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Top Forums UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers How do I link my Ubuntu desktop to a separate partition? Post 302498900 by Marcus Aurelius on Tuesday 22nd of February 2011 07:54:07 PM
Old 02-22-2011
How do I link my Ubuntu desktop to a separate partition?
I have a dual boot system on my laptop running Windows 7 professional and Ubuntu 10.10. I would like my windows 7 desktop C:\users\username\Desktop and also my Ubuntu 10.10 desktop /home/username/Desktop to both save their files to the same location somewhere...perhaps /windows (a 40 gb win32 partition already set up on my single drive).
I could repartition if there is a faster way to do this..
I would like what I save on the Ubuntu Desktop to automatically appear on the Windows 7 Desktop when I go into Windows 7. Also if I work in windows 7, I would like the new files on the desktop in win7 to appear on the Ubuntu desktop when I log in there.
The concern I have about using the /windows partition is that I often use large multi-gig files for video editing purposes. I don't want to wind up shuffling large files between partitions. Please let me know what scenario works best in this situation. How would I best link both desktops into a single location to save files. Thank you.
 

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gnome-theme-manager

gnome-theme-manager(1)						   User Commands					    gnome-theme-manager(1)

NAME

       gnome-theme-manager - select themes for various parts of the desktop

SYNOPSIS

       gnome-theme-manager [gnome-std-options]

DESCRIPTION

       The  Theme preferences tool allows you to select a theme for various parts of your desktop. Your desktop theme specifies the visual appear-
       ance of your panels, applets and windows. The desktop theme also specifies the appearance of GNOME-compliant application  interface  items.
       For example, the theme affects the appearance of buttons, scrollbar, check boxes, and so on.

OPTIONS

       The following options are supported:

       gnome-std-optionStandard options available for use with most GNOME applications.  See gnome-std-options(5) for more information.

EXAMPLES

       Example 1: Launching the Theme preferences tool

       example% gnome-theme-manager

EXIT STATUS

       The following exit values are returned:

       0	Application exited successfully

       >0	Application exited with failure

FILES

       The following files are used by this application:

       /usr/bin/gnome-theme-manExecutable for Theme preferences tool

ATTRIBUTES

       See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:

       +-----------------------------+------------------------------+
       |      ATTRIBUTE TYPE	     |	     ATTRIBUTE VALUE	    |
       +-----------------------------+------------------------------+
       |Availability		     |SUNWgnome-desktop-preferences |
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       |Interface stability	     |External			    |
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SEE ALSO

       Preference Tools Manual

       Latest version of the GNOME Desktop User Guide for your platform.

       gnome-control-center(1), gnome-std-options(5)

NOTES

       Written by Glynn Foster, Sun Microsystems Inc., 2003.

SunOS 5.10							    7 Oct 2003						    gnome-theme-manager(1)
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