News, Tutorials, Howtos for Ubuntu Linux
Unity is the default desktop environment since Ubuntu 11.04 Natty.
When your computer is idled for a certain time, Ubuntu goes into screensaver and lock it self. You’re prompt to enter password to continue your session. Below steps will show you how to prevent your screen from locking on Ubuntu 13.04 Raring Ringtial.
To get started, open terminal from unity dash or by pressing Ctrl+Alt+T
Copy and paste below command and hit enter to run:
gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.screensaver lock-enabled false
That’s it! The unlock dialog has gone
This brief tutorial is going to show you how to create application shortcuts on Unity Desktop in Ubuntu 13.04 Raring. You can just drag and drop icons to your desktop, but it won’t always work. Some of them have the permission issues which can be fixed by below steps:
UPDATES: For Ubuntu 13.10 Saucy, copy and paste the programs .desktop file from /usr/share/applications to user’s Desktop folder
1.) Search for applications from Unity Dash, drag and drop them onto desktop:
2.) After added all app icons to your desktop, press Ctrl+Alt+T to open a terminal.
Change the ownership of them. My username is handbook, in below command change it to yours.
sudo chown handbook ~/Desktop/*.desktop
Make sure all icons are executable:
sudo chmod +x ~/Desktop/*.desktop
You are done. Enjoy!
This simple tutorial shows you how to enable log-in a user account without typing its password. Like Guest account, user can be login by single click.
The default ‘User Accounts’ utility can do this job, but it will set user password to none! That’s not good, you’ll need another Administrator account which has the ability to reset your password.
Here I will use the Gnome Users and Groups management tool which was default before Ubuntu goes to Unity desktop.
To install Users and Groups, open up Ubuntu Software Center, search for and install gnome-system-tools package.
Then open this tool from Unity Dash:
Highlight the user you want it don’t ask password on log in. Then click on the ‘change’ button after ‘Password: Ask on Login’.
Check the box which said “Don’t ask for password on login”
Click Ok and you’re done!
In this brief tutorial I will show you how to enable a user account to login automatically on Ubuntu 13.04 Raring Ringtail.
1.) Search for and open User Accounts from the Unity Dash.
2.) Click Unlock button at the right-top of the Account Settings window.
3.) Choose a user account that you want to automatically login with.
4.) Switch on “Automatic Login”
That’s it!
Do you really need a guest session in your Ubuntu Unity login screen? In this tutorial I will show you how to remove it if you say no!
Following steps work on Ubuntu 12.04, 12.10, 13.04 and higher.
1.) Press Ctrl+Alt+T to open terminal window, copy and paste below command and run to edit the LightDM configuration file:
sudo gedit /etc/lightdm/lightdm.conf
Replace gedit with nano if you don’t have the text editor, and, save by pressing Ctrl+S and then Ctrl+X.
2.) Add this line to the end and save it.
That’s it! To apply changes, run command below:
sudo restart lightdm
It’ll bring you back to login screen, so backup current tasks first.
