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Some very old but still useful tips for Linux users.

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Run the urxvt terminal as a transparent colored terminal window. This is very useful indeed.

urxvt -fn "fixed" +sr +st -fg "#FFFFFF" -bg "#000033" -bd "#302c64" \
-ip +sb -title "*-Home-${HOME}-Shell-${SHELL}-Display-${DISPLAY}*" \
-tint DarkSlateGrey -fade 50 -fadecolor red

This is what it will look like. It is very nice. With a lovely tint to it.

The transparent urxvt in action.
The transparent urxvt in action.

Install the festival program, and then you can have a text to speech fortune every time you login to your machine.

4.4 Tue May 12 jason@Yog-Sothoth 0: $ echo "$(fortune)" | festival --tts

Run xclock and have the time update every second.

4.4 Tue May 12 jason@Yog-Sothoth 0: $ xclock -update 1 -digital -strftime "%H:%M:%S-%A-%d-%b" &

Get some nice system information in real-time with a nice utility.

https://securitronlinux.com/ubuntu-2/get-some-nice-system-information-in-real-time-with-a-nice-utility/https://securitronlinux.com/ubuntu-2/get-some-nice-system-information-in-real-time-with-a-nice-utility/.

Make XfCE 4 look like a SGI O2 workstation.

https://securitronlinux.com/debian-testing/make-xfce-4-look-like-a-sgi-o2workstation/https://securitronlinux.com/debian-testing/make-xfce-4-look-like-a-sgi-o2workstation/.

Lovely GTK themes for the Linux Mint MATE desktop.

https://securitronlinux.com/bejiitaswrath/lovely-gtk-themes-for-the-linux-mint-mate-desktop/https://securitronlinux.com/bejiitaswrath/lovely-gtk-themes-for-the-linux-mint-mate-desktop/.


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