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I am new to Ubuntu and I have a couple of questions.

How can you sharpen text on Ubuntu?

How can you move applications from the task bar to the desktop ?

How can I make the shut down/ power off button more visible. Like being able to see it on the top bar than having to go to a menu

Thank You

AlanAlex
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  • So essentially you want to know if there are accessibility options available ? Yes. There are zooming utility, screen reader, theme can be changes to high contrast. – Sergiy Kolodyazhnyy Oct 17 '15 at 23:18

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Hello and welcome to Ubuntu! there are a few UI designs, but im guessing you have the ever popular Gnome

For text : Open a terminal and type

sudo apt-get install unity-tweak-tool gnome-tweak-tool

Once you have it under advanced settings, there is a "fonts section

To move applications to the desktop:

First off As a linux user, I recommend using the terminal and get used to not using the desktop! A better alternative is downloading Cairo-dock

If you must, and this goes against most linux users beliefs,

First copy your desired application's icon from the /usr/share/applications directory to Desktop,

sudo cp /usr/share/applications/filename.desktop ~/Desktop

Then change the permissions(give execute permission to the .desktop file) of copied .desktop file on the Desktop,

sudo chmod +x ~/Desktop/filename.desktop

Double click on the application icon to run it's corresponding application.

Power button:

Again most users use the terminal, and not buttons. Its traditional and faster. Learn these

sudo reboot (restart)
sudo shutdown -h now 
sudo shutdown -P now
sudo poweroff (shutdown)
sudo halt -p
sudo init 0

I dont know if there is a way to change the top launcher, as that is part of the ubuntu file structure and cannot be changed.

Edziu Eames
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  • By any chance do you know how to fix Ubuntu 14.04 when it freezes when I start the computer and use it for a couple of minutes it freezes and everything does not move – AlanAlex Oct 17 '15 at 23:40
  • There has been a bug known to the community, often times it will kick you off to login screen after 2 mins logged on. I would do a sudo apt-get dist-upgrade – Edziu Eames Oct 17 '15 at 23:42
  • Also this... sudo chown user /home/user/.Xauthority, where user is your username. – Edziu Eames Oct 17 '15 at 23:44
  • Might be graphics card issue. Id suggest to try different desktop environment such as gnome,xfce,or lxde – Sergiy Kolodyazhnyy Oct 18 '15 at 00:53
  • I have a NVidia graphics card – AlanAlex Oct 19 '15 at 00:10
  • @AlanAlex: Please don't ask new questions in the comments, but just [ask a new question](http://askubuntu.com/questions/ask). Furthermore, If this answer did help, just click the little grey **☑** under the "1" now turning it into beautiful green. If you do not like the answer, click on the little grey down-arrow below the 0, and if you *really* like the answer, click on the little grey ☑ *and* the little up-arrow... – Fabby Oct 29 '15 at 23:26
  • please select me as write answer if I did it correctly :) – Edziu Eames Oct 30 '15 at 18:19
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Assuming you have unity as you desktop environment, you install unity tweak-tool.

$ sudo apt-get install unity-tweak-tool

Once you install it, search for it in dash (dash opens once you press super/windows key) and click on it to open it.

In unity tweak-tool you can change your desktop themes, fonts etc.

To get shortcuts in your desktop, you can read this .

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