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…