Integrated graphics card and PCI graphics card: the problem of dual output

My summer break is over and it is time to return to the awesome world of Unix systems. Today, I am going to talk about an annoying problem which I faced with the new UEFI Bios a while back: the problem of dual output.

Why is dual output a problem? Well if you happen to have a computer, which supports simultaneous outputs (meaning: bios lets you choose to use both graphics card outputs at same time) you will more than likely encounter a notorious Xserver crashing issue, which prevents you from getting to your desktop altogether. Continue reading →

PostX Gnu/Linux 0.3 feature list announced

PostX Gnu/Linux 0.3 feature list
The general goal of 0.3. release will be to continue being a stable and a robust system. The system size will also likely reduce during the development. I would estimate that the end result could be just a bit below 500 megabytes.

Below are the features, which will are likely to appear. Continue reading →

Tint2 configurations: Boxed (remix)

Since I am back using Tint2 panel I did a remix, which is based on my older work available here. Modifications available in the below are minor but useful when having a wm like Openbox. Copy the configuration below to .config/tint2rc or point your tint2 to specific configuration file with tint2 -c configuration_file_name

The panel will look something like this:

Tint2 Boxed remix configuration. For transparency in Openbox (like seen within the screenshot) use xcompmgr (xcompmgr -c)

Tint2 Boxed remix configuration. For transparency in Openbox (like seen within the screenshot) use xcompmgr (xcompmgr -c)

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