Xnest – XDMCP protocol and virtual DM

2012-10-22 2 min read Fedora
An IceWM Xephyr session is running inside a Fluxbox Xephyr session, which is running inside another IceWM Xephyr session, which is running under Linux Mint 8. (Note that Fluxbox is also licensed under the MIT license by the Fluxbox developers, but IceWM is released under the GPL and LGPL by Marko Ma?ek.) (Photo credit: Wikipedia) XDMCP is protocol that allows remote connections and provides you with a working Display Manager like KDE, GNome, et al. Continue reading

Set gnome-shell to start in fallback mode without GUI.

2012-01-26 1 min read Fedora Gnome
If you run into issues with gnome-shell then gnome-shell should allow you to disable all the plugins and get the gnome-shell. But since gnome-shell is still evolving, you might run into issue where the shell does not come up. What to do in that case. You can set the shell to start in fallback mode, where there are more chances that it will come up. Alas, but you don’t have a shell or desktop session to do that. Continue reading

Contd:: Evaluation of Distro\’s

2010-05-17 4 min read Linux
<a href="www.foresightlinux.org/" target="_blank">Foresight Foresight is a desktop operating system featuring an intuitive user interface and a showcase of the latest desktop software, giving users convenient and enjoyable access to their music, photos, videos, documents, and Internet resources. <a href="http://amit-agarwal.co.in/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2008/11/1.jpg"><img class="size-medium wp-image-270" title="Foresight" src="http://blog.amit-agarwal.co.in/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/1-300x225.jpg" alt="Foresight" width="300" height="225" /> I liked their logo. Quite simple and intutive. <a href="http://amit-agarwal.co.in/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2008/11/2.jpg"><img class="size-medium wp-image-271" title="Foresight Foreground" src="http://blog.amit-agarwal.co.in/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/2-300x225.jpg" alt="Foresight Foreground" width="300" height="225" /> Logo goes quite well with the Foreground image. Continue reading