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Old 09-14-2008, 07:32 AM   #1
Mr.Carioca
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Safe ubuntu tweak?


hey guys,
Using google I found a couple of ubuntu tweak, but I'm not sure if they are safe on doing it.

So I was wondering if you guys know any safe ubuntu tweak?.

thank you.
 
Old 09-14-2008, 09:12 AM   #2
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a tweak for what...???
 
Old 09-14-2008, 09:34 AM   #3
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Everything's safe that you understand and accept, but anything beyond that you should first study in detail yourself.

A link to the "tweaks" you are referring to would be good; without it hardly anyone can tell if they are "safe" or not in any sense.
 
Old 09-14-2008, 01:10 PM   #4
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So I was wondering if you guys know any safe ubuntu tweak?.
Well I can't think of anything that you can do to your system that would be unsafe for me.

Were you maybe thinking of something like http://maketecheasier.com/tweak-your...way/2008/09/10?
 
Old 09-14-2008, 01:47 PM   #5
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Tweaks and Upgrades

Tweaks are fine with a catch. Linux systems are fairly robust. I have found that when installing new software, the package installers are quite good most of the time in helping back you out, if you do not want what you installed. If something goes bad, you can usually find a workaround (delete a lock file or whatever). Usually, installing new packages does not bite you when you upgrade a system as opposed to performing a re-installation. I have found doing "special" things, like switching to the KDE desktop when Gnome was the original desktop installed cause problems when upgrading versions.

I am not sure why you would want to add a tweak to avoid the command line, because you can pretty much avoid the command line with Red Hat, Fedora, and Ubuntu, distros with which I am familiar.

As long as you are comfortable downloading and installing a tool like that what's the harm? I would at least try to snapshot some system files, and put them in a safe place; then try regular Ubuntu command line; and then try your tool.
 
Old 09-14-2008, 11:53 PM   #6
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I have used Ubuntu Tweak, and not experienced any issues. It is quite handy is you want to tweak things without going to thru various menus or terminal commands--it is a all in one tweak; e.g. nautilus right click menu to open as root in UT is as easy as checking a box.

that is my experience, others may have had it differently
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