Recently I purchased a 23" wide screen monitor for my primary desktop PC. I had a feeling there would be a bit of an issue when I plugged it into my Elive […]
Just about fifteen minutes ago I was working on an article for Linux.com when I thought I was going to lose a ton of work. I was writing my last paragraph on […]
Are you a desktop nut like me? Are you constantly tweaking your desktop and never quite happy with it? Are you a collector of wallpapers and do you like your wallpaper to […]
So you're working with Ubuntu 8.04 or Fedora 10 and you're jonesing over the new release of your distribution. You have always kept up with the most recent releases, but time is […]
So you've been reading about Linux on ghacks for a few months now and you've noticed plenty of screenshots or images of applications in action. Now it's time you found out just […]
I remember, way back, when I first started using Linux either was either in full-on command line only Linux or I was using Fvwm95. Executing commands in command line meant I had […]
If you are migrating over from Windows you know the Ctrl-Alt-Del three finger salute brings up a ulitity that can help you stop out of control or frozen applications. And then, of […]
So the developers of Google Chrome have released a "developer only" version of Chrome saying you should NOT install it unless you are a developer. They warn you short of saying that […]
System 76 is a company, founded in 2005, dedicated to the spreading of Linux and open source. They are so dedicated to this cause they sell Linux-only hardware. You might be saying […]
In my last post I instructed you how Adding dropshadows in Fluxbox with xcompmgr was easy to do.In this installment we are going to take this one step further and and transparencies […]
Recently I have had a lot of people asking how to play various media files in Linux. Since most users are migrating over from either Mac or Windows, they are either used […]
If you are a Windows user you most likely know where to get software. You can either go to your local software retailer or you can go to a place like downloads.com. […]
I love to read. I read a LOT. I read books, news, you name it. I even have a book published for the Kindle (a super hero romp called Shero) The idea […]
Are you like me and one of those users who HATES going back and forth from keyboard to mouse? Such a waste of precious time that back and forth movement. To be […]
Recently I installed the amazing desktop Elive Compiz. After getting it up and running I decided I needed to get some screencasts of the desktop in order to show off what it […]
If you've been reading me long enough you know I am a fan of Enlightenment. I've always loved the melding of a clean desktop and all of the eye candy you could […]
If you have played around with the Enlightenment window manager you know it is, for such a lightweight window manager, pretty impressive. But if you've not enabled compositing, you have yet to […]
Over the years I have used countless Linux desktops and window managers. But no matter how amazing a desktop (read: Compiz-Fusion) I always seem to wind up going straight back to Enlightenment. […]
Ever since the inception of GNOME and KDE there has been confusion among new Linux users which is which and which is best to use. The former question is fairly simple to […]
