How to use the Windows 11 virtual desktop feature. This is very useful indeed.

Windows 11 has a very useful feature, the Windows 11 virtual desktop. This allows a user to create virtual desktops and have different applications open on each one. To use this, the shortcuts are listed below. Windows+Tab: Open Task View. Windows+Ctrl+D: Create a new virtual desktop. Windows+Ctrl+Left or Right Arrow: Switch between virtual desktops. Windows+Ctrl+F4: … Read more

How to make the Linux Mint 14 MATE desktop look like Windows XP Luna.

This theme from Gnome-Look will theme your MATE desktop to look just like the Luna theme in Windows XP. if that is what you want that is. Get the theme here: https://www.gnome-look.org/p/1230964/. This theme will not show up in the theme chooser for some reason, just go to the Customise section and select the XPLuna … Read more

The future of the Linux desktop and a look back.

The year of the Linux desktop seems to be getting further and further away, the Linux/UNIX operating system is a super-secure alternative to the leaking and insecure Windows operating system. The powers that be want to make all computers an appliance instead of remaining a fully-fledged desktop workplace. Sure, the tablet computers are very popular, … Read more

How to install the Midnight Commander file manager on Ubuntu 14.04.

Install and use Midnight Commander on Linux easily on Ubuntu. This is a most important utility The Midnight Commander is a very useful file manager application for Linux that has a text editor as well as many other useful features for managing your files. To install this on Ubuntu; type this command. homer@lollinux-machina:~$ sudo apt-get … Read more

Some alternative window managers for Linux and UNIX machines.

The FVWM window manager is a light alternative to the bloated default Ubuntu desktop. This is a window manager like TWM, but with more features. Download a copy and get more information here: http://fvwm.org/. TWM is the default window manager that ships with the Xorg distribution. This is a very simplistic window manager that has … Read more

Some very interesting Linux desktop themes for GTK.

Nice themes for your Linux desktop Nice themes for your Linux desktopWindow themesIcon themesDesktop wallpapers Window themes Google Chrome Metacity theme for MATE and Gnome Shell. This is a nice Google Chrome inspired theme for MATE and Gnome Shell. This is a very good theme. https://www.opendesktop.org/s/Mate/p/1006898/. Nice colourful Windows 8.1 theme for Metacity and Gnome … Read more

Fedora Silverblue a very safe and secure operating system.

Fedora Silverblue is using a very interesting feature. OSTree. This makes the operating system root filesystem read-only and the addition of software to the core operating system is something that can be rolled back at any time. This is rather like a Github repository. The underlying root filesystem is immutable and only the changes layered … Read more

Very useful Ubuntu tips.

To get a nice warm screen color instead of a glaring white screen at night, use this very useful program. Redshift will remove blue light from your computer screen and then this will help with sleep. ┌─[jason@jason-desktop]─[/] └──╼ $sudo apt install redshift-gtk┌─[jason@jason-desktop]─[/] └──╼ $sudo apt install redshift-gtk Start Redshift from the Applications-Accessories menu and then … Read more