Quick fixes
From MEPIS Documentation Wiki
After a fresh installation many people find these changes useful. See also these other customizations.
Basic Tweaks
- Get system sound on
- Access Windows side of a dual-boot
- Add desktop links to hardware or software
- Adjust the wireless connection
- Change Measure Units
- Change font size
- Change the monitor resolution
- Change the Desktop wallpaper
- Fix Sound for audio CD
- Getting DVDs to play
- Get browser and email to open links
Other Tweaks
- Add filmstrip (photo) view to konqueror
- Adjust the bluetooth dialup connection
- Automount drives
- Enable extra keys, buttons, or controls on laptops or multimedia keyboards
- Enable 5 button mouse
- Change the boot order, in case you want another OS to start first
- Enable Java in OpenOffice
- Enable Multiple Desktops (workspaces) in KDE
- Enable old style KDM login prompt
- Enable per-folder view settings in Konqueror
- Install new kernel for 686, k7, multiprocessor, multicore, hyperthreaded machines
- Remove Services that you don't need
- Restore window menu to Konqueror
- Turn Numlock on at login
- Use ACL permissions
- Improve audio quality
- Distinguishing look of Konqueror (run as root) from Konqueror (run as normal user)
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