Change backgrounds using Nitrogen

On many occasions I have mentioned a program called  Feh, which is a picture viewer and a great background setting tool. As good as Feh is on a lightweight desktop, sometimes a user might wish for a graphical alternative to it. That is where a program called Nitrogen comes in. Nitrogen delivers a graphical solution for the wallpaper management. Here is a screenshot from the program’s interface. You can usually find Nitrogen from your package repositories. Continue reading →

Vintage theme pack

 

Here is another theme for Openbox. If you want additional information about Openbox then check out my previous post from the topic:

http://www.techtimejourney.net/?p=1215#more-1215

Here is a screen capture from the theme decorations:

Vintage theme

Parts of to theme and download links:

*Vintage theme file

*Vintage main background

*Vintage alternative background

*Yellow_vintage Firefox/Thunderbird persona

Openbox theme installation: Just download the theme archive and then open it. The theme will be automatically installed to your .themes folder which is found inside your user’s home directory. Note: Do make sure that you have the obconf  installed. Obconf handles the theme installations  in Openbox

To apply wallpapers you can use, for example, feh:

feh –bg-scale backgroundname.png

Vintage  is released under GPL

 

Keyboard layout values in Linux

As I have many times used setxkbmap to set my keyboard language in Linux it has proven to be a good tool for the job.(usage example: setxkbmap en)

As it sometimes happens, users might need additional languages than English or Finnish  for setting the keyboard layout correctly. Here is a good link to achieve just that as it presents the full list of keyboard layouts available:: http://pastebin.com/v2vCPHjs