Tag Archives: Desktop

Gorgeous and useful information: Configuring conky

Posted on January 18, 2009 by Samuel Huckins

For quite some time, I have wanted to use conky on my Linux desktop. The screenshots were incredible. All the best looking and informative Linux desktops I have seen use it. But whenever I tried to follow the tutorials, the … Continue reading →

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Merging PDFs and the lovely gnome-open

Posted on December 23, 2008 by Samuel Huckins

I came across two very handy tools today: gs and gnome-open. gs (Ghostscript) is an interpreter for PDF languages. You can do lots of cool things with it, for which you can check the man page. The reason I needed … Continue reading →

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Migrating Firefox instances and saving issues

Posted on November 30, 2008 by Samuel Huckins

I recently performed a fresh install of Intrepid Ibex on one of my home PCs, and restored the files I cared about from backup. I decided to use a Firefox backup created by FEBE from a machine whose Firefox setup … Continue reading →

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The Snipping Tool and GScrot

Posted on November 22, 2008 by Samuel Huckins

One new tool I have come across in my foray into Windows Vista that I have found quite helpful is The Snipping Tool. The average Vista user I talk to has never come across this utility and, as mentioned here, … Continue reading →

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Launchy on Linux

Posted on November 15, 2008 by Samuel Huckins

While I have been (and still am) a big GNOME-Do fan, I just found that Launchy runs on Linux now. And it works just the same! This post describes how to get it installed on Ubuntu (too bad it isn’t … Continue reading →

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