Hiding disk partitions

Posted: 2015-10-03 | Author: | Filed under: desktop, system | Tags: , , , , , | Leave a comment

My laptop has a Windows 7 disk partition, as well as a System and a Lenovo recovery partitions. I do not need these to be shown in my file browser (Thunar) nor in the open/save file dialogs. Read the rest of this entry »

SeaMonkey private browsing

Posted: 2015-09-20 | Author: | Filed under: desktop, network | Tags: , , , , | 1 Comment

I prefer to have a separate menu entry to start my web browser in private mode. I have been using SeaMonkey for quite some time and I always did: Read the rest of this entry »

Scaled electricsheep

Posted: 2015-08-07 | Author: | Filed under: desktop | Tags: , , , , | 1 Comment

I am using Slackware 14.1, but decided to upgrade MPlayer to the version available in -current (20150425 at the moment). I installed the new dependency libvdpau from SBo, although it can be compiled from the script in -current, too. Similarly, I re-compiled and upgraded electricsheep and xscreensaver to their versions in -current. Read the rest of this entry »

XFCE semi-transparent desktop icons text background

Posted: 2015-07-01 | Author: | Filed under: desktop | Tags: , | 1 Comment

To make the XFCE desktop icons text background semi-transparent (as opposed to fully transparent) create this file in the $HOME directory: ~/.gtkrc-2.0 and put the following in it: Read the rest of this entry »

Sound over HDMI cable

Posted: 2015-06-10 | Author: | Filed under: desktop, media, system | Tags: , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

My laptop has an Intel video card and an HDMI port, that I want to use for audio signal output, as well. Unfortunatelly, sound over HDMI does not work out-of-the-box, so I searched for a solution. There are good instructions at the Arch Linux Wiki. Read the rest of this entry »

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