New user - A few notes about zorin

larmannjan wrote:Hi,
I am new to linux. I came form windows 7. You can see why i chose this distro. I am using the ultimate edition.
I have a few thing that I could use your help with.
1.) The home button does not seem to bring up the menu. That's weird because it does in other distros.

The home button shows your folders - I think you might have to activate the option for side panel for 'places' if that is what you mean.

2.) I have the bottom panel set up to dissapear when my mouse is not there. However when I open the zorin menu the panel overlaps some of the menu. I would like the zorin menu to be raised up a little over the panel.

I would do as Wolfman says and do a complete update by opening a Terminal (Menu | Accessories | Terminal) and entering:

Code:

sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get upgrade && sudo apt-get dist-upgrade

3.) When hovering over open app in the panel the icon is often black.

4.) in windows 7 home+left would mover your app to the left side of the screen. just like dragging and snapping it to the left does. Could this be added. The same is true for home+up = fullscreen , home+right would take up the right half of the screen.

Try Ctrl+ Windows key+ cursor keys!

5.) The panel again: I like the lucido look but it is semi transparent in some regions i would rather have it be filled with a shade of gray. becuase it is hard to see icons if there is other stuff under them.

Right click the panel where no icons are and select 'Edit Awn preferences' - change the settings where you see 'panel mode'


6.) In windows 7 in the bottom right there is a button that shows the desktop. I used it a lot. Is there a zorin option for this?

Whilst in AWN preferences go to 'Applets' if show desktop is not there you will need to install 'awn-applets-all' from Synaptic Package Manager (Menu | System Tools | Administration | Synaptic Package Manager)

Thats all for now.
The picture is for 2.)

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