Table of Contents

Desktop Tricks

Menu Editing

Start a Program Manually

Run programs automatically when GNOME starts

Login automatically to GNOME when the computer starts

Change Display Mode in Nautilus

Show hidden files and folders in Nautilus

Open the Location Bar in Nautilus

View remote SSH, FTP, and SFTP servers using Nautilus

Change the default "Open with" program for a file type

Open files with administrative privileges from the file manager

Install Extra Fonts

RAR Archiver

Advanced Desktop Applets

Hide Recent Documents in the Places menu

Show the Computer, Home, and Trash desktop icons in GNOME

Change my preferred email client to Mozilla Thunderbird

Restart GNOME without rebooting the computer

Preventing the Ctrl-Alt-Backspace shortcut keys from restarting X

Partitions and Booting

Graphical Partition Editor

Make partitions available from Ubuntu

Make partitions automatically available

Run a system command automatically at startup

Change default Operating System at boot

Permanently disable/enable boot-up services

Hardware

Digital Cameras

3D Graphic Cards

Keyboard Layouts

Wireless Cards

Modems

Printers

Other Tips

Networking

Change the Computer Name

Networking Utilities