How to access a debug screen on a Samsung Galaxy and debug your hardware.
How to access the debugging screen on an Android mobile phone very easily.
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A nice AutoHotkey script for Windows to hide your screen.
This AutoHotkey script for Windows will hide your screen when you press Windows-H. You may change the settings at the top for the desired effects. it isn’t going to block stuff like win key + d or alt control delete but it will be a good enough panic button if you want to change hot … Read more
New LG 325 inch 1.7 million dollar TV is quite the beast.
LG has launched a new 325 inch TV that dwarfs any other Smart TV on the market. This reminds me of the TV sets in the book Fahrenheit 451. They had a a TV room where the whole wall was a TV and they had all 4 walls done as screens. This was the level … Read more
How to change the brightness of your flat screen display with Linux.
Using a nice big flat screen is a lot of fun with a modern PC, but how do you change the brightness of the screen with the command line? This is easy. Firstly, find the ID of your display using this command. 4.4 Wed Oct 16 jason@Yog-Sothoth 0: $ xrandr -q | grep " connected"4.4 … Read more
Samsung Galaxy fold units are breaking after one day of use.
The new Samsung Galaxy fold mobile phones are breaking after one day of use, this is due to the fold in the middle of the screen. Sometimes, half the screen works and the other half does not. This is a damaging result for the company, but why would you have a fold in the middle … Read more
Linux in Arma 3! A tiling window manager on a laptop in the game.
This is a laptop in Arma 3 that can be placed as an in-game decoration. This is running Linux! Apparently the military dumped Windows after the collapse of Microsoft in 2035. This is a good sign. Linux would be better and more reliable in the field compared to Windows anyway. I wonder what kernel version … Read more
Lovely wallpapers for the KDE 4.11 Linux desktop.
http://kde-look.org/content/show.php/Cuba+for+cuban?content=120562. Cuba for cuban. A lovely 2560*1600 resolution wallpaper. http://kde-look.org/content/show.php/Cloud%27s+on+sunset?content=125325. Clouds on sunset. This is a lovely sunset wallpaper. http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8374/8546631761_4f59b4cb8b_o.jpg. A widescreen wallpaper suitable for multiple monitors. I just wish that KDE 4.11 would let you span wallpapers. http://interfacelift.com/wallpaper/D16549d0/03422_standingontheedgeofinfinity_3840x2400.jpg. Gorgeous foggy forest wallpaper. This one is awesome. Monochrome long exposure waterfall photograph: http://shutterific.files.wordpress.com/2012/01/waterfall-2.jpg. Awesome bridge … Read more
Polish supermarket display screen that is running the Gentoo Linux distribution.
This is a supermarket display in Poland that is running Linux and having problems with the filesystem. This is another example of the proliferation of Linux all around the world. It is running on display computers, McDonald’s restaurant screens and desktop computers all around the world. This computer is running the Gentoo Linux distribution and … Read more
HTML5 Metro UI on Ubuntu Linux.
This is a UI for Linux that gives users a Metro styled screen to use on their Linux desktop. This looks like the Metro start screen, but you have to build the menu yourself. Metro might come to Linux in a proper fashion, but I am not sure if this would be a good thing. … Read more
Awesome dual and quad monitor wallpapers suitable for a Linux desktop environment.
Quad screen space wallpaper suitable for any Linux desktop: http://www.wallpaperpimper.com/wallpaper/Quad_Screen/Blue-Star-Field-5120×1024.jpg. A nice 3D rendered wallpaper that features a lovely snowy mountains scene: http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a121/Paul_D/ScreenShot00014.jpg. This wallpaper is a super high resolution image suitable for about 6 screens, 7300*1000 pixels resolution: http://www.west-crete.com/img/panoramas/hania-harbour-panorama7large.jpg. Get a good selection of dual monitor gaming wallpapers on this website: http://www.gamewallpapers.com/dual-screen.php. Lovely San … Read more
Linux Mint 14, Unity and dual monitors. Seems to work fairly well indeed.
This is what the Ubuntu Unity desktop looks like with a dual monitor configuration. The launcher bar is on both desktops; but the dash when clicked on either desktop is independent of the other. And the wallpaper will span both desktops. This is on Linux Mint 14 and it is clear to see that this … Read more
Computer interface used in the Avengers movie and thoughts on the touch interface.
http://cargocollective.com/jayse/Avengers. Some information here about the user interfaces used in the Avengers movie. These touch screen interfaces were used a lot in the movie. The touch screen computer model is all the rage at the moment even if it is not that useful when using a computer for a long period. Especially when using a … Read more
New plugin for Compiz allows moving the Unity dock to the bottom.
This plugin for Compiz allows you to move the Unity launcher to the bottom of the screen, which makes more sense on a widescreen monitor, which comprises the majority of all computers around the world that will be using the Unity desktop. More information here: http://www.webupd8.org/2011/10/how-to-move-unity-launcher-to-bottom-of.html. Why does Unity not have this feature by default? … Read more
Gnome 3 will not span across dual monitors properly. Fix this Gnome!
This is what Gnome 3 looks like on dual monitors, the wallpaper is spanned across both screens on the wide desktop but the Gnome panels are stuck on one screen. This is one of the consequences of developing a desktop for touch devices that can not use dual screens, you only see these bugs on … Read more