The Cinnamon desktop's menu text is changeable through dconf Editor which you can find by entering the name into the menu's search bar (don't confuse it with gconf Editor, that's something else, even though it looks nearly the same). Browse the directory tree on the left for org > cinnamon and search for the menu-text ... Read more
Apart from installing third party software to replicate the Start button, the menu you get when pressing Windows key + X is the closest you may get to open things on Windows 8 the old way - but to come by without a Start button replacement, it lacks a few features. This is where Winaero's ... Read more
Operating systems are full of hidden features which are left to us users to explore, which is best done by right-clicking everything you see (or not see, in this case). Windows 8 provides us with a rather hidden menu which had better been more visible, since it actually is quite useful. To get to it, ... Read more
Windows 8 does no longer provide you with an obvious button to shut your machine down, put it to sleep or restart it. You now have the optoins to either shut down with the Ctrl + Alt + Del screen or to find your way through some hot-corner menus to do so. If you choose ... Read more
Since it takes a relatively long time to browse the Windows Control Panel to find the items you are in need of, here is a workaround for one of the items you probably use or should use most, the defragmentation of drives. This guide describes how you use the Windows Registry to add the defragment-command ... Read more
Ubuntu, other than most distributions as well as MS Windows, decided to move its window menu buttons to the left side of the top window panel. This brings along many accustomization problems for people who are used to rush their mouses to the top right instinctively. If you want to, you can revert this change ... Read more
There is a feature in Windows 7 that allows access on more options on right-click with any file, just by holding the Shift key while clicking. The shift option alters the menus of nearly every file to open. For example, it adds the Run as different user and Copy as path options to executables, the ... Read more