On Wed, 11 Jun 2008 03:28:51 GMT
propman wrote:

>
>
> Don't know if this is old news or not but just ran across the following:
>
> http://ubuntu-tweak.com/
>
> Ubuntu Tweak is an application designed to config Ubuntu easier for
> everyone.
>
> It provided many usefull desktop and system options that the default
> desktop environment isn’t provided.
>
> At present, It is only designed for Ubuntu GNOME Desktop, and often
> follows the newest Ubuntu distribution.
>
> [...]
> * Show/Hide and Change Splash screen
> * Show/Hide desktop icons or Mounted Volumes
> * Show/Hide/Rename Computer, Home, Trash icon or Network icon

Reminds me of a similar tool which existed for Windows 95... "Hey, I can
rename the Trash Can to 'Microsoft Headquarter'!" ;-)


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"propman" wrote in message
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>
>
> Don't know if this is old news or not but just ran across the following:
>
> http://ubuntu-tweak.com/
>
> Ubuntu Tweak is an application designed to config Ubuntu easier for
> everyone.
>
> It provided many usefull desktop and system options that the default
> desktop environment isn't provided.
>
> At present, It is only designed for Ubuntu GNOME Desktop, and often
> follows the newest Ubuntu distribution.
>
> LICENSE
>
> Ubuntu Tweak is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
> under th
> e terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free
> Software Foun
> dation. More information can see at the the package's LICENSE.
>
> Features of Ubuntu Tweak
>
> * View of Basic System Information(Distribution, Kernel, CPU, Memory,
> etc.)
> * GNOME Session Control
> * Auto Start Program Control
> * Show/Hide and Change Splash screen
> * Show/Hide desktop icons or Mounted Volumes
> * Show/Hide/Rename Computer, Home, Trash icon or Network icon
> * Tweak Metacity Window Manager's Style and Behavior
> * Compiz Fusion settings, Screen Edge Settings, Window Effects
> Settings, Menu Effect Settins
> * GNOME Panel Settings
> * Nautilus Settings
> * Advanced Power Management Settings
> * System Security Settings
>
>
>
> FWIW.....cut and pasted the instructions from the download page and the
> install went without a hitch.
>

Old news Lintard

On Wed, 11 Jun 2008 12:57:56 +0200, Johannes Kroll wrote:

> Reminds me of a similar tool which existed for Windows 95... "Hey, I can
> rename the Trash Can to 'Microsoft Headquarter'!" ;-)

Heh, at work one of our network drives is all the client folders, I put a
recycle bin on there called "Unpopular Clients", it's permanent if you
drag one there though.

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Trevor Best wrote:
> On Wed, 11 Jun 2008 12:57:56 +0200, Johannes Kroll wrote:
>
>> Reminds me of a similar tool which existed for Windows 95... "Hey, I can
>> rename the Trash Can to 'Microsoft Headquarter'!" ;-)
>
> Heh, at work one of our network drives is all the client folders, I put a
> recycle bin on there called "Unpopular Clients", it's permanent if you
> drag one there though.
>
I installed tweak and while it was fun to go through I didn't see any
really compelling reason for it to be on my system. No performance gains
but some eye candy stuff.
My opinion, yours may vary.
Bill Baka

On Wed, 11 Jun 2008 11:51:18 -0700, Bill wrote:

> Trevor Best wrote:
>> On Wed, 11 Jun 2008 12:57:56 +0200, Johannes Kroll wrote:
>>
>>> Reminds me of a similar tool which existed for Windows 95... "Hey, I
>>> can rename the Trash Can to 'Microsoft Headquarter'!" ;-)
>>
>> Heh, at work one of our network drives is all the client folders, I put
>> a recycle bin on there called "Unpopular Clients", it's permanent if you
>> drag one there though.
>>
> I installed tweak and while it was fun to go through I didn't see any
> really compelling reason for it to be on my system. No performance gains
> but some eye candy stuff.
> My opinion, yours may vary.
> Bill Baka

It may be an easier way to get a lot of disparate options under one roof,
I know TweakUI in Windows was a favourite of mine, still is in fact. I may
give this a try, after all what harm can it do? (I have backups :-)

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A: Easy, just boycott BP & Esso

On Wed, 11 Jun 2008 20:42:08 +0100, Trevor Best wrote:

> On Wed, 11 Jun 2008 11:51:18 -0700, Bill wrote:
>
>> Trevor Best wrote:
>>> On Wed, 11 Jun 2008 12:57:56 +0200, Johannes Kroll wrote:
>>>
>>>> Reminds me of a similar tool which existed for Windows 95... "Hey, I
>>>> can rename the Trash Can to 'Microsoft Headquarter'!" ;-)
>>>
>>> Heh, at work one of our network drives is all the client folders, I
>>> put a recycle bin on there called "Unpopular Clients", it's permanent
>>> if you drag one there though.
>>>
>> I installed tweak and while it was fun to go through I didn't see any
>> really compelling reason for it to be on my system. No performance
>> gains but some eye candy stuff.
>> My opinion, yours may vary.
>> Bill Baka
>
> It may be an easier way to get a lot of disparate options under one
> roof, I know TweakUI in Windows was a favourite of mine, still is in
> fact. I may give this a try, after all what harm can it do? (I have
> backups :-)


FWIW, there is also a TweakVI for Vista but it's a non-MS product; basic
version is a freebie.

Here's the url for anyone that's interested:

http://www.totalidea.com/content/twe...akvi-index.php


PS...and for anyone who is NOT interested, save the flames, press the
Enter Key and look for something that does interest ya.

On Wed, 11 Jun 2008 20:53:29 +0000, propman wrote:

> FWIW, there is also a TweakVI

Do they do a tweak for a certain Linux editor? :-)

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* Trevor Best wrote in alt.os.linux.ubuntu:

> On Wed, 11 Jun 2008 20:53:29 +0000, propman wrote:
>
>> FWIW, there is also a TweakVI
>
> Do they do a tweak for a certain Linux editor? :-)
>

Why, yes...

http://cream.sourceforge.net/features.html

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David