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Trying to make a custom Arch-based Linux distro with larch
I'm all set up with a spiffy Arch installation in a virtual machine, and now I want to turn it into a live ISO. When I heard about larch, I thought it would be the perfect tool to turn my existing ...
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Add color palette for Sakura terminal
How can add my own color palette in Sakura terminal?
I use Ubuntu 12.04, and in options menu, I see only tango, Linux, xterm and rxvt palettes available.
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Bind shortcut switch to a specific application
I usually have several applications running on my workstation. Usually I need VIM, Google Chrome and Terminal and some other applications that I don't always need, e.g. mail client, IM, VLC, etc.
It ...
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How can I force Thunderbird to use my preferred text color and to ignore the text color specified in incoming messages?
I use a dark theme in Ubuntu. Everything is fine in Thunderbird except for the messages that arrive where a font color is specified ( I assume Outlook forces a color to be specified). Those messages ...
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When running echinus can the scrollbars and similar window elements be skinned?
I see on the website http://plhk.ru/ screenshots number 5 and 6 -- what is used to to get these style of scrollbars? When I launch Opera I get a very ugly scrollbar that does not fit the look of the ...
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Terminal emulator with custom scripts and hotkey support for linux
I need a terminal application for linux with support for custom scripts and support to bind this scripts for hotkeys.
For example I login into computers hundreds times a day. I don't want to write ...
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where do screensavers come from in Ubuntu/Linux?
How can I add a screensaver to my system? I don't want to import an existing one, but to know the mechanics of how to CREATE one from scratch and install it as if it were one of the default ones.
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.Xresources syntax
This is a sample line from my .Xresources:
XTerm.vt100.geometry: 80x64+240+120
It works, but I'm concerned about style. One thing is that I see people use things like xterm*background. What's the ...
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Firefox Linux/Gnome: remove down arrow from folders in personal toolbar
In linux version of firefox (specifically in my case Debian's rebranded Iceweasel), folders of bookmarks in the personal toolbar show a little down arrow on the right of the name. It serves no real ...
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How to configure a Linux kernel based on the modules currently in use?
I'm willing to build a minimal kernel with only the needed things for my machine; so I started by compiling the kernel from the ground up, using the default configuration and adding things that I know ...
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Problem with booting my custom kernel
I compiled and installed a custom Linux kernel using Debian kernel-package. Everything went OK: .deb files were created and custom vmlinuz and initrd.img were created in /boot and /boot/grub/menu.lst ...
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How can I customize my Ubuntu installation?
I just installed Ubuntu on my netbook, and I'd like to customize it but don't know where to start. Do you know of any tips or guides for customizing Ubuntu?
