Update April 8, 2009: uh_no_hu’s is still expanding the functionality of his tiling window manager script. Since my post 4 new feature’s have been added: vertical, horizontal, maximize, max_all. The homepage has also changed to a new location. You can discuss the window manager on the Arch Linux forums. Original February 14, 2009: Poor Man’s [...]
Every now and then, one has to use something different. Why? Not necessarily because it’s a change for the better, but simply because it’s a change. Instead of trying another linux distribution (I’m more than happy with Arch Linux, thank you), I’ll be giving Vista another shot. It’s also a wonderful opportunity to compare the [...]
To tile or not to tile, that’s the question. GNOME has always fulfilled my needs of a desktop environment. Nothing has ever been able to lure me away from GNOME. Its screensaver, its network manager, its power management and GTK applications, it all perfectly fits together. On the other hand, maximizing the usage of the [...]
A lot of distributions ship a binary of mplayer that is one, old, and two, doesn’t have the capability to see the menu of a dvd. The reason they ship an old binary of mplayer is because the developpers of mplayer don’t believe in releases. The “latest” release dates of October 2007. Yup that’s more [...]
I tend to use the command line more often these days. When I have to do some task, I find it easier and faster to open a terminal and enter the necessary commands than using the GUI. The same thing goes for applications. When you know how to use a specific console program, it can [...]