Questions tagged [preferences]

I'm using 12.10 and am looking for where I can configure the startup applications. I've read that I can find it in System > Preferences > Startup Applications, but that seems to be in a previous version of Ubuntu. I don't have a System, the…

I remember there was a cog in the menu in the uuper right corner of the screen The cog opened the app for editing the preferences Now the cog is gone and I can't open the preferences anymore What have I done ? How can I fix this ? :~$ lsb_release…

The last update like from yesterday has weirded out my desktop - icon spacing very wide, icons large, etc. - some of the icons were completely off the screen and had to use right click and "select all" to move them into view... There used to be some…