To install some nice tiling wallpapers for Debian or Ubuntu/Mint type this command. sudo apt-get install propaganda-debiansudo apt-get install propaganda-debian This will install the lovely Propaganda wallpapers, then in KDE you will be able to use the wallpapers right away. The images are installed in /usr/share/wallpapers. Install some more themes…
Read MoreInstall gcc from source on Linux Mint 12 After downloading the source tarball for the gcc 4.7.0 release, and unpacking the tarball, enter the source directory: cd gcc-4.7.0/cd gcc-4.7.0/ Then we need to create an empty folder under the gcc-4.7.0/ folder to perform the actual build. mkdir mintbuildmkdir mintbuild Then…
Read MoreThe magic SysRQ key combination is used to reset the Linux system if nothing else will work. To use this key combination, press: Alt+SysRQ then tap these keys in order: R, S, E, I, U, B. This will perform a safe re-boot of your Linux system assuming the Magic SysRQ…
Read MoreThe Linux Mint 13 distribution will have a nicer desktop interface than the Ubuntu distribution that goes without saying; I have just loaded up Linux Mint 12 for a quick look at the Cinnamon desktop and it is very nice to use indeed, the hotspot at the top left of…
Read MoreHow to switch on panel editing mode in the Linux Mint Cinnamon desktop. If you want to move the window buttons on to the bottom panel just like they are in the Gnome 2 desktop, then read on. Firstly, navigate to the panel settings dialog pictured in the screenshot and…
Read MoreCreating a new user with the Linux command-line is very easy, the command-line adduser command is easier to use than the useradd command and automates a lot of the steps involved in creating a new user and their home directory. The sequence shown below is the simple task of creating…
Read MoreThe enlightenment E17 desktop on Linux Mint 12 works a million times better than the Ubuntu packages did with 12.04. They were very unstable, but the Linux Mint 12 distribution is as stable as Linux should be. Even if it is a beta release as the Ubuntu distribution was, there…
Read MoreThis is my /etc/default/grub file, and this is how I got my GRUB 2 boot menu to display by default with Linux Mint 12. You just need to add the GRUB_HIDDEN=0 line to the menu and ensure the rest of the file looks like my example and the menu will…
Read MoreI have managed to get my Compro DTV T-300 DVB tuner card to work on Linux Mint 12. This card has a S-Video input as well as a Composite video input and a combination analogue tuner and Digital TV tuner card. I am using the Me TV software available for…
Read MoreThe annoying bugs that I was plagued with on my Ubuntu 12.04 installation seem to have gone now that I have installed the Linux Mint 12 x86_64 DVD. I have the Cinnamon desktop running and it is even better than the modified Gnome 3 desktop that the standard Linux Mint…
Read MoreThe MATE desktop used with the Linux Mint 12 distribution works a million times better than when the packages are installed on the Ubuntu distribution. The fork of the Gnome 2 code is a perfect alternative to any other desktop. The Gnome Shell desktop that is the main interface of…
Read MoreI have got a Linux Mint Live DVD and I am switching to that distribution as soon as possible. I am sitting in an evacuation center right now, due to the risk of flooding, the levee banks supposedly can handle 12 meters but the river peak is said to be…
Read MoreThe Unity desktop in Ubuntu 12.04 is annoying the heck out of me at the moment. I keep getting popups that warn of errors with the Unity desktop and the associated system tray applications. A good reason to use KDE, I seem a little inflexible in my criticism of the…
Read MoreThis is a look at the 1.2 release of the Linux Mint Cinnamon desktop. The desktop may be configured as with Gnome Shell to look like the familiar Gnome 2 layout.
Read MoreThe KDE 4.7.4 respin of the excellent Linux Mint 12 distribution has been released. The KDE desktop is a good alternative to the Gnome Shell cinnamon desktop included with the default Linux Mint 12 distribution. There are a few options when it comes to downloading this distribution. 32 bit ISO:…
Read MoreUsing the vmstat command to see which hard disk partitions are the busiest is very easy. Use the vmstat -p /dev/sda1 command and your hard disk information will be printed showing the number of reads and writes for each partition. On my Ubuntu system, the /dev/sda1 partition is the busiest….
Read MoreUncompressing rar files.Adding all files in current folder to a zip file.Mounting an improperly shut down Windows XP installation with Knoppix 6.4 Linux.Reading just the start or ending of a file.Some useful bash aliases. Apt errors. To deal with the message you get sometimes telling you that some packages have…
Read MoreThis video is showcasing the new features of the Linux Mint 12 distribution. This distribution includes the MATE source code fork of the Gnome 2.XX source code.
Read MoreThis is a nice Ubuntu/Fedora/Mint wallpaper I just created. I hope you like it.
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