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I am new to Ubuntu and I have a couple of questions.

How can you sharpen text on Ubuntu?

How can you move applications from the task bar to the desktop ?

How can I make the shut down/ power off button more visible. Like being able to see it on the top bar than having to go to a menu

Thank You

AlanAlex
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Hello and welcome to Ubuntu! there are a few UI designs, but im guessing you have the ever popular Gnome

For text : Open a terminal and type

sudo apt-get install unity-tweak-tool gnome-tweak-tool

Once you have it under advanced settings, there is a "fonts section

To move applications to the desktop:

First off As a linux user, I recommend using the terminal and get used to not using the desktop! A better alternative is downloading Cairo-dock

If you must, and this goes against most linux users beliefs,

First copy your desired application's icon from the /usr/share/applications directory to Desktop,

sudo cp /usr/share/applications/filename.desktop ~/Desktop

Then change the permissions(give execute permission to the .desktop file) of copied .desktop file on the Desktop,

sudo chmod +x ~/Desktop/filename.desktop

Double click on the application icon to run it's corresponding application.

Power button:

Again most users use the terminal, and not buttons. Its traditional and faster. Learn these

sudo reboot (restart)
sudo shutdown -h now 
sudo shutdown -P now
sudo poweroff (shutdown)
sudo halt -p
sudo init 0

I dont know if there is a way to change the top launcher, as that is part of the ubuntu file structure and cannot be changed.

Edziu Eames
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Assuming you have unity as you desktop environment, you install unity tweak-tool.

$ sudo apt-get install unity-tweak-tool

Once you install it, search for it in dash (dash opens once you press super/windows key) and click on it to open it.

In unity tweak-tool you can change your desktop themes, fonts etc.

To get shortcuts in your desktop, you can read this .

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