From Granular Linux Documentation

All the following tips work in Granular, but may also work in other Linux distributions too. These tips are either taken from existing Granular Newsletters or will be added to the future editions of our newsletter.

Contents 1 Applications 1.1 Amarok 1.2 Firefox 1.3 Google Chrome (in Wine) 2 KDE 2.1 Applications 2.2 Desktop 2.3 Panel 3 System 3.1 General 3.2 Time pass 3.3 Command-line 3.4 Customization 3.5 GRUB (Bootloader) 3.6 Tweaks

Applications

Amarok

• Reset the OSD in Amarok

Firefox

• Make Firefox display search results in a new tab

Google Chrome (in Wine)

• Google Chrome tips

KDE

Applications

• Tools and Special Applications – Krunner

Desktop

• Desktop – Appearance – 3d Effects – Cubes, Spheres, and Cylinders
• Desktop – Appearance – Change the Wallpaper
• Desktop - Create Alternate desktops

Panel

• Panel - Clock - Setting time format
• Panel - Moving, sizing, and justifying the Panel
• Panel – Add an Application Icon to the Panel

System

General

• Mount ISO images using a graphical interface
• Setup working multimedia/extra keys on your keyboard

Time pass

• Create an Image Gallery in HTML

Command-line

• Tab completion

Customization

• Change the GTK theme
• Slide the taskbar away

GRUB (Bootloader)

• Manually installing GRUB

Tweaks

• Tweak your startup