Ubuntu is considered as one of the most user-friendly Linux distributions  available today. But still, there are some hidden functions and settings that will improve your Ubuntu experience to a great extent. Though you don’t need a third-party program to unlock them, you just need Ubuntu Tweak. It will save a lot of time of yours as this application gives you a UI to control and configure your system settings yourself. Ubuntu Tweak makes it easy to change hidden system and desktop settings. Unfortunately, it is only for GNOME desktop environment. This is still under heavy development and a very good utility for Ubuntu users. Tweak is more or less like Ubun-student but a bit more stable and reliable with lesser bugs.But this application is also going heavy development, so watch for updates and latest releases regularly. It was basically build for the new Ubuntu users to help them getting a experience. We recon this a must have for your Ubuntu Desktop and we are sure that it will improve the usability of your Ubuntu desktop significantly.

Changes OverView:

• Support of Ubuntu 9.04 and before DROPPED.
• Use all native icon in UI.
• Migrate from policykit to policykit-1, no C code any more.
• Support dynamic-module, only load module what desktop supports.
• Redesign the sidebar and titlebar.

New Features :

• Application Center: improve from Add/Remove, supports online data sync.
• Add the option to disable user list in gdm.
• Add indicator-session dialog control.
• Improve the computer page, add “Change Hostname” feature.
  Source Center: improve from Third-Party Source, supports online data sync.
• Add the menu and button icon options to gnome settings. – Add the show desktop icon again.
• Update Manager: a simple but more human-readable update manager.

Lets move to the Old native way i.e the Terminal way to  Install (Refer Screenshots For Help)

Note : An easy way to add sources of Ubuntu-tweak(work since Ubuntu 9.10): Go to System / Administration / Software Sources, click on Other Software tab, click Add button, and enter

ppa:tualatrix/ubuntu-tweak

This will add the PPA repo and the GPG key automatically. You can also do it from command line by running:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:tualatrix/ubuntu-tweak

To add the source of Ubuntu Tweak on your machine: Open your terminal, first import the key:

sudo apt-key adv –recv-keys –keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com FE85409EEAB40ECCB65740816AF0E1940624A220

type the command to run gedit to modify the sources.list:

sudo gedit /etc/apt/sources.list

For Ubuntu 8.10 Intrepid:

deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/tualatrix/ppa/ubuntu intrepid main deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/tualatrix/ppa/ubuntu intrepid main

Or Ubuntu 9.04 Jaunty:

deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/tualatrix/ppa/ubuntu jaunty main deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/tualatrix/ppa/ubuntu jaunty main

Or Ubuntu 9.10 Karmic:

deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/tualatrix/ppa/ubuntu karmic main deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/tualatrix/ppa/ubuntu karmic main

Then update the source and install or upgrade Ubuntu Tweak:

sudo apt-get update

sudo apt-get install ubuntu-tweak

If you have installed, just type:

sudo apt-get dist-upgrade

and done.

We are good to go. Launch Ubuntu Tweak : Goto Applications > System Tools > Ubuntu Tweak

Ubuntu Tweak is a good ubuntu manager and will help you a lot with it . It will surely improve you Ubuntu experience by making things easier and faster .

Note : The latest release(Tweak 0.5.x) is only for Ubuntu-Karmic users. Older versions of ubuntu support the previous builds.

Here are couple of screenshots of the Interface (Ctrl+Click) xoxo Njoy…!!!