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SolutionBase: Seek Enlightenment for an easy-to-use Linux GUI
Looking for a Linux GUI that does its job well and looks good, too? In this article, Jack Wallen tells you why he recommends Enlightenment as a Linux desktop environment. In the 10 years I've been using Linux, I've run the gamut of window managers and desktop environments:...
Tags: Enlightenment, Desktop, Application, Menu, Window, Pager, Entry, Window Manager, Iconbox, Construction, Linux, Operating Systems, Software, Jack Wallen
Technical articles 2007-10-10
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
New Old School Window Management
Since we're on the subject of old-school Linux computing I thought I'd bring up a topic very near and very dear to my heart (and one that tends to make M$ users drool with "trapped computing envy". Window Mangers.I've used pretty much every X Windows Window Manager there is. ICEWm....
Tags: desktop, KDE, Linux, window, Window Manager
Blog posts 2006-08-12
Flirting with Fedora
I've been kicking around Linux in the form of SuSeProfessional 10.0 for some time now. I'm running it at home about 80% of thetime now on an old HP Omnibook 900 laptop. It has been a pretty good experienceoverall, but as I've related here, it hasn't been completely withoutproblems. I've...
Tags: FC5, Fedora Core, Fedora Project, GNOME, KDE, SuSE, SUSE 10.0
Blog posts 2006-05-11
Messages from make install
The window managers and terminal applications that ship with Solaris are a bit hungry in the area of memory consumption—and a bit old-fashioned looking. In this Daily Drill Down, Stew Benedict shows you how to build and set up XFce.The window managers and terminal applications that ship with Solaris are...
Tags: Construction, UNIX, Operating systems, Stew Benedict, XFce, window, window manager, Sun Solaris, desktop
Technical articles 2000-12-28
Messages from make install
The window managers and terminal applications that ship with Solaris are a bit hungry in the area of memory consumption—and a bit old-fashioned looking. In this Daily Drill Down, Stew Benedict shows you how to build and set up XFce.The window managers and terminal applications that ship with Solaris are...
Tags: Construction, UNIX, Operating systems, Stew Benedict, XFce, window, window manager, Sun Solaris, desktop
Technical articles 2000-12-28
Example from Transparent theme
In this Daily Drill Down, Jack Wallen, Jr. delves into customizing the look and feel of the AfterStep window manager.In this Daily Drill Down, I’ll examine AfterStep, my personal Linux window manager of choice. In previous Daily Drill Downs, we've looked at a basic customization (“Drilling into AfterStep, parts 1...
Tags: Construction, OPEN SOURCE, Jack Wallen, Jr., Afterstep, window manager, window
Technical articles 2000-12-01
Introducing the Sawfish window manager
There's a new kid on the block when it comes to window managers for Linux. In this Daily Drill Down, Vincent Danen introduces you to the Sawfish extensible window manager.There's a new kid on the block when it comes to window managers for Linux, and its name is Sawfish. Sawfish...
Tags: Construction, OPEN SOURCE, Vincent Danen, Sawfish, window manager, window
Technical articles 2000-05-19
Linux 101: Sorting out the GUI puzzle
Jack Wallen says there's no need to be confused by the three GUI layers in Linux. Just like with an impressionist painting, if you step back a bit and relax, it gets clearer.One of the most confusing aspects of Linux is understanding the workings of the GUI. With the Windows...
Tags: Construction, OPEN SOURCE, Desktops, Operating systems, GUI, Jack Wallen, Jr., Jack Wallen, Window Manager, desktop environment, desktop, window, Linux
Technical articles 2000-01-06
Wally 2.3.1 (Windows)
Wally is a Qt4 wallpaper / background changer. It uses multiple sources like files, folders, FTP remote folders, Flickr, Yahoo, Panoramio, Pikeo, Ipernity, Photobucket, Buzznet, Picasa, Smugmug and Bing images. It's available in many languages, and it supports Linux window managers are GNOME, KDE3, KDE4, XFCE4, BlackBox, FluxBox, Window Maker,...
