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Ubuntu 11.04 Unity Gets in the Way of the User

Posted on May 3, 2011 by Lex

Ubuntu has released a new version (11.04) of its Linux operating system. Instead of going with Gnome 3, it went with Unity as the default desktop environment. I’ve now used both Unity and Gnome 3, and it continues to confuse … Continue reading →

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Styling Emacs Scrollbar in Ubuntu

Posted on March 29, 2011 by Lex

Emacs uses GTK by default in Ubuntu. In your ~/.emacs file, there should be no (scroll-bar-mode nil). Then add the following to ~/.gtkrc-2.0 style “contrast”    { GtkScrollbar::has_forward_stepper  = 0 GtkScrollbar::has_backward_stepper = 0 bg[NORMAL]   = “red” bg[PRELIGHT] = “dark red” bg[ACTIVE] = … Continue reading →

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