Customizing KDE4
Posted: 2013-06-08 Filed under: desktop, system | Tags: compat32, faenza, GTK2, kde4, qtcurve, sbotools 1 CommentWell, though I really like XFCE, I have to admit there are several really nice things in KDE. One of them is the power management options and the integration between the power manager and the screensaver. Another one is the customization of the keyboard layouts. For example, I like to keep two major layouts to be switched with ALT + SHIFT and two extra that can be selected with the mouse. Read the rest of this entry »
xgamma & xbacklight
Posted: 2013-05-09 Filed under: desktop, system Leave a commentBack to using XFCE. My experience with KDE was a nice run, but I miss the simplicity of GTK :) Anyway, it seems that the XFCE panel brightness plugin does not remember the settings after log off. Read the rest of this entry »
kdm Xsetup
Posted: 2013-05-01 Filed under: desktop, system | Tags: kdm, xgamma, Xsetup 1 CommentWhen using KDE, I like to boot into runlevel 4 and have the nice KDM login manager. However, I also like to set the gamma of my screen to a lower value. When booting into runlevel 3, I would just place the following in the beginning of my ~/.xinitrc: Read the rest of this entry »
slackpkg+
Posted: 2013-03-30 Filed under: desktop, system | Tags: slackpkg, slackpkg plus, update 3 CommentsSome time ago I stumbled upon a very interesting discussion at LQ about using slackpkg with third party repositories. Down in the posts, zerouno wrote about a plugin for slackpkg that apparently can do that. So, I downloaded the beta version from here, installed it and decided to give it a try. Read the rest of this entry »
Kernel upgrade
Posted: 2013-02-16 Filed under: desktop, system Leave a commentI’ve been running Slackware64 14.0 happily on my laptop, with a few annoyances. After fixing them as described in the previous post, the machine was quite stable for a week or so, when it froze again. Then I googled around and found a discussion about a similar issue, that was solved by upgrading the kernel. Read the rest of this entry »
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