Suse & OpenSuse : Tips, Tricks, Tutorials, How Tos and Troubleshooting

How to install GNOME desktop environment theme in OpenSuse 11.1

February 23, 2010 – 6:43 am

Linux desktops in general offers users the capabilities to customize the operating system to meet any particular preferences. The OpenSUSE implementation of the GNOME desktop environment is no exception to this rule.

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How to install Gnome/KDE Desktop Environment on OpenSuse 11

January 12, 2010 – 2:39 am

If you using OpenSuse and would like to switch from GNOME Desktop environment to KDE Desktop environment or vice versa, then this is a simple blog post for you.

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How to create shortcuts on Gnome desktop

April 27, 2009 – 6:51 pm

Shortcuts on Linux is known as soft links and traditionally, this can be achieved by using the “ln –s” command and option.  You can also achieve this on the Gnome desktop using the mouse only.  However, unlike the Windows way to create a shortcut where you right click on the folder/file and near the bottom [...]

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Customizing Gnome Terminal fonts and colors

April 9, 2009 – 7:30 pm

By default, most SuSE and OpenSuse distribution selects Gnome as the window manager, KDE being the other option.  Under Gnome, the terminal application is called the Gnome Terminal which has a better look and feel than the plain Terminal application (which is also available).  The default size of the terminal may be too small for [...]

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Open Special Locations in Nautilus with URI

February 25, 2009 – 7:51 pm

For Linux, the official file manager for the GNOME desktop is Nautilus. In case you wondering the origin for Nautilus, it is a play on words. By evoking the shell of a nautilus to represent an operating system shell. Nautilus replaced Midnight Commander in GNOME 1.4 and was the default from version 2.0 onwards.

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