Linux only: The Jaunty Jackalope release celebration continues. App Runner adds items to the Gnome context menu to launch executables or scripts directly from the GUI—even letting you easily run as root.
Right-clicking a folder in Nautilus, the default file browser in Ubuntu and other GNOME-based Linux distributions, gives you a “Permissions” tab that aims to be simplistic, but can be somewhat confusing for anyone trying to open up a folder. The Tombuntu blog points out a one-click tweak to enable an “advanced,” straight-forward permissions dialog. Launch the gconf-editor (using Alt+F2) and browse to the following preference: /apps/nautilus/preferences/show_advanced_permissions
Hit the checkbox, and you’ve got a more powerful permission-setting dialog. Hit the link below for a command line version and more details. Enable the Advanced File Permissions Dialog in Nautilus [Tombuntu]
