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- Keeping the command line alive
- Over the last year I have noticed something, I pretty much consistently leave a terminal window open on my desktop at all times. I am using Aterm running with the command:aterm -tr -sh 50 -fg yellow -bg black +sbplus I am removing the border I use Enlightenment so all that...
- Tags: Window Environment, Linux, window manager, Open Source, Get Jacked, CLI, Command Line, Enlightenment
- Blog posts 2007-06-11
- Dell Chooses Ubuntu: Linux community whines
- Most days Im proud to be a member of the Linux community. But recently I had a moment where I was just really irked that such a large amount of the community looked a gift horse in the mouth threatening to blow a very good move by Dell.Remember a long...
- Tags: Window Environment, Ubuntu, Open Source, Linux, Kde, Gnome, General, Enlightenment, Blackbox, Afterstep
- Blog posts 2007-05-06
- BabelDisc: A step forward or two steps back?
- Because Linux is open-source, it allows programmers around the world to take the original code and do new things with it. News.com had a story this morning about the latest innovations in the Linux front - BabelDisc. BabelDisc is an Ubuntu-based distribution which is designed to run on Windows computers...
- Tags: Window Environment, Open Source, Linux
- Blog posts 2007-04-19
- YaST2 and the state of Linux administration
- Recently I was asked to write a series of articles focused on setting up Linux servers strictly via GUI. The other stipulation: using OpenSuSE and GNOME.No problemo.So I did a full install of OpenSuSE 10.2 all five CDs and fired up YaST2. My immediate impression? WOW! Those boys at SuSE/Novell...
- Tags: Windows, Window Environment, Upgrade, Suse, Open Source, Novell, Linux, Installation, Gnome, Get Jacked, General, Fedora, Enlightenment, Distribution Upgrade
- Blog posts 2007-04-15
- What happened to open source documents?
- Something happened last night that took me by surprise and I want to get the experts on this blog to comment. A client sent me two files last night created in Open Office and saved in the .osd format. Naively I tried to open these spreadsheet documents using Excel from...
- Tags: Window Environment, Open Source, Open Office
- Blog posts 2007-04-06
- GNOME: user un-friendliness
- I dont know if youve heard about the recent little squabble in the open source camps but Linux Torvalds creator of the Linux kernel has taken his best shots at the GNOME Desktop environment. Why is this happening?A while ago, Linus was quoted saying that Linux users should switch from...
- Tags: Enlightenment, Get Jacked, GNOME, Gpl, Kde, Linux, Open Source, Uncategorized, Window Environment
- Blog posts 2007-02-19
- PCLinuxOS
- Recently one of my readers suggested I give the PCLinuxOS distribution a try. I did. Here are my thoughts.For the longest time my distro of choice for newbies was Ubuntu. Ubuntu was simple to install, easy to configure, and simple to manage. Ubuntu discovered hardware for the most part well...
- Tags: card, Distribution Upgrade, Fedora, Get Jacked, Gnome, Gpl, Installation, Kde, Linux, Open Source, operating system, PCLinuxOS, Ubuntu, Uncategorized, up-and, Upgrade, Window Environment
- Blog posts 2007-02-11
- Fedora changing the choices: good or bad?
- For the next release of Fedora things are going to be a bit different. And Im not so sure they are going to be for the better. Let me explain to you what they are doing. As of FC7 the isos will come in different flavors:Fedora DesktopFedora KDE Fedora Server...
- Tags: Afterstep, Blackbox, desktop, Distribution Upgrade, Enlightenment, Fedora, Fedora Project, Get Jacked, Gimp, Gnome, Gpl, Installation, Kde, Linux, Open Source, Ubuntu, Uncategorized, Window Environment
- Blog posts 2007-01-28
- 64 Bit Linux: the good the bad the flash-less
- Recently I assembled a 64 Bit system thrilled to be able to run Fedora Core in 64 bit mode (if for any other reason than to be able to say "Im running 64 bit Linux".) After much sweating after having to exchange a bad motherboard the machine was done and...
