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right-click on all the panel applets (after you've placed them) and 'Lock to panel' when you're done.

right-click on the now empty panel and 'Delete this panel'.

move all the existing applets (show desktop, workspace switcher, trash, etc) to the other panel by dragging them via the mouse.

right-click on the applets from the panel you want to remove and select 'Move'.

right-click on all the existing applets and remove the 'Lock to panel'.

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This takes a bit of manual work (assuming you want to keep the existing applets). I've also removed the second panel from my desktop to squeeze that little bit more in. I have modified a script (gotten from ) to do this automatically: - christian-chess-geek Removing icons from the Menu gconftool-2 -set /desktop/gnome/interface/menus_have_icons -type bool 0 Gconftool-2 -set /apps/panel/toplevels/bottom_panel_screen0/size -type integer 19 Gconftool-2 -set /apps/panel/toplevels/top_panel_screen0/size -type integer 19 Gconftool-2 -set /apps/compiz/plugins/move/allscreens/options/constrain_y -type bool 0

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Unconstrain windows to the top of the screen Gconftool-2 -set /apps/gnome-power-manager/notify/low_capacity -type bool 0 Gconftool-2 -set /desktop/gnome/sound/default_mixer_tracks -type list -list-type string ""ĭo not display the incorrect battery warning at login Setting the right mixer (fixes the mute key) Gconftool-2 -set /desktop/gnome/interface/toolbar_style -type string "icons" Gconftool-2 -set /apps/metacity/window_keybindings/toggle_fullscreen -type string "F11" Gconftool-2 -set /desktop/gnome/interface/monospace_font_name -type string "Monospace 8"Īll applications can go full-screen using F11 Gconftool-2 -set /apps/metacity/general/titlebar_font -type string "Sans Bold 8" Gconftool-2 -set /desktop/gnome/interface/font_name -type string "Sans 8" Gconftool-2 -set /desktop/gnome/interface/document_font_name -type string "Sans 8" Gconftool-2 -set /apps/nautilus/preferences/desktop_font -type string "Sans 8" I've used these and it does allow for a bit more space in our otherwise cramped display: There are a few tweaks we can set for the gnome desktop in order to make some more room. You may notice that such a tiny desktop doesn't leave a lot of real estate for applications. Once you have installed this, you can assign the display resolution hotkey to "toggle-zoom" and you are set. If you want to assign it to the hotkey you need a program called Eee-control, that you can find here. You can also create a launcher on the panel. Then you can open a terminal or press Alt-F2 and run the command by typing: If you just created the ~/bin directory (if it didn't already exist) log out and back in to add it to your path. Save and exit, and then make the script executable: chmod 755 ~/bin/toggle-zoom If xrandr | head -n1 | grep -q '1024 x 600' then

#Eee pc 701 linux how to#

First create a script to switch between normal and compressed mode:Ĭopy/paste the following script into the window (delete the space before the '#' sign, I don't know how to make the wiki show # without putting a space in front!): #!/bin/sh Unfortunately that doesn't work out of the box in Ubuntu, but you can set it up quite easily once you know how - it took me a while to figure it out so I am sharing it here. This can be a great help when using applications that don't fit in the standard 1024圆00 view. If your Eee came with Windows XP you'll remember it had a feature to show the screen in compressed 1024x768 resolution when you press the "change resolution" hotkey. Hold ALT and drag with the mouse to move windows which are larger than the screen.