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Ubuntu is the world’s favourite free operating system, with more than 20 million people preferring it to commercial alternatives.
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Cairo-Dock is a desktop interface that takes the shape of docks, desklets, panel, etc
It is designed to be light, fast and customizable, and is desktop-agnostic.
It has a powerful DBus interface, to be controlled from a terminal or another application.
Features can be added by plug-ins or applets, and applets can be written in C or in any language.
Most actions can be done from keyboard.
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Ubuntu Tweak
Ubuntu Tweak is an application to config Ubuntu easier.
From terminal ctrl +alt + t
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:tualatrix/ppa
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install ubuntu-tweak
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Run Dialog by hitting Alt+F2 and typing them in the Run Application dialog, or by choosing them from the menu of previous commands. The other benefit of this method of running commands is that you would usually need to keep a terminal window open for many commands, or else they’ll cease to run, whereas when invoked through the dialog they’ll continue to run once the Run Application dialog has disappeared.
Gnome-Do
GNOME Do allows for quick finding of miscellaneous artifacts of GNOME environment (applications, Evolution and Pidgin contacts, Firefox bookmarks, Rhythmbox artists and albums, and so on) and execute the basic actions on them (launch, open, email, chat, play, etc.
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Where can I find the files I want to back up?
Deciding which files to back up, and locating them, is the most difficult step when attempting to perform a backup. Listed below are the most common locations of important files and settings that you may want to back up.
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Personal files (documents, music, photos and videos)
These are usually stored in your home folder (/home/your_name). They could be in subfolders such as Desktop, Documents, Pictures, Music and Videos.
If your backup medium has sufficient space (if it is an external hard disk, for example), consider backing up the entire Home folder. You can find out how much disk space your Home folder takes up by using the Disk Usage Analyzer.
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Hidden files
Any file or folder name that starts with a period (.) is hidden by default. To view hidden files, click the button in the toolbar, and then choose Show Hidden Files, or press Ctrl+H You can copy these to a backup location like any other file.
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Personal settings (desktop preferences, themes, and software settings)
Most applications store their settings in hidden folders inside your Home folder (see above for information on hidden files).
Most of your application settings will be stored in the hidden folders .config and .local in your Home folder.
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System-wide settings
Settings for important parts of the system are not stored in your Home folder. There are a number of locations that they could be stored, but most are stored in the /etc folder. In general, you will not need to back up these files on a home computer. If you are running a server, however, you should back up the files for the services that it is running.
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What to back up
Your priority should be to back up your most important files as well as those that are difficult to recreate. For example, ranked from most important to least important:
- Your personal files
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This may include documents, spreadsheets, email, calendar appointments, financial data, family photos, or any other personal files that you would consider irreplaceable.
- Your personal settings
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This includes changes you may have made to colors, backgrounds, screen resolution and mouse settings on your desktop. This also includes application preferences, such as settings for LibreOffice, your music player, and your email program. These are replaceable, but may take a while to recreate.
- System settings
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Most people never change the system settings that are created during installation. If you do customize your system settings for some reason, or if you use your computer as a server, then you may wish to back up these settings.
- Installed software
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The software you use can normally be restored quite quickly after a serious computer problem by reinstalling it.
In general, you will want to back up files that are irreplaceable and files that require a great time investment to replace without a backup. If things are easy to replace, on the other hand, you may not want to use up disk space by having backups of them.