GNOME: Difference between revisions

Revision as of 12:11, 25 March 2010

Get compiz running via compiz --replace.
- Add this to GNOME's startup applications to make it your default window manager
Enable Alt+Tab window switching via the "Application Switcher" plugin
- I don't like the zooming effect; scale it to 0x
Enable Super+Tab folded window switching via the "Shift Switcher" plugin
- Has some conflicts with "Application Switcher" by default; I disable all but "Next Window", "Previous Window" and "Initiate"
- Be sure the "Text" rendering plugin is enabled to get window titles
Enable desktop backgrounds with the "Wallpaper" plugin
Enable Ctrl+Alt+arrow virtual desktop switching via the "Rotate Cube" plugin

Video thumbnailing requires totem-video-thumbnailer, part of the totem package
- You'll also likely need raise the limit on thumbnailable media files; I thumbnail any local file < 1G

Transparency can be had regardless of the GTK theme if using compiz's "Opacity, Brightness and Saturation" plugin
- Add an opacity rule (I use a value of 50): "(class=Gnome-panel) & !(type=PopupMenu | Dialog)"

Ensure hinting and subpixel ordering is optimized via a trip to the Lagom LCD Test page

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 * Enable desktop backgrounds with the "Wallpaper" plugin
 * Enable Ctrl+Alt+arrow virtual desktop switching via the "Rotate Cube" plugin
 ==Nautilus==
 * Video thumbnailing requires <tt>totem-video-thumbnailer</tt>, part of the <tt>totem</tt> package
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 * Transparency can be had regardless of the GTK theme if using compiz's "Opacity, Brightness and Saturation" plugin
 ** Add an opacity rule (I use a value of 50): "<tt>(class=Gnome-panel) & !(type=PopupMenu | Dialog)</tt>"
+==GNOME Control Center==
+* Ensure hinting and subpixel ordering is optimized via a trip to the [http://www.lagom.nl/lcd-test/ Lagom LCD Test] page