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Latest revision as of 17:54, 31 August 2018

Title of script: Desktop Customization 16.04

Author: Spoken Tutorial Team


Visual Cue Narration
Title slide Hello and Welcome to this spoken tutorial on Desktop Customization in Ubuntu Linux 16.04 operating system.
Learning Objective In this tutorial we will learn about the Launcher and how to:
  • Remove and add applications in the Launcher
  • Use multiple Desktops
  • Change the theme of the Desktop
  • Internet connectivity
  • Sound settings
  • Time and Date settings
  • and switch to other user accounts
System Requirements To record this tutorial, I am using Ubuntu Linux 16.04 OS.
About Launcher Let's begin with the Launcher.
Slide Number

Launcher

Launcher
  • is the default left-side panel in the Ubuntu Linux Desktop,
  • which has some default applications.
New slide The Launcher makes it easy to access frequently used applications.

So, we can launch a program by clicking on its desktop shortcut on the Launcher.

Screenshot of Launcher with icons By default, the Launcher has some applications.
Let us learn to customize the Launcher based on our requirements.
Slide Number For my regular work, I need applications like Terminal, LibreOffice Writer, gedit, and so on.


Let's add these applications to the Launcher.

Removing Icons from the Launcher Before doing that, I will remove some of the applications which I don't want.
Point to Amazon application

Amazon >> Right-click >> Unlock from Launcher

Say I wish to remove the Amazon application from the Launcher.


Click on the Amazon application icon, then right-click and select Unlock from Launcher.

Point to the Launcher You can see that the Amazon application icon has been removed from the Launcher.
Screen shot of Removed Unwanted applications from Launcher In the same way, we can remove all the shortcuts which we do not use frequently.


I have removed some applications from the Launcher, as you can see here.

Now, I will add the Terminal shortcut to the Launcher.
Click on Dash home Click on Dash home, at the top of the Launcher.
Type Terminal in search bar >> click on it. In the search bar, type “terminal”.


Click on the Terminal icon to open it.

Pointing to the terminal in the Launcher You can see the Terminal icon on the Launcher.
Right click on terminal icon >> Lock to Launcher. To fix the Terminal icon on the Launcher, first right-click on it.


Then select Lock to Launcher.

Another way to fix application shortcuts on the Launcher, is by dragging and dropping.


I will demonstrate this now.

Open Dash Home >> In the search bar type LibreOffice. Open Dash Home and in the search bar, type gedit.
Drag & Drop LibreOffice icon on the Launcher. Drag the gedit icon onto the Launcher.


Drop LibreOffice icon on the Launcher Now, drop the gedit icon on the Launcher.


You can see the gedit shortcut is now added to the Launcher.

This is how we can add shortcuts on the Launcher.
About Multiple Desktop/Workspace switcher (Slide) The next important feature in Ubuntu Linux OS is multiple workspace or Desktop.
About Multiple Desktop/Workspace switcher (Slide) Sometimes we may be working on multiple applications.


And we may find it difficult to switch from one application to another.


To make it more convenient, we can use Workspace Switcher.

Back to the desktop. Let’s come back to the Desktop.
Click System Settings >> Appearance In Ubuntu 16.04 multiple workspaces won’t appear by default.


To enable it, click on the System Settings


And then on Appearance.

Click on Behavior In the Appearance window, click on Behavior tab.
Switch Auto-hide the Launcher to ON Here, select Enable workspaces option.


This will enable the multiple workspaces icon on the Launcher.

Close the window Close this window.
Click on the Launcher >> locate Workspace Switcher. On the Launcher, locate Workspace Switcher icon and click on it.
Point to the 4 quadrants. It shows 4 quadrants with 4 Desktops.
Point to the top-left quadrant. By default, the top-left Desktop is selected.


That is the Desktop in which we are currently working.

