Ubuntu 14.04 LTS Trusty Tahr x64 Unity

HP EliteBook 8540w
Intel® Core™ i5 CPU M 520 @ 2.40GHz × 4
video Quadro FX 880M/PCIe/SSE2

uninstall

• rhythmbox
• totem
• empathy

install

• clementine => **sudo apt-get install ubuntu-restricted-extras
• vlc => Command line method ALT+CTRL+T: sudo mv /usr/lib/vlc/plugins/control/libdbus_plugin.so /usr/lib/vlc/plugins/control/libdbus_plugin.so.backup then gsettings get com.canonical.indicator.sound interested-media-players gives an output like: [‘clementine.desktop’, ‘vlc.desktop’] To remove VLC, remove vlc.desktop from the list and set the changed menu by the command: gsettings set com.canonical.indicator.sound interested-media-players “[‘clementine.desktop’]”
• unity tweak tool
• gimp
• sudo apt-get install gimp-normalmap
• inkscape
• bleachbit
• dropbox
• unrar
• pidgin
• microsoft fonts
• sudo apt-get install ttf-mscorefonts-installer
• flash
• ToDo (http://manuel-kehl.de/projects/go-for-it/)
• playonlinux
• sk1
• PDF-Shuffler or krop
• caffeine plus
• sudo add-apt-repository ppa:nilarimogard/webupd8
• sudo apt-get update
• sudo apt-get install caffeine-plus
• qshutdown (open in Terminal - sudo gedit /usr/share/applications/qshutdown.desktop - paste TryExec=su-to-root Exec=su-to-root -X -c qshutdown)

Disable Unity Online Search Feature

• wget -q -O - https://fixubuntu.com/fixubuntu.sh | bash

Add restricted extras

• sudo apt-get install ubuntu-restricted-extras

NUMIX repository

Numix round Icon theme

• sudo apt-add-repository ppa:numix/ppa
• sudo apt-get update
• sudo apt-get install numix-icon-theme-circle

Change “Ubuntu Desktop” on the panel

• sudo gedit /tmp/desktop.po
• msgid “Ubuntu Desktop”
• msgstr “text_here”
• save file
• cd /usr/share/locale/ru/LC_MESSAGES (or cd /usr/share/locale/en/LC_MESSAGES)
• sudo msgfmt -o unity.mo /tmp/desktop.po
• reboot

Remove Nvidia startup logo

• sudo nvidia-xconfig –no-logo

Open Terminal here (for Nautilus)

• install nautilus-open-terminal

make uncompressed ZIP

• zip -r -0 zipname.zip foldername

enable minimize on click for the Unity Launcher

• sudo apt-get install compizconfig-settings-manager compiz -> Ubuntu Unity Plugin -> Launcher -> Minimize Single Window Applications (Unsupported)

edit bookmarks as root /etc/xdg/user-dirs.defaults

• sudo nautilus

Photoshop in ubuntu

make disks automount

thunderbird calendar addon - preferences

• Google OwnDomain - https://www.google.com/calendar/render

make all autostart items show up in Startup Applications dialog

• sudo sed -i ‘s/NoDisplay=true/NoDisplay=false/g’ /etc/xdg/autostart/*.desktop and then turn off unused apps typing in dash: Автоматически запускаемые приложения

4 Tricks to Speed Up Ubuntu
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vwBoHZuauL8#t=124

About swappiness:
http://askubuntu.com/questions/103915/how-do-i-configure-swappiness

theme - Irradiance-x
theme - Flatabulous
theme - Libra
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:noobslab/themes
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install libra-theme
icons - Numix-Circle-light
sudo apt-add-repository ppa:numix/ppa
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install numix-icon-theme numix-icon-theme-circle
icons - Shadow
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:noobslab/icons
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install shadow-icon-theme