Location of Installed Applications in Ubuntu

The situation: You found this great new application in Synaptic so you installed it. But wait… where is it? It’s not in my gnome menu. This guide will show you where you can find the said application. As an example we will be installing ntfs-3g in Synaptic and seeing where it is installed. First...

Disable System Beeps in Ubuntu

Late at night, if you listen very closely you can hear Ubuntu users say… “Ugh… those annoying beeps I hear while doing certain things in Ubuntu drive me insane! How come even when I turn down my speakers I still hear these beeps?!”. Well guess what… You can disable those beeps...

Disable the Splash Screen in Ubuntu

Sure, it looks cool seeing the splash screen in Ubuntu and seeing all those pretty little icons load. However, do you know by disabling this splash screen you can find yourself getting to work 3-4 seconds faster? From your Ubuntu menu click “System”, “Preferences” and finally...

Disable Mount Icons in Ubuntu

Some people do not like their desktop cluttered with icons. Ubuntu by default shows all mounted volumes on the desktop. This tends to annoy certain people. This guide will show you how to disable them. First we need to open Ubuntu’s terminal. Click “Applications”, “Accessories”...

Disable Login Screen in Ubuntu

Disable the login screen. Click “System”, “Administration” and click “Login Window”. This window opens… Click the “Security” tab and your window will look like this… Click the check box that says “Enable Automatic Login” and you will...

Disable Auto-Play – Ubuntu

This guide will show you how to stop CD/DVD media from automatically playing when you put them into your CD/DVD drive. In your Ubuntu menu, click “System”, “Preferences” and “Removable Drives and Media”. This window will open… Click the tab called...

Speed Up Ubuntu Menus

Do menus display slowly for you in Ubuntu? Here is a tweak that will speed up your menus greatly. Click “Places”, “Home Folder” and a window that looks like this will open… Now, we need to create a file called .gtkrc-2.0. To do this we right-click on any white space and move...

Enable Dual-Core Processors – Ubuntu

By default, Ubuntu does not take advantage of this kind of hardware. This guide will show you how to make Ubuntu take advantage of your dual-core processor etc. hardware. First we need to open Ubuntu’s terminal. Click “Applications”, “Accessories” and click...