Uninstalled some program? Afraid of remaining dependencies? Clean them!

- To uninstall, check with 'completely uninstall' in Synaptic. You can review if anything undesired will be deleted.
- After uninstall, run sudo apt-get autoremove
- Then run sudo apt-get clean.
Cleaned!

Check out this article to better understand.

Make a slideshow wallpaper (background) easily

It can be annoying to manipulate a xml file to make a slideshow background. Here is a hassle-free solution: XML animated background creator. Just put xmlback file in the archive in /home/username/.gnome2/nautilus-scripts. Now gather images to make a slideshow background in a folder, and open the folder in Nautilus, and run the script from the context menu. Tada~ It's done!

Transform your Linux XWindow into Windows 7 look

OK, I am still a Mac guy and if I can transform my xwindow into Mac OS X look super simply like I can do with Win2-7 Pack 6.0 Multilang Aero!, I will do it. I tried several theme packs for Mac OS X look, they are either very ugly or too complicated. Interestingly, it seems people are more interested in Windows 7 look. It is quite pleasant to see, I agree, and I think it should be so as Microsoft must invest a lot of money to develop the look. So here I go, I gave a try, and it actually looks better to my eyes than many Linux themes out there. Given the simplicity of the installation process (and update or uninstallation process, even though I haven't tried), they must made a lot of effort in the project. I appreciate it!!!

How to get rid of (or put) desktop, trash can, home folder icons from Desktop

*This can also be done with Ubuntu Tweak application.

I got this from here.

we need to get it one on the desktop. For this, we will be using the Configuration Editor. Open the Run Application window (Alt+F2) and enter gconf-editor. Click Run.

Using the Gnome Configuration Editor

To me, the gconf-editor looks a bit like the registry editor under Windows. In the left pane, click the arrow in front of apps to drop down the hidden options. A listing of applications on your system will appear. The one we are interested in is nautilus. Click the arrow in from of nautilus to show the options there and you should see one labeled desktop. Click desktop.

In the right pane, you will see options for adding the trash can icon to the desktop. Also available are the icons for the computer, home folder and network. Placing a check mark for the icon_visible option for any of these items will place the icon on the desktop. Additionally, you can name these items anything you desire. As a side note, you can always rename the icons directly from the desktop by right clicking the item and choosing Rename...

When you are done making your choices in the Configuration Editor, close the window. That is all there is to getting those icons you have grown to love on the desktop.