Xterm is a classical lightweight terminal for Linux/Unix which is a simple but yet effective way to get your command line work done.To install Xterm look for something like xterm or xterminal inside your package manager.
One problem with the Xterm is however that by default it might look something that you might like to customize at some point if you are one of those people who always tweak and change things. Continue reading
I have been using a program called Wbar (GPL) for quite some time now. Wbar is a lightweight launcher tool/panel which gives you easy access to your favorite programs while being easy to customize. Wbar home page can be found from here:http://code.google.com/p/wbar/
Installing and using Wbar
Wbar should be available in a number of modern distributions. Just go to your package manager and searh something called wbar or similar and you should be good to go. If Wbar is not found from your system consider compiling it from a source which is usually a matter of executing the commands: ./configure && make (as a normal user) and then make install (as a root or a sudo) when all the needed dependencies are installed. Continue reading
It is time to release a new Windowmaker theme. The theme is called Absolute-Wood and as the name implies it is a composition with some stylish and appealing wooden graphics.
If you are still unfamiliar with Windowmaker and how to install new themes in it then take a look at one of my previous entries from the topic: http://www.techtimejourney.net/?p=520
These days most Linux systems use GRUB (Grand Unified Bootloader) to provide the Linux booting experience which in most cases looks very basic as you can see from this Wikipedia screenshot: http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3AGRUB_screenshot.png
In order to change the default background of GRUB you can follow the next simple procedure: