How to fix Ubuntu Unity in VirtualBox

Currently I'm playing around with Ubuntu 11.04 Natty Narwhal in VirtualBox. However I stumbled accross the following error: Shortly after startup and sometimes during usage Unity falls back to a old fashioned classic theme. To restore the default look, run the following command in a terminal:

killall -9 gnome-settings-daemon && gnome-settings-daemon && nautilus -q

The following screenshots illustrate the situation before...

... and after running this command:

Thanks to webupd8.org for this solution.

How to fix flickering flash videos in Ubuntu 11.04 Natty Narwhal

I've experienced flickering flash videos in Firefox 4 and Chromium 11 under Ubuntu 11.04 Natty Narwhal (amd64). Luckily I've found a solution for this problem at some other blog. You have to upgrade the flash player from version 10.1 to 10.3-beta. To do so, remove the Adobe Flash Player using the Ubuntu Software Center and then install the latest beta by entering the following commands in the terminal:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:sevenmachines/flash
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install flashplugin64-installer

Thanks to danielj.se for this solution.

Web search for Ubuntu 11.04 Natty Narwhal installation tutorials

While researching on how to install Ubuntu 11.04 Natty Narwhal, I came across the following useful sites:

• www.psychocats.net/ubuntu/installing
• www.ubuntu.com/download/ubuntu/download
• www.youtube.com/watch?v=zuVOikrjvAk

I'm thinking about creating my own tutorial on this topic. Even though this issue is already adequately covered by many other site, I believe this is a great opportunity for me to learn something new and especially get to know VirtualBox better.

Launching my Ubuntu blog

I recently switched from Windows to Ubuntu and I will use this blog to share my experiences with Ubuntu 11.04 Natty Narwhal. I will refer to useful tutorials while providing my own summaries. If you like or dislike what you see here, please feel free to leave a comment. I'm also encouraged to answer any further questions.

Thank you for coming to visit my blog.