Tag Archives: desktop linux

Using Rofi for Agnostic Lightweight Window/App Management

Posted on June 1, 2019 by Will Foster

Rofi is a super lightweight window switching and application launcher written entirely in C.  It’s totally agnostic to your desktop environment or window manager making it ideal to quickly search for or toggle between open windows and applications and other … Continue reading →

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Installing Fedora on the Raspberry Pi 3

Posted on March 13, 2016 by Will Foster

Recently I setup CentOS on the Raspberry pi 2.  Now we’re going to be installing a modern Fedora 23 desktop on the Raspberry Pi 3.  I’ve used the Pi 2 instructions from chisight’s blog post so original credit goes to … Continue reading →

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Logitech G933 Wireless Headset on Linux

Posted on January 26, 2016 by Will Foster

I recently came into possession of a Logitech G933 wireless headset and started using it on my Linux work laptop for 100% of my audio and video conferencing needs.  There were a few issues out of the box on Linux … Continue reading →

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Linux Laptop Power Tuning with Powertop and Friends

Posted on December 18, 2015 by Will Foster

There’s an easy way to reduce power usage on Linux laptops using Intel’s Powertop utility.  Powertop polls your existing power usage and recommends tunings for your hardware.  I’ll show you how to quickly make the most of your battery life … Continue reading →

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Using KWin with Xfce

Posted on August 14, 2015 by Will Foster

I’ve been a long-time Xfce user as I’ve bounced around any manner of window manager and desktop environment since the turn of the century. I always found 3D effects like viewing all window spaces, and exposé-type features to be useful … Continue reading →

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Quickly Make Fedora Linux Fonts Glorious

Posted on August 11, 2015 by Will Foster

As a previous user of the now defunct Infinality repo I was looking for something similar in Fedora 26+ and came across this COPR repository.  This used to follow the infinality fonts guide but I’ve updated it for recent versions … Continue reading →

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Guide: Laptop Hybrid Suspend on Linux

Posted on August 7, 2015 by Will Foster

One feature desktop Linux has been lacking out of the box is hybrid-suspend, supported as of Kernel versions 3.6+. The following guide lets you suspend to both memory and disk, so you never lose your work if your battery is … Continue reading →

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