- Tags: 64-bit, Enlightenment, Firefox, Get Jacked, Installation, Kde, Linux, Networking, Open Source, Rpm, Uncategorized, Upgrade, Window Environment, Windows
- Blog posts 2007-01-22
- Linux applications I can't live without
- Okay so Ive read it countless times "I cant switch to Linux because I cant live without application X." Well Ive had enough. Its time to fight back!!!Recently my father was awarded a new PC from work. The PC was loaded with Windows XP. Now my father has been using...
- Tags: Email, Enlightenment, Evolution, Fedora, Gimp, Gnome, Gnucash, Gpl, Linux, Open Source, Rpm, Uncategorized, Window Environment, Windows, Yum
- Blog posts 2007-01-04
- Finally someone got installation right
- Im talking about Ubuntu. Yes, a Linux distribution has rocketed light years ahead of all other operating systems in the installation category. How? With the forthcoming release of MS Vista, could an operating system stake a claim on the single most innovative, intuitive, and simple installation process out there?Ubuntu just...
- Tags: Distribution Upgrade, Gpl, hardware, Installation, Linux, Open Source, operating system, Ubuntu, Uncategorized, Window Environment, Windows
- Blog posts 2006-11-14
Additional Resources
- WindowSpy (zip)
- A simple program for viewing information about the window that the mouse is over. Supports locking of window information for easy copying. The program displays the window handle, window class, and window text, as well as the parent window handle, class and text. The program also lists all child and...
- Tags: Window, Construction
- Software downloads 2007-09-27
- Ubuntu Hacks: Switch to a Lighter Window Manager
- If there's one thing that's great about Linux, it's choice. If the user doesn't like a particular program, there's a pretty good chance that Linux has at least one alternative. This even applies to the entire desktop environment. The desktop environment comprises a lot of different programs, such as a...
- Tags: Desktop, Ubuntu, Environment, Window, Desktop Environment, Construction, Linux, Open Source, Operating Systems, Software
- Book chapters 2006-06-01
- New Window tiny
- HiEvery time a second, 3rd or so on window opens in Internet Explorer 6.x it is about 1 inch square when before it was either half the screen size or larger. This is particualrly a problem with I right click on a URL and select "open in new window"....
- Tags: window, bldsm@..., windows
- Q&A 2004-12-16
- Control IE Window Size for Links
- How can I set the window size for a new window in Internet Explorer when I click on a link?I find that resizing the window to the size I want by DRAGGING the edges/corners, then clicking "X" (where "X" is the close window box at to right) that the...
- Tags: window, paul_almon@..., windows
- Q&A 2006-09-07
- problem restoring a window from the taskbar
- I program I often use appears on the taskbar, yet when I right click and try to restore it nothing happens. I can maximize it and the program comes up but I cant size the window and therefore cant move it. Its either all or nothing. I moved the taskbar...
- Tags: Construction, tetanus@..., window, taskbar
- Discussion threads 2007-05-21
- BMP Window (exe)
- BMP Window application was designed to allow a second .BMP to be viewed through a fuzzy window in the first one. Taking two picture files of any size, this program creates a smooth circular window in the top picture, allowing you to see the underlying picture through the window. This...
- Tags: Window, Construction
- Software downloads 2007-12-20
- Window Control (exe)
- Window Control is a small utility allowing the user to move, resize, minimize, and hide the active window using keyboard. Further options lets you send the active window to the back or set focus to the top-most window in any of the quadrants. All of this is accomplished by using...
- Tags: Window, FlexBuzz, Window Control, Construction
- Software downloads 2006-04-26
- UltraExplorer (exe)
- UltraExplorer is designed to be the ultimate File Manager for Microsoft Windows. The user interface is completely customizable. You can hide or show as many of the featured windows, dock them in other places or let them float as free standing windows. The same is true for the tool bars...
- Tags: User Interface, Window, UltraExplorer, Construction
- Software downloads 2007-06-22
- Hack-It (exe)
- Hack-It is a window manipulation program. It allows you to control any window on your system in several different ways not normally available to you through the standard Windows user interface. The major functions you can perform on windows are: making a window visible or hidden, causing a window to...
- Tags: Window, Hack-It, Construction
- Software downloads 2002-01-23
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