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 we [...]
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 for good! First we [...]
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 “Sessions”. This window will now open… We now want [...]
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” and click “Terminal”. You should now see a window like [...]
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 now be able to use the drop-down box that’s under “Enable Automatic Login”. In this drop-down box you [...]