Use Firefox/Thunderbird personas as Libreoffice skins

Since Libreoffice 4 there is a new feature in place which will let you use Firefox/Thunderbird persona as a skin for this great office suite. Follow the procedure below to personas working with Libreoffice. Continue reading →

Looking for a faster system boot? Try blacklisting kernel modules

Linux systems today support a wide variety of devices out of the box. For a general system use it is of course a good thing to have a good device support out of the box but if you are using an older computer or just want to have a faster system boot then loading a wide variety of kernel modules might be something you would want to avoid. Continue reading →

Changing Xdefaults to tweak the look of Xterm

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 →