The color of selection elements in themes used by Ubuntu 12.04 is determined by a single value and is therefore the same for all of them: highlightened buttons, files, menu items as well as the selection box that you get
How to enable hibernation in Ubuntu 12.04 and Linux Mint 13
Hibernation is disabled on Ubuntu 12.04 and Mint 13 by default - you can only access it with the command line. To have it as an option in the shutdown menu again, open a terminal and enter the following: sudo
Install Mate desktop on Ubuntu 12.04 (Precise Pangolin)
The Mate desktop was modeled after the discontinued Gnome 2 desktop because many people didn't like the direction the Gnome and Unity desktops headed towards. To install Mate on Ubuntu 12.04 (Precise Pangolin), open a terminal and enter following commands
Install Cinnamon desktop on Ubuntu 12.04 Precise Pangolin
To install Linux Mint's Cinnamon desktop on Ubuntu 12.04 you have to add the appropriate ppa first. Open a terminal and enter following commands: sudo add-apt-repository ppa:gwendal-lebihan-dev/cinnamon-stable sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install cinnamon To apply Cinnamon, log out of
Install Gimp 2.8 on Ubuntu 12.04 and Mint 13
Don't do this on prior releases of the operating systems. There are reports of severe crashes (for me, there were only dependency errors but you never know)! Gimp version 2.8 is now available as sourcecode and via ppa. It comes
