Gnome

Introduction

This page stores useful information related to the Gnome desktop environment for Linux.

Configuration

• Check the nice utility GNOME Configuration Editor (eg. gconf-editor /apps/gnome-terminal )
• Editing a file Open With list in Nautilus: right click on file → properties → go to Open With panel. Add new applications and/or select default application.

Desktop Theme

Apple OS X Tiger-like theme

• Example on Flickr

Startup programs

• To edit startup programs in Gnome, go to menu System → System → Sessions &rarr Startup programs.
  • One can also create a script to wait a certain amount of time before launching the program (script command sleep).

Applications

Gnome DO

• My Gnome+launcher bookmarks on Delicious.
• Added 2 new repositories (to get latest version on openSUSE):
  • http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/Mono:/Community/openSUSE_11.0+Mono/
  • http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/Mono/openSUSE_11.0/
• To index Firefox bookmarks, they must be exported to .html. Type about:config in Firefox address bar, and change the settings browser.bookmarks.autoExportHTML ← true.
• To add kde3 applications to catalog:

 sudo ln -s /opt/kde3/share/applications/kde /usr/share/applications/kde

Gnome Terminal

• Changing default window size (system-wide)

 sudo gedit /usr/share/vte/termcap/xterm

A few lines from the top, edit :co to change the default width, and :li to change the default height.

:co#80:it#8:li#24:\

• Changing default window size (Panel launcher)
  • Right-click on launcher, Properties, change command to gnome-terminal --geometry=132x40.
• Changing default window size (Application Menu)
  • Same as above, but need to edit Application Menu (use Main Menu - System View).
• Changing default window size (Terminal preferred application)
  • Open GNOME Configuration Editor. Go to desktop/gnome/applications/terminal, edit value exec-args=-x --geometry=132x40.
  • This is same as changing the settings in System → Preferred Applications → Terminal.