If you are like me, and like to use lightweight window managers, you will probably face a problem if you want to enable even the basic visual effects since you cannot run two window managers at the same time (example: Fluxbox conflicts with Compiz). These problems can be however solved quite easily with a program called xcompmgr which is usually found inside Linux package repositories. Once you install xcompmgr you will have the ability to get some basic effects to your Fluxbox or more demanding effects to your Openbox setup. Continue reading
How to use sudo instead of a root account?
Sometimes it may be the case that you wish to apply the sudo instead of a root account which is readily available in your system. (Debian, Fedora…)
To use sudo instead of root (su root) do the following steps. Continue reading
Light weight panels: Part I: Tint2
At some occasions a situation may arise where you desire something light weight, yet simple and good looking, alternative to Gnome panel or Kde panel which tend to be getting bigger and more resource demanding as time goes by. In this post a panel called Tint2 is presented with a config that makes it usable in everyday computer life. Continue reading
How to control site access in Linux: Block unwanted websites
Sometimes you might face a situation where you would want to prevent and block access to a certain websites for one reason or another. In Linux blocking an access to an unwanted website(s) can be quite easily achieved with the following simple procedure.
1. Open terminal client (gnome-terminal, lxterminal, guake, or something else)
2. write the following commands to become a root user so you can edit /etc/hosts file Continue reading