When you are using a lightweight window manager (fluxbox, openbox, jwm…) the first issue you will probably encounter is how to mount an usb drive. Of course the manual way of doing things as a root or a sudo works (meaning: sudo mount /dev/volume_name mountpoint_name) but it can get a bit frustrating to do it every single time when a new usb appears – so here are two ways to make things automatic. Continue reading
Black-Dust2 (a Fluxbox theme and a wallpaper)
Here is a dark theme for Fluxbox I created recently.
Black-dust2 window decorations and wallpaper (window is selected).
Understanding Debian Sid a.k.a. Debian Unstable
Disclaimer: This text is provided mainly for educational purposes and it does contain some simplifications, so learn at your own responsibility. If any misunderstandings or harm would result because of this text techtimejourney.net and its maintainer JJ Posti will not take any responsibility from any possible scenarios that might result.
When people generally hear the word unstable they tend to think of something that is not working and remains far from functional. In Debian the term unstable does not necessarily mean the same as not functional or unsafe and below are some reasons why.
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Comparing Gentoo, Arch, Ubuntu and Debian
The question of choosing a Linux distribution gets asked a lot Here are some views to help the newcomers. Continue reading