I don't know why but everyday I check the weather report. Maybe it became a habit, I don't know. But I know that I need something capable to give me a short weather forecast report. Well, if you are using…
X11 free memory info
On any Linux desktop someone has been created a widget/plug-in kind of application which will display in real time all the system resources, such as CPU, disk and free memory info (memory usage), etc. They are not only very useful…
X11 keyboard layout switch
If you are looking for a versatile keyboard layout application (in Xfce) then you should take a look at xfce-extra/xfce4-xkb-plugin. If you only need a dual (also multiple layout are possible) keyboard layout switch which will work on almost any…
Xfce print-screen command
So you want a similar Print Screen command in your Xfce desktop. This is already done by xfce-extra/xfce4-screenshooter. Just install it then create a keyboard shortcut that is pointing to your /usr/bin/xfce4-screenshooter and you got yourself a Print Screen shortcut.…
Xfce auto login
Usually Linux provides a graphical login and that works via a login manager (such as slim,xdm,gdm,kdm,etc). Also there exists an alternative that is used for console login: agetty. To enable auto login in Linux (this is an independent of display…
Minimalist Gentoo
I am already using a PC for more than 17 years so I am not enjoying any more of having "hundred" of useless applications/libraries/dependencies installed on my PC, a lot of fancy options which either I never use or I…
How to disable xfce screensaver
Everything about starting a Xfce session is defined in /etc/xdg/xfce4/xinitrc. If you need to disable disable Xfce screensaver (xscreensaver) is better if you just change the global xfce4 property that is called "/startup/screensaver/enabled". In case that this property is not…
Give Gentoo a try
Ubuntu distro I'm already working on Ubuntu for some time and I was always wondering if there is another distro better than that. I am saying that because for few years Ubuntu was (and still is) in the top of…
List TOP n memory consuming processes in Linux
From time to time I need to check my systems memory usage and what processes is consuming the most of it. Sure, there is a ps command or a top command which can handle well this kind of job, but…