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How to Get Your Gnome Menu Faster on Ubuntu

If You want to have your Ubuntu Gnome Menus get faster and give you instant response during execution. Here a simple tips for you :

  • me@AMDIntrepid:~$> sudo gedit /home/aburifqi/.gtkrc-1.2-gnome2 , Change “aburifqi” with your current username

(Note that this file is on Ubuntu Intrepid, just change the file name with similar file name in the same folder at your  Ubuntu system)

  • Put this additional line on the file  gtk-menu-popup-delay = 100 You can vary 100 to 50 or 0 (50 meaning 50 ms)
  • Save your  edited file
  • Log Off then re-Login or just simply restart your system

You can do this Additional step if you like, this step used to cache your icon into memory during startup :

  • echo “find /usr/share/pixmaps/ | xargs cat > /dev/null” >> ~/mystart
  • echo “find /usr/share/icons/Human/ | xargs cat > /dev/null” >> ~/mystart
  • chmod +x ~/mystart
  • Add this file on your Gnome startup  System -> Preferences -> Sessions -> Add, and write “~/mystart” on the name and the Command
  • Restart the  system

How To Tweak Linux Ubuntu in a Simple Way

There  is an easy and user friendly tool for tweaking Ubuntu. With this tool on your Linux Ubuntu you can control several setting and parameters without open all related setting menu, just use this and all done. here some of the features :

  1. Show computer and user Information
  2. Application setting including Add/remove program, software source, third party source, package cleaner
  3. Gnome session and auto   start control setting
  4. Desktop setting including : icons, windows, compiz and Gnome setting
  5. Personal User setting including shortcuts, default folder, scripts
  6. System setting : nautilus, power management and security setting
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