Category: GNU Linux and Mate Gnome2 Desktop

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… […]

what printers have good GNU Linux support? https://dwaves.de/2022/05/19/gnu-linux-debian-11-brother-hl-5450dn-reliable-black-and-white-laser-printer-that-works-out-of-the-box-with-cups-filter-those-laser-printers/ how to set default paper size/format? how to set default (system wide) paper size? (creditz) theoretically it should be set here: (creditz) /etc/papersize simply by: echo “a4” > /etc/papersize thats how users […]

you can use the command: xdpyinfo|less to get your X-server version: name of display: :0.0 version number: 11.0 vendor string: The X.Org Foundation vendor release number: 11604000 X.Org version: 1.16.4 maximum request size: 16777212 bytes motion buffer size: 256 bitmap […]

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 […]

it is interesting to see what kernel+filesystem the distributions rely on. Kernels: While CentOS is still on 3.10, Debian is believing in 3.16, and SUSE is “latest” with it’s 4.4 Version kernel. http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2015/04/linux-kernel-4-0-new-features https://www.heise.de/newsticker/meldung/Linux-Kernel-macht-Versionssprung-auf-4-0-2557302.html you can upgrade with Debian to […]

but imho the best background pictures are the universe and galaxy background pictures that change every 15min /usr/share/backgrounds/cosmos more fancy background images you could use. # become root su # get latest package definitions apt update # update all packages […]

Gnome2 MATE Desktop comes with pretty cool Cosmos background slideshow. in theory it should be possible to put more pictures into it… just search for “cosmos” on yandex.ru or any other search engine. space grounds: MATE Gnome2 comes with nice space […]

there is no menu-manager installed per default. it was named “alacarte” now it is named “mozo” easy MATE menu editing tool mozo is an easy-to-use menu editor for MATE that can add and edit new entries and menus. It works […]

THE POWER OF THE GNU PENGUIN: https://youtu.be/0MI2k_Ml5_0 HUMANS SHOULD NEVER EVER WAIT FOR MACHINES! 🙂 MACHINES LIVE FOREVER – HUMANS DO NOT (YET) GNU LINUX Debian 8 “Jessie” with MATE Gnome2 Desktop GUI) on DELL E4310 with Samsung SSD 830 […]

you won’t believe it – but your password is NOT required. all you have to do is find “#autologin-user” and put your “autologin-user=username” into it and <- UNCOMMENT autologin-user-timeout=0. reboot. works. uname -a; # tested with Linux debian 3.16.0-4-686-pae #1 […]

VLC as a Music player is currently (2023) the default. it is as easily installed as: su – root apt update apt install vlc It is as easily started up as: vlc /home/user/Music VLC’s shuffle function ain’t the best (it […]

Update: 2020-05 PDF are important file formats for document exchange, but in 2020 PDF as Mail-Attachments can not be 100% trusted anymore. how to create PDF under Linux? there are various programs that support export to PDF format least but […]

vim /etc/lightdm/lightdm.conf [SeatDefaults] #xserver-command=X #xserver-layout= #xserver-config= xserver-allow-tcp=false #xdmcp-manager= #xdmcp-port=177 #xdmcp-key= greeter-session=lightdm-greeter greeter-hide-users=true #greeter-allow-guest=true #greeter-show-manual-login=false #login with LXDE as default (default xSession) user-session=LXDE #allow-guest=true #guest-session=UNIMPLEMENTED session-wrapper=/etc/X11/Xsession #display-setup-script= #greeter-setup-script= #session-setup-script= #session-cleanup-script= #autologin-guest=false ###################### > CHANGE THIS LINE TO THE USER THAT SHOULD […]