How To Customize Gnome 2 Desktop Menu Bar

GNOME 2 Menu Bar

Hover the mouse cursor to a blank area of the top menu bar and press <SUPER> + <ALT> + <Right Click>.  (Note: SUPER KEY is also known as the Windows KEY). You should see the following box pop up:

Selecting "Add to Panel" displays the following:

You can add or remove items to customize your menu bar.

By hovering the mouse cursor over an item in the menu bar and pressing <SUPER> + <ALT> + <Right Click> the following box will appear:

The GNOME2 menu bar already has the following items installed:

  * Indicator Applet Complete (noted in RED)

  * Menu Bar (noted in BLUE)

You can customize the menu bar to your personnel preferences by adding and deleting items.

Zorin OS 6

Zorin OS 6

How to change Zorin's grey buttons (minimize, maximize and close) to a Windows 7 theme

1. Open a terminal (Ctrl + Alt + T)
    Type the following commands:

    sudo add-apt-repository ppa:upubuntu-com/gtk3
    sudo apt-get update
    sudo apt-get install win2-7-remix-theme

2. Run Ubuntu Tweak
    Click the Tweaks tab and select Theme

    Change Gtk theme to Win2-7
    Change Window theme to Win2-7


BEFORE

AFTER

How to fix system clock from changing when dual booting between Windows 7 and Zorin OS 6

1.  Boot into Zorin OS 6.

2.  Open a terminal (Ctrl + Alt + T).
     Type the following command:
           sudo gedit /etc/default/rcS

Look for UTC=yes and change this to read UTC=no.

3. Save file and reboot computer.

The system clock should now be the same whether you boot into Windows 7 or Zorin OS 6.

1.5 - Post Installation

1.5.4 - How to Install Acrobat Reader Using Terminal

Open terminal and type the following commands:

sudo add-apt-repository "deb http://archive.canonical.com/ precise partner"

sudo apt-get update

sudo apt-get install acroread

1.7 Desktop Environment

1.7.3 - How to Pin Application to Taskbar

Example: Pin LibreOffice Writer to Taskbar.

1. Run program.

2. Point to the program on taskbar and right click. Select Pin application.

3. Close program.

4. Application is now pinned to the taskbar.

1.7 - Desktop Environment

1.7.2 - How to Create Desktop Shortcut

Example: Create Desktop Shortcut for LibreOffice Writer.

1. Find program in menu.

2. Highlight name of program, right click and select Create Desktop Shortcut.

3. Goto desktop. Shortcut is named LibreOffice Writer.desktop.

4. Right click and select Properties.

5. Click Permissions tab and put a check mark in Execute to allow executing file as program.

6. Desktop Shortcut icon will change and function properly.

1.14 - Terminal

1.14.1 - Brief Overview

Besides the desktop graphical user interface (GUI), there is also a command-line interface (CLI) that is more commonly known as the terminal. The terminal can be launched by selecting Start > Accessories > Terminal or using the keyboard shortcut Ctrl + Alt + T.

A command is typed using the keyboard and pressing the Enter key. For example, typing the command ls and pressing Enter will list contents of a directory and ls -l will list contents of a directory with more detail.

1.13 - dconf Editor

1.12 - Ubuntu Tweak

1.11 - Synaptic Package Manager

1.10 - Software Center

The Software Center is the easiest way to search, install and remove applications on your computer. There are many applications available to choose from various categories (i.e., Education, Games, Internet,  Office, Sound & Video) that are in the official Ubuntu repositories. You need administrator privileges and connection to the Internet to download and install new software.

1.9 - Update Manager

1.8 - Nautilus (File Manager)

1.8.1 - Brief Overview

Nautilus is the file manager for Zorin OS 6 that is similar to Explorer in Windows. This is where you manage your files and folders on your computer. There is excellent documentation available on how to use Nautilus by selecting Help and All Topics or pressing the F1 key for more specific topics if you wish to learn more.

1.8.2 - Quick Tips

Tip #1:
Activate the Status Bar. Select View and Statusbar. The status bar appears at the bottom of the Nautilus window. This displays the number of items of a particular folder currently in view and the available space on the hard drive.

Tip #2:
Change the Date format in List View from long to short. Select Edit > Preferences > Display > Format.