Posted: 2015-02-18 | Author: slackalaxy | Filed under: desktop, office | Tags: buttons, customize, impress, libreoffice, toolbar |
I use LibreOffice and sometimes, when I go through a presentation I want to enter full screen mode from the current slide. This can be done by pressing SHIFT + F5, but I decided to put a button in the toolbar. Read the rest of this entry »
Posted: 2015-01-04 | Author: slackalaxy | Filed under: desktop, system | Tags: bios, clock, date, time |
Whenever I need to adjust my computer’s clock, I set the right time in the BIOS. I am using XFCE, which does not provide a graphical tool for this (unlike KDE). Recently, I searched for a smarter way to do it and came across these nice examples. Read the rest of this entry »
Posted: 2014-12-22 | Author: slackalaxy | Filed under: desktop, media, network, system | Tags: .desktop, apulse, multilib, pulseaudio, skype, sound |
I have been using the 4.3 version of Skype for several months already, with PulseAudio and its compat packages installed. However, I experienced problems with some audio programs. XMMS would crash regularly and Clementine would refuse playing. Read the rest of this entry »
Posted: 2014-12-14 | Author: slackalaxy | Filed under: desktop | Tags: .desktop, icons, lyx |
Although I do not often use it, I like to have the LyX Document processor available. It can be easily installed from SBo and works very well. A little inconvenience is the absence of a menu entry. Read the rest of this entry »
Posted: 2014-12-12 | Author: slackalaxy | Filed under: desktop, network | Tags: .desk, composer, icons, kompozer, seamonkey |
From time to time I need to create or maintain a simple web-page. For the purpose I have used KompoZer, which is available at SBo, but as a 32bit application. Although it runs fine on a Slackware64 -multilib system, I have experienced occasional hang ups and crashes. Read the rest of this entry »
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