Use the following to disable recent documents in Gtk2/Gtk3:
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echo 'gtk-recent-files-max-age=0' | tee -a $HOME/.gtkrc-2.0 echo 'gtk-recent-files-max-age=0' | tee -a $HOME/.config/gtk-3.0/settings.ini |
The ugly part is that there is no way one can disable ‘Recently Used’ in the GtkFileChooser dialog box.
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I needed some script to take care of my config files and put them in a single directory. So here it is.
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#!/bin/bash # Display All Hidden Dot Files In a Directory # ls -a | egrep "^\." > backup_dotfiles.sh DESTINATION="/storage/dotfiles" # do not use a trailing slash (/) # Colors blue="\e[0;34m" green="\e[1;32m" red="\e[0;31m" bold="\e[1;30m" reset="\e[0m" # file list (use trailing slash for directories) FILES=" .bash_aliases .bash_logout .bash_profile .bashrc .colours/ .config/openbox/ .config/terminator/ .config/tint2/ .config/zathura/ .devilspie/ .fehbg .fonts.conf .gtk-bookmarks .gtkrc-2.0 .gtkrc-2.0.mine .inputrc .mplayer/ .nanorc .rtorrent.rc .screenrc .synergy.conf .vim/colors/ .vimrc .xbindkeysrc .Xdefaults .xinitrc .xmod .Xmodmap .xsession .xxkb/ .xxkbrc " for file in $FILES do if [ -d $file ]; then mkdir -p $DESTINATION/$file cp -f $HOME/$file* $DESTINATION/$file elif [ -f $file ]; then cp -f $HOME/$file $DESTINATION else echo -e "$red:: $file is not a file/directory! $reset" fi done echo -e "$green:: Done! $reset" exit 0 |
Moved my ThinkPad T61 to ArchLinux! (Still using Ubuntu on many other machines.)
Screenshot:
I will post some install script I used to configure my system.
I don’t like very much the default font used by Liferea, so I decided to use my custom font. Here is how:
1. Copy the default stylesheet to liferea folder in my $HOME:
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cp /usr/share/liferea/css/liferea.css $HOME/.liferea_1.6 |
2. Add this:
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{ font-family: Aurulent Sans; } |
at the begining of liferea.css file.
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Here are some tweaks for your gnome:
Print all subdirectories and entries under a dir, recursively:
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gconftool-2 -R / |
Change GDM font:
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sudo -u gdm gconftool-2 --set --type string \ /desktop/gnome/interface/document_font_name "Ubuntu" sudo -u gdm gconftool-2 --set --type string \ /desktop/gnome/interface/font_name "Ubuntu" sudo -u gdm gconftool-2 --set --type string \ /desktop/gnome/interface/monospace_font_name "Monospace" |
Change GDM backgound:
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sudo -u gdm gconftool-2 --set --type string \ /desktop/gnome/background/picture_filename "/path/to_image" |
Use these commands to change the default gnome terminal size:
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gconftool-2 --set /apps/gnome-terminal/profiles/Default/default_size_columns \ --type integer 160 gconftool-2 --set /apps/gnome-terminal/profiles/Default/default_size_rows \ --type integer 50 |