Category: Gnome 2

can it run GNU Linux Debian 10 (64Bit)? yes it can! what used to be aWindows XP box is now running very latest FREE version Debian, thus allowing to run latest Firefox and latest Thunderbird 🙂 (to stay up to […]

one might know the firefox “delte browser history” ctrl + alt + delete hotkey which is convenient… to clean up all logins and stuff. one fine day… one tried to empty the trash can with a hotkey… one tried all […]

ONLY BUY FROM HARDWARE VENDORS THAT SUPPORT FREE & OPEN SOURCE SOFTWARE! (release the sources for their drivers and documentation for their hardware) “Currently there are only a few modern wifi chipsets readily available that work with free software systems. […]

look at this superb piece of Open Source software: … that is actually USED BY PEOPLE (like this one to write this article). unlike windows it comes with: life-time FREE UPDATES (!!!!!!!!!) a simple no f*****ing tiles design it comes […]

# how to debug problems # create script vim /scripts/mon_all_logs.sh # fill with this find /var/log/ -type f \( -name “*” \) ! -path ‘*.gz*’ -exec tail -n0 -f “$file” {} + # something is wrong here tail /var/log/Xorg.0.log [ […]

Cinnamon desktop developed by Developer(s) Linux Mint team! – is a beautiful desktop (default on Linux Mint) alternative to Gnome2 MATE. BUT: still prefer Gnome2 MATE (at least on GNU Debian Linux) because it is: minimalistic / very resource efficient […]

while not officially supported no drivers here: https://www.wacom.com/en-us/support/bamboo-support works out of the box on CentOS7/Rhel7, Kernel 4.15.9 THIS WORKS ABSOLUTELY INCREDIBLE 🙂 THANKS ALL INVOLVED! # what os do i have? hostnamectl Operating System: CentOS Linux 7 (Core) CPE OS […]

“Linux desktop remains an unpopular choice among mainstream desktop users, making up a little more than 2% of the desktop operating system market share. This is in contrast to the web server market share, which consists of 70% of Linux-based operating systems. […]

“Cinnamon is a Linux desktop which provides advanced innovative features and a traditional user experience. The desktop layout is similar to Gnome 2 with underlying technology forked from Gnome Shell. Cinnamon makes users feel at home with an easy to […]

preparations on terminal: detect your hardware: you can get old but well supported notebooks/laptops here like the dell latitude e4310 with this intel-spy-on-me wifi/bluetooth module on board: lshw |grep lue description: Bluetooth wireless interface product: DW375 Bluetooth Module capabilities: bluetooth […]

Update: as of 2019-01 and CentOS 7.6 the below setup may fail by now, for those reasons… BUT you CAN compile the latest kernel and all modules yourself (DON’T BE SHOCKED! YOU CAN DO IT! IT’S NOT ROCKET SIENCE!… just […]

checkout what is the latest version of netinst.iso not so free – but your network card might work you can try the free software only version first – and if it says – “firmware missing”… try again with this version… […]

adding printers in with the system-config-printer wizard dialog under linux debian gnome2 mate with cups nowadays used to work quiet well as you can see here… apt-get update; apt-get install firefox; # without browser you can not access the cups […]

in general unfortunately the minimum time-unit usable with at is minutes – no seconds or milliseconds. timing non-repetative tasks tasks that are just run once but at a certain time or date at ist not installed per default under centos/redhat, […]

to play sound from a script/bash/command line: there are multiple possibilities… hostnamectl; # tested on Static hostname: DebianLaptop Icon name: computer-laptop Operating System: Debian GNU/Linux 9 (stretch) Kernel: Linux 4.9.0-11-amd64 Architecture: x86-64 # paplay seems to be part of the […]

THE POWER OF THE GNU PENGUIN: HUMANS SHOULD NEVER EVER WAIT FOR MACHINES! MACHINES LIFE FOREVER – HUMANS DO NOT (YET). GNU LINUX Debian 8 “Jessie” with MATE Gnome2 Desktop GUI) on DELL E4310 with Samsung SSD 830 – powerup […]

IPv6 is great for everything that is (more or less) DIRECTLY connected to the internet (needs a public accessible address): firewalls / routers modems servers (using firewalls / routers and modems to connect) but it seems completely “overkill” and even […]

apt-get update; apt-get install iceweasel; # without browser you can not access the cups webinterface apt-get install cups cups-client “foomatic-db”; # install cups system itself plus extra drivers apt-get install system-config-printer; adding the ML-6060 (USB only) printer worked like a […]

for easy network management under gnome apt-get update; apt-get install network-manager-gnome; # install the network manager tool # optional: apt-get install gnome-nettool; # install network debugging tool network-manager-gnome nice tool to manage your weird wired and wireless networks if it […]