brokkr.net – Page 13

Everything in it’s Right Place 3: Setting dedicated workspaces with devil’s pie

This is the third post in a series on achieving an orderly desktop environment in GNOME 3, using no add-ons, only old school hacks. See also the first…

Post date August 23, 2014
Post categories In Desktop

Arachnophobia: Getting the macro keys on the Razer BlackWidow to work on linux

I bought the Razer BlackWidow for the hardware, not for Razer’s Synapse software or all the joys that it offers (Google suggest for searchers entering Razer Synapse? “Razer…

Post date August 3, 2014
Post categories In Desktop

Everything in it’s Right Place 2: Setting static workspaces

This is the second post in a series on achieving an orderly desktop environment in GNOME 3, using no add-ons, only old school hacks. See also the first…

Post date July 24, 2014
Post categories In Desktop

Everything In It’s Right Place 1: My idea of a proper desktop

I’m working on polishing a collection of minor desktop hacks that will transform my Gnome Shell experience into something more palatable than vanilla. In preparation for an article…

Post date July 14, 2014
Post categories In Desktop

Gratification: Instant vs. delayed

I have spent most of the day, trying to get a very rudimentary mail server setup working, using a number of wikis, guides and tutorials. Some work better…

Post date March 1, 2014
Post categories In Server

Android Aside: Enchanced Email is the best app for Exchange ActiveSync account

While most android issues or apps do not fall under the umbrella of linux or foss by any means, some android solutions are less obnoxious than others from…

Post date February 14, 2014
Post categories In Linux

Gnome crashes… because of a missing icon.

As if to underscore my previous point, Gnome 3.10 introduced a new cause of crashes. Whenever I would intentionally or unintentionally drag a window from one workspace to…

Post date February 9, 2014
Post categories In Desktop

Gnome Shell: Three years on

The big battle of GNOME Shell has beeen pretty much fought out by now. I think the general consensus is that GNOME Shell lost but that there’s no…

Post date February 2, 2014
Post categories In Desktop