Things To Tweak After Installing Ubuntu 11.10 Oneiric Ocelot

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Oct 14, 2011

[ Thanks to An Anonymous Reader for
this link. ]

“GNOME 3 doesn’t have a screensaver, just a black screen. If you
want to use a screensaver, you can use Xscreensaver – install it
using the following commands (this will also remove
gnome-screensaver)…

“Synaptic is not installed by default in Ubuntu 11.10 and while
Ubuntu Software Center got many new features, it still can’t do
everything Synaptic can. Install Synaptic back using the following
command…

“I don’t know if the kernel power bug is real or not, but many
users have reported that using Jupiter or a tweak we’ve posted a
while back, their laptop/netbook battery life increased. Install
Jupiter using the following commands…”


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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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