Ubuntu 20.04 - Tweaks from a KDE Plasma user.

If you work for a company, It’s very common to have Ubuntu as the only linux option, As a KDE Plasma user, and I feel quite unconformable using Gnome because of missing features or weird defaults.

I’m using Ubuntu 20.04, Here is my list of changes I did to feel a little bit comfortable:

Gnome - minimize on dock.

This will allow you to minimize clicking the icon of the application in the taskbar.

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gsettings set org.gnome.shell.extensions.dash-to-dock click-action 'minimize'

Gnome - turn off touchpad when mouse is present

It’s self-explanatory

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gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.peripherals.touchpad send-events disable-on-external-mouse

Yakuake: Shortcut key is not configurable

Yakuake took me a while to figure how to make it work correctly, luckily Yakuake does not create by default a new instance when it is executed, so I add a custom global Ubuntu shortcut, pointing to Yakuake executable, and works exactly as toggle key.

Intellij IDEA: Fix back/forward shortcut not working

Those two shortcuts I use it A LOT Ctl + Alt + Left/Right.

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gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.wm.keybindings switch-to-workspace-left "[]"
gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.wm.keybindings switch-to-workspace-right "[]" 

Intellij IDEA: Toggle case not working

Toggle case is by default Ctrl + Shift + U, Ubuntu uses that key combination by default for IBus, follow the instructions here: https://superuser.com/a/1392682/52290