Showing posts with label Gnome. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Gnome. Show all posts

Friday, March 19, 2010

Enforce any application to appear full screen in gnome

In Gnome, you can force any application to go full screen;
Open System=>Preferences=>Keyboard shortcuts
Under "Window Management" assigne any key combinations such as "CTL+SHIFT+F" for "Toggle Fullscreen mode".
Open any application (firefox, eclipse, ....) and press "CTRL + SHIFT + F", the program will goes in full screen mode.

Friday, March 5, 2010

How to change the gnome default keyring password in Ubuntu Karmic (may apply to other versions as well)


After I initially set it, I needed to change it so that it matches my login password:
  1. Open a terminal
  2. type "seahorse"
  3. Right-click on "Passwords: login" and click "change password"
  4. Type your old password and then your new one.
  5. Done!
 enjoy :)