Where did all of the options go? [closed]

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Published on 2011-12-05T01:34:32Z Indexed on 2012/03/31 23:42 UTC
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In the last version of Ubuntu I used (10.04) I had the following options, which I can not find on 11.10:

Set amount of time before screen dims

Show percent instead of time in battery icon

Change/add screensaver

Change default applications (especially in the new launcher)

Also, is there any way to make it so unity opens to more apps/all instead of the current default?

Basically I just need to know if there's any way to customize Ubuntu that little bit more.

Any help with any of the options above would be greatly appreciated!

Note: I'm a noob and don't know much about command line, so gui apps would be preferred, if possible.

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