Extend Gedit with amazing plugins

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Been busy in writing one script these days. So here&#8217;s something for you to munch in the meanwhile.

Change background in gnome from shell script.

I learnt this just now but this is something I wanted to try for some time. I wanted to know a way to change the background from the shell without actually using the change background GUI option. I always find that option very slow.

So what do you do.. write a shell script

gconftool-2 type string -s /desktop/gnome/background/picture_filename &#8221;`pwd`/$1&#8221;

Use this script to change the desktop. Some other time we will delve into why this works. For now you can just run this shell script with the filename and see your Desktop background change. Cool 🙂

Create your own splash screen for gimp

Gimp allows you to set the <a class="zem_slink freebase/en/splash_screen" title="Splash screen" rel="wikipedia" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Splash_screen">splash screen very easily. All you need to do is copy the image to ~/.gimp-/splashes/. There is <a class="zem_slink freebase/en/betting" title="Betting (poker)" rel="wikipedia" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Betting_%28poker%29">no limit on the size or color. You just copy all the images you like to have as splash and one of them would be randomly picked up from the said direcotory for the splash image.

10 Keyboard Techniques To Create Cool Symbols

<img src="http://blog.amit-agarwal.co.in/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/Thumbnail3.png" alt="Thumbnail" align="bottom" />All of us use the keyboard to create symbols daily. Look at the thumbnail. That’s a simple symbol created with just four keys.

Symbols existed even before the alphabets. Over the years they have been part of folklore, myths and legends. Some have stayed on as indelible marks. Some, like the swastika, are better forgotten. Symbols have remained potent. If you doubt their visual power, then look no further than logos. People shell out millions for a three-pointed star on a sleek hood or a prancing horse. Puzzled? The first one is the Mercedes logo and the latter is Ferrari’s.

Whats Orange And Sounds Like A Parrot?

Could not resist posting this 🙂

What&#8217;s orange and sounds like a parrot?

A carrot!

URL: <a href="http://www.jokes.com/funny/whatever/whats-orange-and-sounds-like-a-parrot-">http://www.jokes.com/funny/whatever/whats-orange-and-sounds-like-a-parrot-

GNOME 2.28 released

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GNOME 2.28 is released now, just a week after the release of the release candidate. This release includes several bugfixes & enhancements for included components.

URL: <a HREF="http://lxer.com/module/newswire/ext_link.php?rid=125905">http://lxer.com/module/newswire/ext_link.php?rid=125905

Difference between unix and linux.

Find the article <a href="http://docs.hp.com/en/5971-3502/5971-3502.pdf">here.<div class="question"> <div style="margin: -5px 0pt 15px; padding: 0px; background-color: rgb(244, 247, 222); position: relative; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; background-position: 0px -8px;" id="question_title"> <table style="margin: 0pt; padding: 0pt;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0">

What is the difference between Linux and Unix