I have written a few articles on Samba here on Ghacks. And most people know how to connect to Samba shares via Windows. Generally speaking (when all is set up correctly) it’s just a matter of opening up Explorer and entering \\ADDRESS_OF_SAMBA_SERVER\SHARENAME to get to your Samba shares. But what about in Linux? How do [...]

Tags: GNOME, samba, samba shares, smb.conf, smbclient
Categories: Advice, Linux, Server, Tutorials Advanced, Windows, software

My wife is a really good cook and baker. So much so that I have been trying to find the perfect recipe manager to fit her needs. This software needs to be able to import files from web sites, create personal recipes, automatically adjust a recipe ingrediants to match serving size, and have an easy [...]

Tags: baking, cooking, GNOME, recipe, recipe manager
Categories: Linux, Open Source, Tutorials Basic, software

Recently I wrote an an article covering the Easystroke mouse gesture tool (”Start applications using mouse gestures with Easystroke“.) That article explained how easily you can set up a simple mouse gesture to start an application. In the comments one reader brought up the handy GNOME desktop tool GNOME Do. GNOME Do is one of [...]

Tags: desktop search, GNOME, GNOME Do, search tools
Categories: Desktop Manager, Linux, Open Source, Search Engines, Tutorials Basic

As I have said repeated, I like eye candy. One of the aspects of eye candy I like more than any other is transparency. With the right Linux desktop there is almost no limit on how you can configure the look and feel of your desktop. And that means you can  have as transparent a [...]

Tags: Compiz, emerald, GNOME, menus, transparent panels
Categories: Advice, Desktop Manager, Linux, Open Source, Tutorials Basic

Recently I instructed you how to “Manage your E17 menus“. In that article you saw how easy it was to add to the E17 favorites menu and handle some of the configuration options for the Main menu. The surprising issue was that the Main menu could not be edited (at least not with some serious [...]

Tags: alacarte, application menus, desktop, desktop menus, GNOME, GNOME menus
Categories: Desktop Manager, Linux, Open Source, Tutorials Basic

Do you need your operating system to be as efficient as possible? Do you hate having to go back and forth between the mouse and the keyboard? Would you rather have a keyboard shortcut for everything? If this is you then you are in luck. Linux desktops tend to be the most configurable of all [...]

Tags: GNOME, keyboard shortcuts, ubuntu shortcuts
Categories: Advice, Desktop Manager, Linux, Open Source, Tutorials Basic

A while ago I covered “Enabling the Cube in Compiz” where I illustrated how simple it was to get the Cube working in the Compiz 3D desktop. That article did not go on to explain just how to configure the Cube once it is up and running. Normally such topics as configuring the appearance of [...]

Tags: 3d desktop, Compiz, compiz cube, compiz rotate cube, GNOME
Categories: Desktop Manager, Linux, Open Source, Tutorials Basic, software