Tags: Window, Microsoft Windows, Window Manager, BeCrux, Construction
Software downloads 2009-12-29
Wally 2.3.1 (Mac)
Wally is a Qt4 wallpaper / background changer. It uses multiple sources like files, folders, FTP remote folders, Flickr, Yahoo, Panoramio, Pikeo, Ipernity, Photobucket, Buzznet, Picasa, Smugmug and Bing images. It's available in many languages, and it supports Linux window managers are GNOME, KDE3, KDE4, XFCE4, BlackBox, FluxBox, Window Maker,...
Tags: Apple Macintosh, Window, Window Manager, BeCrux, Construction
Software downloads 2010-01-03
Wally 2.0.3 (Windows)
Wally is a Qt4 wallpaper / background changer. It uses multiple sources like files, folders, FTP remote folders, Flickr, Yahoo, Panoramio, Pikeo, Ipernity, and Photobucket images. It's available in many languages, and it supports Linux window managers are GNOME, KDE3, KDE4, XFCE4, BlackBox, FluxBox, Window Maker, and FVWM experimental. Version...
Tags: Folder, Microsoft Windows, Window Manager, BeCrux, Construction
Software downloads 2009-05-12
Actual Window Manager 6.0 (Windows)
Actual Window Manager is a desktop productivity suite of over 50 tools, letting users change their interaction with windows in many new exciting ways: minimize windows to tray or screen, apply transparency, roll up, pin on top, auto-align windows, resize, etc. Any of these operations and many others can...
Tags: Window, Microsoft Windows, Window Manager, Actual Tools, Construction
Software downloads 2010-02-12
10 keyboard shortcuts to improve your Linux experience
A few simple keyboard shortcuts can make your work in Linux far more efficient. Jack Wallen runs through 10 of his favorites, for both desktop environments and window managers. by Jack Wallen
Tags: Environment, Window, Window Manager, Terminal Window, Keyboard Shortcut, Desktop Environment, Alt, Ctrl, Keyboards, Linux, Construction, Desktops, Hardware, Peripherals, Operating Systems, Software, Jack Wallen
Blog posts 2008-07-02
SolutionBase: Creating the perfect user terminal with BlackBox
Creating and locking down custom desktops can be difficult. Using the BlackBox window manager in Linux, however, you can create simple, effective terminals for end users with just a little bit of tweaking. Jack Wallen shows you how.
Tags: Terminal, Window Manager, Jack Wallen, Linux, Construction, Operating Systems, Software
Download resources 2007-04-15
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: Ubuntu, Environment, Window, Window Manager, Desktop Environment, Linux, Desktops, Open Source, Operating Systems, Software, Hardware
Book chapters 2006-06-01
Window Manager 2.2 (Mac)
Stack, tile, or set/restore custom arrangements of windows of current/any/all applications to any area on screen. Make and name any number of sets of which windows of what applications go where. Switch by keystroke or menu.
Tags: Apple Macintosh, Window, Window Manager, Construction
Software downloads 2000-06-02
AfterStep 1.8 (Mac)
AfterStep is an advanced, use to use and configure window manager. Based on the NeXTSTEP look and feel, it has evolved into its own creature with multiple workspaces, themes and advanced options.
Tags: Apple Macintosh, Window Manager, Chris Turkel, AfterStep, Construction
Software downloads 2001-09-09
GeekBind 1.0 (Mac)
GeekBind allow to register some HotKey to simplify moving, resizing, fading or others things of windows As on some Unix window manager like FluxBox or CTWM. This software run under Mac OS X > 10.3.
Tags: Apple Macintosh, Window, Window Manager, DRDE, Apple Mac OS X, Construction, Operating Systems, Software, Apple Mac OS
Software downloads 2005-06-20
DialogDevil 3.10.1 (Windows)
DialogDevil is three desktop window manager automation tools in one (auto-click, auto-fill, and auto-position), all sharing the same easy to use drag and drop interface. DialogDevil blocks the annoyance of Windows error messages you do not want to see, the annoyance of having to reenter the same data time and...
Tags: Annoyance, Window, Window Manager, DialogDevil, Construction, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software
Software downloads 2008-01-19


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