linux xubuntu 22.04 lts
Configure xubuntu 22.04 lts linux on a PC.
Customise user account to some admin tasks and sudo member:
Give account some admin tasks and sudo membership, Applications Menu: Settings, Users and Groups: accounts: Advanced Settings: User Privileges: select: configure printers, monitor system logs, use scanners, use video devices ok
manage groups: sudo: properties: select (all) accounts, ok, close, log off and on
manage groups: users: properties: select used user account, ok, close (optional)
Configure File Manager on Xfce linux xubuntu 22.04 lts desktop with Xfce Thunar:
File Manager:
Menu: Edit, Preferences
Tab: Display:
View Settings: View new folders using: List view
Show thumbnails: Local Files only
Date: Format: Today at 16.10.01
tab: advanced: unselect: Enable Volume Management, close
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Firefox bookmarks, thunderbird old email files, thunderbird dictionaries, firefox dictionaries.
Install firefox previous installation bookmarks file and exporting bookmarks file on linux xubuntu 22.04 lts:
Install firefox previous bookmarks, firefox menu:
First, to view hidden files: in file manager (thunar): menu: view, show hidden files
path: /home/user3/snap/firefox/common/.mozilla/firefox/0dgkjlkb.default/bookmarkbackups/
bookmarks, show all bookmarks, import and backup, export bookmarks to html, browse, save
Install on your new xubuntu installation:
bookmarks, show all bookmarks, import and backup, import bookmarks from html, browse, select file: bookmarks.html, open
Install firefox dictionaries on xubuntu 22.04 lts linux:
Install dictionaries, on firefox 110.0.1 or later
Install dictionary by menu if needed.
menu: Tools, Add-ons and Themes, find more add-ons: dictionary <enter>
ADD-ONS, More... Dictionary & Language packs
British English Dictionary by Marco Pinto
German Dictionary by KaiRo
Woordenboek Nederlands by fjoerfoks
/home/username/snap/firefox/common/.mozilla/firefox/0dgkjlkb.default/extensions/
Rename the file links here with sudo rights, if you are uncomfortable with some languages.
/var/snap/firefox/common/host-hunspell/
default en_US files are present here
Restart firefox, the added languages should work, but can be invisible with the the add-ons.
Install, configure, copy thunderbird previous installation email files on xubuntu 22.04 lts linux:
Install, configure, copy thunderbird previous installation email files:
Run thunderbird once first, cancel all and quit it
Copy the directory, like: /3f1bxk6.default/ and a: profiles.ini file in the following subdirectory from the old xubuntu installation:
/home/username/.thunderbird/
to the new one:
/home/username/.thunderbird/
Delete the earlier directory and file.
Install thunderbird dictionaries on linux xubuntu 22.04 lts:
Install thunderbird 102.7.1 or later, dictionaries: thunderbird.
Bar: Tools, Add-ons and Themes, Add-ons Manager
All present. If you need more: find more add-ons, search dictionary, search, open dictonary page, add to firefox
destination folder like:
/home/username/.thunderbird/3f1bxk6.default/extensions/
/usr/lib/thunderbird-addons/extensions/
default the en-GB or en_US files are present here
Restart thunderbird.
Change xfce 4.16 Desktop GUI in xubuntu 22.04 lts
To change the xfce Desktop GUI:
Applications Menu, Settings, Appearance
tab: Style:
Greybird, Adwaita, or Orion
tab: Icons
elementary xfce
All Settings
Desktop
Background, select background image here.
Notifications
tab: General
Opacity 60%
All Settings
Panel
tab: Items
Add new item to this panel:
workspace switcher
Add, Close
Delete item to this panel:
power manager plugin
remove
All Settings
Screensaver
tab: Screensaver
Activate screensaver when computer is idle: disable
tab: Lock Screen
Enable Lock Screen, disable
All Settings
Window Manager
tab: Style:
Greybird-compact
tab: Focus:
New Window focus:
Automatically give focus to newly created windows
All Settings
Window Manager Tweaks
tab: Focus
When a windows raises itself:
Do nothing
tab: Workspaces:
unselect: Use the mouse wheel on de desktop to switch workspaces
unselect: Wrap workspaces depending on the actual desktop layout
Placement:
by default place windows: Under the mouse pointer
All Settings
Workspaces
Number of workspaces: 4
All Settings
Keyboard
tab: Behaviour:
Restore num lock state on startup: unselect
Repeat delay: 500
Repeat speed: 50
Blink delay: 500
tab: Application Short-cuts:
check: xfce4-popup-whiskermenu: Ctrl+Escape
tab: Layout:
Use system defaults: unselect
Keyboard model: Generic 86-key PC / Generic 105-key PC
Change layout option
Alt+Caps Lock
Keyboard layout:
English (US) English (US, euro on 5)
English (US) English (US,intl., with dead keys)
All Settings
By the way: Super is the windows key, primary is the control key.
Test and enjoy the result.
All Settings
Mouse and Touchpad
Theme
Whiteglass
Cursor-size: 30
All Settings
Power Manager
tab: System
System power saving, System sleep mode: Suspend
Security, unselect: Lock screen when system is going to sleep.
tab: Display
Display power management
Blank after: 9 minutes
Put to sleep after: 10 minutes
Switch off after: 11 minutes
Super, or Windows key, shows login , to unlock.
All Settings
Removable Drives and Media
tab: Storage
unselect: all but:
mount removable drives when hot-plugged
mount removable media when inserted
tab: Multimedia
unselect: all
All Settings
Session and Start-up
tab: Application Autostart
unselect not present hardware, if needed
Blueman Applet: Blueman is a graphical bluetooth manager.
Geoclue Demo Agent: Geoclue is a D-Bus service that provides location information.
Power Manager, Ubuntu Advantage Notification, Update Notifier
All Settings
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