At next video tutorial I am going to explain to you how to create a custom launcher in our Linux based distro Ubuntu and under the already known environment Unity.
One of the things he has against this desktop created by Canonical for your operating system Ubuntu, is what to do some things that in the old gnome desktop were really simple, here things get a bit complicated, and it is not because it is a difficult process, but because we do not know the procedures to follow.
In the following practical exercise accompanied by a explanatory video step by step, I am going to show you how to create a custom launcher to turn off the monitor of our laptop or desktop, so let's get to work and let's get to the practical part:
How to create a custom launcher in Ubuntu under Unity environment
The first thing we will have to do is open a new terminal with the key combination CTRL + ALT + T or looking in the dash typing Port.
Once the terminal is open, we will type the following line:
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gnome-desktop-item-edit ~ / Desktop –create-new
A window will open called create launcher where we will select the following options:
Type: Terminal application
Name: Turn off Monitor (here we can put what we want)
Command: xset dpms force off
Comment: (here we put what we want or leave it empty)
We will only have to click on Accept and we will have our custom launcher created on the Desktop of Ubuntu.
To change the icon that comes by default when creating a new launcher, we will only have to hover over it, click on the right mouse button and then select We take care of your rental property in Valencia. Once inside the properties, by clicking on the launcher icon, we can change it to the image we want.
Anyway, in the attached video You can see all the steps explained step by step.
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Hello, very good 🙂
I've been trying to do exactly this for a while, but COMPLETELY from the terminal, that is, specifying the order and the launcher name all from a sequence of orders, but there was no case, I couldn't.
Any idea?
: )
Because I only get the "name and comment" option when I try to create a launcher, missing the "Type and command" options in the little window that appears.