Click on Workspace Switcher >> select 2nd Desktop Now, let’s select the second Desktop by double-clicking on it.
Open the Terminal I will open the terminal here by clicking on the terminal icon in the Launcher.
Click on Workspace Switcher Now, click on the Workspace Switcher again.
Point to 2nd & 1st Desktop You can see the terminal on the second Workspace and our Desktop on the first.


In this way, you can work on multiple Desktops.


<<PAUSE>>

Double-click on the first desktop Let’s come back to the first Desktop now.
Point to Trash icon on Launcher. Trash is another important icon on the Launcher.
Slide Number

About Trash

Trash contains all the deleted files and folders.


In case we delete a file accidentally, we can restore it from Trash.

Back to desktop >> Right click on file>> select Move to Trash option To demonstrate this, I will delete Hello.txt which is on my Desktop.


Right-click on the file and click on the option Move to Trash.

Click on Trash icon


To restore it, just click on the Trash icon in the Launcher.


The Trash folder opens.

Select the file >> click on Restore option Select the file, right-click on it and click on Restore option.
Close it.

Screenshot of the restored File

Close the Trash folder window and come back to the Desktop.


We can see the file which we deleted earlier is now restored.

Select the file >> Press Shift+Delete. To delete a file permanently from your system, first select it and then press Shift+Delete keys.
A dialog box asking, “Are you sure you want to permanently delete Hello.txt?”


Click on the Delete button.

Click on Trash icon Click on the Trash icon once again.
In the Trash folder We cannot find the file in the Trash folder, as it is permanently deleted from our system.


<<PAUSE>>

Goto desktop area Aren't you bored of seeing the same theme of the Desktop?


Let's change it.

Go to Dash home >> type system settings >> click on the icon Go to the Launcher and select System settings.


And then on Appearance.

Mouse over Appearance window The Appearance window opens up.
Click on themes tab Here under Themes tab, we have many pre-installed themes.
Select Radiance theme Play with these themes as per your preference.


As soon as you click on any one, you can see that changes get applied on the Desktop.

click on X icon Click on the tiny X icon to close the window.
Point towards the top right corner Now, we'll see some icons available at the top right corner of the Desktop.
Internet Connectivity icon First one is Internet connectivity.


Connection is established if you are connected to any Lan or Wifi network.


You can see these over here.

Pointing to the available networks You can select the network which you have access to.
Point to Enable Networking To Enable or Disable the network, check or uncheck the Enable Networking option.
Point to Edit Connections... We can also edit the networks using Edit Connections... option.
Point to Sound icon Next icon is that of Sound.


Click on it.

Point to the slider You can see a slider here.
Now, drag the slider to the left and then to right. This helps us to increase or decrease the audio level, as per our choice.
Click on Sound Settings. We can further adjust the sound level of our system, by clicking on Sound Settings.


Explore the settings in this window on your own.

Time & Date icon Next icon is Time & Date.


If we click on this icon, the calendar opens up.


We can see the current date, month and year.

Point and click on the left and right arrow buttons on Month and Year Arrow buttons allow us to move to other months and years, as per our choice.
Clicking on Time & Date settings We can edit the date and time by clicking on Time & Date Settings.


Explore this option further on your own.

Clicking on Wheel icon


Point to System Settings, Printers, Log Out and Shut Down options.

Next, click on the wheel or Power icon.


Here we can see some shortcut options along with Log Out and Shut Down options.

Point to user account We can also see all the user accounts available in our system.

We can switch to whichever user account we wish to, by clicking on that particular user.

With this we come to the end of this tutorial.

Let us summarise.

Summary Slide: In this tutorial we have learnt about the Launcher and how to:
  • Remove and add applications in the Launcher
  • Use multiple Desktops
  • Changing the Desktop theme
  • Internet connectivity
  • Sound settings
  • Time & Date settings
  • and switch to other user accounts
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Previous slide The script for this tutorial has been contributed by the Spoken Tutorial Team.


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