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Monthly Archives: March 2007
Top to the Top
I have used the top command many times to find out, for example, what errent process was eating up all my memory or CPU. Recently I configured fluxbox to start top in a transparent, borderless, bar-less window at startup, so … Continue reading
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Dockapps for Flux’s Slit Reviewed
I have tried out quite a few dockapps over the last week after starting to use fluxbox. I have found some that are helpful, some that are neat, some that are dumb/ugly, and a few that are just plain broken. … Continue reading
How Flux got his Groove back
One thing you may (or may not) miss upon switching to Fluxbox in Ubuntu is the happy startup jingle. But fear not! You can get it back, via the instructions listed in the Ubuntu guide: sudo apt-get install soxgedit ~/.fluxbox/startup … Continue reading
Transparent Terminals on the Desktop
There are a number of cases in which you might want a terminal window always present on your desktop, perhaps tailing an important log file, or looking at the output of top. Whatever your reason, here are the steps to … Continue reading
Fluxbox and Thunar
I have switched over to using Fluxbox as my window manager with Thunar as the file manager. After some configuration fiddling, I find it much faster and more efficient than Gnome with Metacity and Nautilus. It runs a LOT faster. … Continue reading