Ubuntu 11.04 Unity Tips and Tricks

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Hello!

i've recently downloaded and installed ubuntu 11.04 on my PC.

Although i wasn't shocked when i first saw ubuntu with the taste of Unity instead of the great Gnome, i was shocked when i tried to play with unity.

I don't like the limitation that unity puts to me which is going to the leftmost edge of the screen or pointing over the top left area of the screen to show the unity left menu/dock/etc

But i tried to cope with it and discovered some cool things.

1. You can activate unity search by pressing the windows button
2. You can select which dock item to open by keeping the windows button clicked and then selecting the number written on the icon of the item you want
3. You can control when to show unity menu ,  via launcher & menus
4. You can download Avant Window Navigator and have a very nice dock App :)
5. If you totally hate unity , log out and when selecting user at login window select Ubuntu Classic option @ the bottom then login. You'll find the Great Gnome when you login :)

Regards,

Bassem Elhawary

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