GNOME : Optimisation for Netbooks

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So you have a fancy new compact netbook and want to run Linux on it. Well there are many distros for netbooks available such as the popular Ubuntu Netbook Remix, Cruncheee, SLAX, etc. But even though these distros are custom made for netbooks, they lack the element to further customize them, and well, some might even say, Linux is all about doing it yourself. When you are considering netbooks, you have to realize that the most common resolution on the displays is 1024 x 600, which will make the desktop of a Linux distro, such as Ubuntu, pretty cluttered, as at that resolution, the horizontal space is more than the vertical space.

So is there something that can solve this problem in a regular Linux distribution. GTK is the word you are looking for here, GTK is a library that’s part and parcel of GNOME or any Linux distribution for that matter. So what does GTK actually do? Well GTK is what programmers use to create graphical user interfaces (GUI) and is what is responsible for most of the features such as the dimensions of buttons, various colors of menu dropdowns, etc. The reason why we are talking so much about GTK is because it is highly flexible and this is what is going to be playing a major part in customizing your GNOME theme for your netbook. We are going to show you the basics of creating and modifying a GNOME theme by editing the .gtkrc-2.0 file.

We’ve simplified the procedure for you guys so you don’t have to spend too much time figuring out what to adjust.

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