My Ubuntu Intrepid Ibex desktop on eeePC 900 currently looks like this.
Eh? That is nothing but the wallpaper? Well. it should actually look like this.
But of course, the panels are hidden!
By default, the gnome-panels took up 24px each. With two panels, you are out of 48px. The eeepc 900 small screen is only 600px tall; giving away 48px for panels are really taking too much screen estate.
You can set hidden panel by right-click on the panel, select “Properties”, and enable the “Autohide” checkbox. However, I don’t like the default hidden gnome-panel behaviour. For one, the hiding/reveal response is too slow. For another, the default hidden panel still take up 6px.
What I do then is change the behaviour through gconf-editor. Press ALT+F2 to get the “Run Application” dialogbox, then type “gconf-editor”.
Navigate to:
apps > panel > toplevels
Here, you will see “bottom_panel_screen0″ and “top_panel_screen0″ (or something similar). Under these keys, you will find the settings for the gnome-panels.
- auto_hide: enable/disable hidden panel
- auto_hide_size: set the hidden panel size; I set mine to the minimum size of 1
- enable_animations: cool-guy slide in/out animation, but it just slow things down; I disabled it
- hide_delay: delay before hiding the panel; I set mine to a small value for instantaneous reaction
- unhide_delay: delay before showing the panel; again, I set mine to a small value for instantaneous reaction
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