Installing an important part of Ubuntu Netbook Remix
Posted: Mon Nov 09, 2009 2:32 pm
Here's the quick version:
Move the taskbar to the top
In the taskbar, replace Window List with Window Picker, which you need to install first.
Install maximus, set it up to run at startup.
This will give you the feature of UNR which combines the taskbar with the title bar, saving a lot of vertical space. Here is the long version:
1. Move taskbar to top of screen
right-click on taskbar, about 2/3rds of the way to the right. If you are doing it right you will see "About Panels" at the bottom of the pop up menu. Select Properties and change the orientation to top. Close out.
2. Get Window Picker applet
Open mintinstall. Click on Find. Click on the APT tab. Type in window picker and click search. Double click on window picker applet. Wait. Click install. When it's finished, back all the way out of mintinstall.
3. Remove Window List from taskbar
Right click on the taskbar near the group of icons on the left hand side. Select the about menu item. You should see About Window List window come up. Close the window. Right click again on the same spot. Select remove from panel.
4. Add Window Picker to taskbar
Right click again in the same spot. This time select add to panel. Scroll down to Window Picker in the list. Select and add it. Don't worry about the color changing in the menu bar.
5. Install and run Maximus
Open mintinstall again. Click on find. Click on the APT tab. Type in maximus and click search. Double click on maximus. Wait. Click install. When finished, back all the way out.
Open a file browser window. Click on File System. Click on search and search for maximus. Double click on maximus-autostart.desktop. Go ahead and run it.
6. Reinstall mint artwork
I hope you don't have to do this but I did. Open Synaptic package manager. Search for mint-artwork. Mark mint-artwork-gnome for installation and apply changes.
7. Fix preferences.
Go into Appearance Preferences. Click on a random theme and then back to Shiki-Mint. That should fix the taskbar. You may want to change the interface to icons only or text only to save more vertical space.
Notes - Tested with Mint 7 running in virtualbox. There are probably easier ways of doing this. I think menu-picker-applet and maximus can both be installed with one terminal command. Anybody who wants to improve on these instructions is welcome to do so.
Update: I just tried this on my MSI Wind U100. It went smoothly, I did not have to reinstall the mint artwork.
Move the taskbar to the top
In the taskbar, replace Window List with Window Picker, which you need to install first.
Install maximus, set it up to run at startup.
This will give you the feature of UNR which combines the taskbar with the title bar, saving a lot of vertical space. Here is the long version:
1. Move taskbar to top of screen
right-click on taskbar, about 2/3rds of the way to the right. If you are doing it right you will see "About Panels" at the bottom of the pop up menu. Select Properties and change the orientation to top. Close out.
2. Get Window Picker applet
Open mintinstall. Click on Find. Click on the APT tab. Type in window picker and click search. Double click on window picker applet. Wait. Click install. When it's finished, back all the way out of mintinstall.
3. Remove Window List from taskbar
Right click on the taskbar near the group of icons on the left hand side. Select the about menu item. You should see About Window List window come up. Close the window. Right click again on the same spot. Select remove from panel.
4. Add Window Picker to taskbar
Right click again in the same spot. This time select add to panel. Scroll down to Window Picker in the list. Select and add it. Don't worry about the color changing in the menu bar.
5. Install and run Maximus
Open mintinstall again. Click on find. Click on the APT tab. Type in maximus and click search. Double click on maximus. Wait. Click install. When finished, back all the way out.
Open a file browser window. Click on File System. Click on search and search for maximus. Double click on maximus-autostart.desktop. Go ahead and run it.
6. Reinstall mint artwork
I hope you don't have to do this but I did. Open Synaptic package manager. Search for mint-artwork. Mark mint-artwork-gnome for installation and apply changes.
7. Fix preferences.
Go into Appearance Preferences. Click on a random theme and then back to Shiki-Mint. That should fix the taskbar. You may want to change the interface to icons only or text only to save more vertical space.
Notes - Tested with Mint 7 running in virtualbox. There are probably easier ways of doing this. I think menu-picker-applet and maximus can both be installed with one terminal command. Anybody who wants to improve on these instructions is welcome to do so.
Update: I just tried this on my MSI Wind U100. It went smoothly, I did not have to reinstall the mint artwork.