Ubuntu Preferences

This is how I use Ubuntu… if you mind?

Switching to Crunchbang

To switch to a Bépo keyboard layout:

sudo dpkg-reconfigure keyboard-configuration

Things to do after a fresh Ubuntu 12.04 install

Remove unwanted software

Ubuntu One + Ubuntu One music store

Rhythmbox

Tweakings

Install GPointing to get scrolling on the touchpad (on Dell 6400)

Indicators missing… Let the Notification area come back again (in french)

Useful resource for tweaking: http://www.webupd8.org/2012/04/things-to-tweak-after-installing-ubuntu.html

Some tweaking tools to try (haven't really found one that I'm happy with):

Change icon size in Unity2D the hard way

MyUnity (MyUnity is mainly for Unity3D)

Unity-2D-settings

Unsettings

Softwares

Gimp

Inkscape

Phatch

Agave

Hamster + Hamster-indicator (to add on startup)

Git

Filezilla

Revelation + revelation indicator (to add on startup)

Processing

Back in Time

Opera

Chromium

Vlc

Eclipse

Gnote

Shutter

Google calendar indicator (first start at /usr/share/calendar-indicator/ )

Tomahawk (remove phonon-backend-gstreamer and add phonon-backend-vlc)

checkinstall

soundconverter

eid

sublime-text

Sun-java-7 + plugin

Fontforge

Bitcoin

Preferences for previous versions

Ubuntu 10.04