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I love Linux and have Ububtu off and on for a bit now. I have some small gripes with it but have found these three tips to be a great way around my issues.

SuperUser run box.  Press Alt-F2, this opens up the Run programs dialogue box, type in the program name and it launches it. (old way gconf-editor). Use GKSU in the terminal box you get a simliar dialage box, but this time you are running the program as root. If you want to ‘bind’ the gksu command to a keyboard short cut to produce a superuser Run Programs box, go to System>Preference>Keyboard Shortcuts

Install Packages. Get those linux install packages installed quick and easy with GDEBI. Gdebi is a GUI application that lets you easily and quickly install packages under Linux that you have downloaded. It is said to use the Linux library to resolve or at least try and resolve dependencies. From what I understand this does the same function that the dpkg command used to do as well. Gdebi can also be run command line for you more advanced users out there and still gives you the ability to resolve the dependencies.

Faster OpenOffice. Want to speed up the start of OpenOffice? Open the Sessions program , Startup Manager, and add a new entry. (find it System>Preferences>Startup Applications.) Add the new entry , openoffice –nodefault –nologo in the command line field, then reboot. This basically moves the programs to the systems initial boot up sequence. Since Linux is a faster boot up, it shouldn’t be noticed at all. This will cache the program so it launches much quicker.

 

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