat, ubuntunews

Today was a big day for Ubuntu, with Canonical announcing the Unity desktop environment, Ubuntu Light, and more details about Ubuntu 10.10 “Maverick Meerkat”. Unity is a new desktop environment designed for netbooks and touch-screen devices. It includes a new panel as well as a new vertical launcher. Unity is build using technologies from GNOME [...]

Fix Volume Range Issue in PulseAudio

Published in May 9th, 2010

Posted by Tom in tips

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One audio bug I had in Ubuntu 9.10 and now 10.04 is that below a certain volume level, I get no sound at all. Once I raise the volume past that level sound works but the lowest volume is louder than I sometimes want. Fortunately there’s a workaround available in PulseAudio: You’ll need to edit [...]

Compiz Keyboard Shortcuts in Ubuntu 10.04

Published in May 5th, 2010

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I couldn’t find much information about keyboard shortcuts for Compiz effects in Ubuntu 10.04. I poked through the default Compiz configuration and found some I didn’t know about, and some that have changed from previous versions of Ubuntu. Some of the following keyboard shortcuts will not work at all if Compiz (visual effects) if turned [...]

Mark Shuttleworth Introduces Window Indicators

Published in May 4th, 2010

Posted by Tom in maverickmeerkat, ubuntunews

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During the controversy about moving the window controls in Ubuntu to the left, Mark Shuttleworth hinted that the newly available space on the right of the window title bar could be put to a new use: Moving everything to the left opens up the space on the right nicely, and I would like to experiment [...]

Workarounds for Unrecognized Clicks in Flash Player

Published in May 3rd, 2010

Posted by Tom in tips

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So far the only issue I’ve had switching to 64-bit from 32-bit Ubuntu has been Flash. In some Flash content, mouse clicks are not recognized. Everything looks correct, but any left clicks are ignored. Most notably, the problem affects YouTube videos. Here’s the Ubuntu bug report. A 64-bit browser can not load 32-bit plugins. On [...]

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