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Ubuntu Tweak is a third-party application designed to make configuring Ubuntu easier for everyone.

Ubuntu Tweak is a popular third-party application meant to make configuring Ubuntu easier for everyone. It offers similar functionality to apps such as GNOME Tweak Tool, MyUnity, the Software Center, and others - all in one utility.

It provides several desktop and system options, some of which cannot otherwise be changed through Ubuntu's default interface. With it, a user can alter their desktop's appearance, carry out various administrative tasks, manage software sources, clean unwanted packages, etc.

As of October 19, 2012, the app's author announced that Ubuntu Tweak development has stopped. The last available version is for Ubuntu 12.10. Note that the application still mostly works (with the exception of the Apps tab), but no bug fixes or newer versions will be released.

See How do I install Ubuntu-Tweak? for installation instructions.

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Is "Ubuntu Tweak" considered to be a "safe" program?

Is "Ubuntu Tweak" considered to be a safe program for us on my 10.10 OS. Also I was concerned whether or not it was safe to delete all the programs that show up in the "Package Cleanup" option?
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How safe is Ubuntu tweak's Janitor?

On Ubuntu Tweak, it says that Janitor can be run to free up some disk space. Is this safe? I am running 12.04.
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Ubuntu tweak not showing all the menus

Ubuntu-Tweak doesn't have the option Startup which includes Session Manager Session Control and few other options are not there. I am running the latest version available to download. I remember having all those menus in lucid. for a better…
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Install of Ubuntu Tweak

I get this error message upon installing . Missing gir1.2-vte-2.90. Any help appreciated.
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Ubuntu Tweak - "enhance system security by disabling desktop lock"?

Hope it's a typo, or I have misunderstood this. Going through ubuntu-tweak settings , I see the below. My Question is "How can one enhance system security by disabling the desktop lock?" Isn't it contradictory?
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Ubuntu tweak does not start (Gtk-WARNING **: Locale not supported by C library)

I recently reinstalled my Ubuntu 12.04. The main idea was to not disturb files on /home, and I succeeded by reinstalling Ubuntu only on / partition. When I got back I found everything working but not ubuntu-tweak. I have found many advices such as…
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Ubuntu tweak has no reset option

I don't have a reset option on ubuntu. I have see the small buttons on the end but nothing is their on my one. Is this because this is a old version?
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TTL (TCP/IP time to live) changing in Ubuntu

I want to increase packages time to live in Ubuntu. What exactly I want to do: photos and XMLs in browser (Chrome) are downloading for about a minute. I don't want the connection to be broken in 20 seconds, but, for example 120 seconds.
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Where is Ubuntu-tweak?

I have a netbook and I need to clean it, I got odkas on ubuntu-tweak, and skousela be installed by navodu. Ale unfortunately I have not found it nor the software for Ubuntu, though here it skousela look so show me dostupny. Jako not from there at…
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How to enable the Ubuntu Tweak login settings section?

I have installed Ubuntu Tweak and found its Tweaks - Startup - Login settings section disabled (I can open it but everything is shaded out and nothing works inside). How can it be enabled?
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No desktop after cleaning stuff with Ubuntu tweak

I used janitor from Ubuntu Tweak and after restarting my computer, there is nothing there. No top panel, no left launher, no dash...nothing. Is there a way to get everything back?
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Unable to locate package ubuntu-tweak

I tried to install ubuntu-tweak. I followed these steps: sudo add-apt-repository ppa:tualatrix/ppa sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install ubuntu-tweak But I got Unable to locate package ubuntu-tweak. what else should I do to install…
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Ubuntu-Tweak user folder assignments are not persistent

I have always used Ubuntu Tweak to set my default user folders (download, pictures, documents etc.) Since I upgraded to Ubuntu 14.04, the changes that I make to my user folders are not persistent, i.e., I have to reassign them using Ubuntu Tweak on…
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Ubuntu-tweek installation error

I've ubuntu-tweak 0.8.7-1trusty2 trying installing on Ubuntu 14.04 LTS Error is: Dependency is not satisfiable : gksu How to solve it?
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Total newbie wants to know - Ubuntu Tweak - changing the computer name

I have installed Ubuntu on an old PC to try and learn it and become familiar so I can switch away from Windows, although most probably not entirely. I've put my machine on a network and would like to change its name. Someone in a reply to this same…
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