Customizing SeaMonkey

Posted: 2014-11-07 | Author: | Filed under: desktop, network | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

With the latest Firefox update (31.2.0) I decided to migrate to something more traditional, like SeaMonkey. I am not going to list all the reasons for my decision to abandon Firefox, as it will turn into a rant (and who cares?). Read the rest of this entry »

GTK1 engine and theme

Posted: 2014-11-01 | Author: | Filed under: desktop | Tags: , , , | Leave a comment

I like to set a theme for GTK1, so the few programs that use the toolkit do not look as ugly. There is the Industrial engine and theme for GTK1, which has not been developed for a long time, but works just fine. Read the rest of this entry »

Sound in Skype 4.3

Posted: 2014-08-16 | Author: | Filed under: desktop, media, network, slackbuilds, system | Tags: , , , , , , , | 2 Comments

Since version 4.3, Skype for Linux requires PulseAudio. It is available from SBo, but since Skype is a 32bit program only, the necessary 32bit compatibility packages should be installed as well. I am running Slackware64 14.1 -multilib system and I have a virtual machine with Slackware 32. Read the rest of this entry »

Run an application with a specific GTK2 theme

Posted: 2014-07-30 | Author: | Filed under: desktop, system | Tags: , , , , , | Leave a comment

I want to run an application with a GTK2 theme that is different from the global one. Searching the Arch Linux wiki, pointed me to their solution. Read the rest of this entry »

MSB and SBo common entries

Posted: 2014-07-06 | Author: | Filed under: desktop, slackbuilds, system | Tags: , , , , | Leave a comment

I decided to make a quick check of the common entries between MATE SlackBuilds (MSB) and SlackBuilds.org (SBo). The following packages provided by MSB 1.8 (as “base” and “extra”) for Slackware 14.1 are available at SBo 14.1 repo: Read the rest of this entry »

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