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wallpaper manager

Mon, 24 Dec 2018 01:00:10 +0000

So, I have been looking for a wallpaper manager with some features like:

automatically change wallpaper from my directory list
Get wallpapers from internet

Possibly display time and a quote.

Variety does all of that. From variety website :

Variety is a wallpaper manager for Linux systems. It supports numerous desktops and wallpaper sources, including local files and online services: Flickr, Wallhaven, Unsplash, and more.

Where supported, Variety sits as a tray icon to allow easy pausing and resuming. Otherwise, its desktop entry menu provides a similar set of options.

xev – Check the X keyboard events

Mon, 19 Nov 2018 01:00:26 +0000

xev man page

xev – print contents of X events

So other day I was checking why my play key was not working and wanted to check if it maps to one of the X default mappings for the keyboard and was stuck on how to check this. And finally found that I can try this:

xev -event keyboard

Pretty neat 🙂

New feature in Nautilus – resize icon on desktop.

Mon, 10 Jan 2011 15:36:25 +0000

On Desktop on Gnome using nautilus, now you can resize individual icons. Just right click on the icon to resize and in the menu you will get a resize icon :

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Resize icon

and then you can resize the icon from the borders:

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Resize icon

“Where is this icon?” Nautilus script is incredibly nifty (omgubuntu.co.uk)
Use Nautilus’ Emblems feature to keep your home folder organised (omgubuntu.co.uk)
Screenshots: Desktop Unity in Natty (omgubuntu.co.uk)
Add a quick-access shortcuts to the GNOME right-click menu (ghacks.net)

gnomecc color scheme - my favourite.

Sun, 11 Jul 2010 07:59:26 +0000

my favourite <a href="http://blog.amit-agarwal.co.in/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/gtkrc-2.0-gnome-color-chooser">gtkrc-2 file.

Snapshot of how it looks.

Desktop Customization on Amit Agarwal Linux Blog

wallpaper manager

xev – Check the X keyboard events

New feature in Nautilus – resize icon on desktop.

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