Mac “Hot Corners” for Ubuntu

I’ve had a bit more time recently to play around with Ubuntu and am finding the ‘Ubuntu versions’ of apps that I’ve grown to love on Mac OS X. One of which being Hot Corners which I always use to lock my screen when moving away from it.

Brightside is the Ubuntu app to do the job.

sudo apt-get install brightside

Once installed, go to System, Preferences, Screen Actions. I then checked the “Bottom right corner” and then chose “Start screensaver”. Works a charm.

Be sure that in your Screensaver settings to check the “Lock screen when screensaver is active” option.

2006-12-29 [, , ]

Comments

  1. awesome tip, thanks very much!!!!

    katsu (2007-04-05 @ 20:05)

  2. [...] No hot corners? Use brightside. [...]

    Ubuntu 7.10 Gutsy Gibbon on an Intel MacBook « MCAndre (2007-11-20 @ 21:38)

  3. Is there a way to “show all windows” like on mac os x?

    rogkmyers (2008-09-08 @ 10:09)

  4. Exactly what I was looking for. Thank you sir!

    uniquecrash5 (2008-10-09 @ 03:49)

  5. “E: Couldn’t find package brightside”

    :’(

    Dan (2009-04-23 @ 23:34)

  6. Do you have to log out and then back in to get the item added into the Preferences menu?

    Todd (2009-04-26 @ 19:30)

  7. I had the same problem, you just have to wait a few minutes and it will pop up.

    Eric (2009-08-23 @ 19:55)

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