xterm & URxvt – make ’em look nicer
If you are interested in small footprint, low resource use terminals, there are few skinnier than xterm and URxvt. The 'thing' that scares most people away from these tiny terminals…
dwm and i3wm systray removal & desktop setup tricks
These days, there are two window managers I enjoy using "more than the others I have tried". They are dwm & i3wm. After long time use (more than a year…
i3wm, dwm plus Peppermint 10 desktops on an LTS Ubuntu Bionic Base
Building this Ubuntu-based multi-window manager/ DE environment is tested on Peppermint OS 10. The steps highlighted should work with other Ubuntu-based distros & with minor tweaks should even work on…
Bunsenlabs on non-systemd Debian (antiX19)
If you want to work with, or play around with, BunsenLabs (BL) on a non-systemd Debian platform, here is a method by which you can install BL on antiX19. With…
i3wm: an excellent and aesthetically pleasing window manager
It has been a while since I tried a new tiler. Lately, I have been having a 'good time' building a vanilla i3wm desktop. In keeping with my preference of…
Helpful system tray utilities/applications
I have been doing quite a bit of research & tweaking of my dwm (debian and arch-based) installations over the past several weeks. In the process of this work, I…
Fvwm3 Tutorial
In my continuing saga of trying and using window managers (wm), I have installed Fvwm3. By way of providing a bit of background I'll start by describing my environment: Fvwm3…
A dwm (Dynamic Window Manager) Journey- 3
In the third (3rd) installment of this tutorial series, I'll discuss environment concerns/ requirements as well as implementation evaluation and components. To begin, I'll enumerate what I consider (for me)…
A dwm (Dynamic Window Manager) Journey- 2
As I noted in my first article in this series, I began this journey with a decent understanding of both bspwm and herbstluftwm (hlwm). However, if I wanted to use…
A dwm (Dynamic Window Manager) Journey- 1
I have to say that I have a horrible history of remaining on any environment for very long. Now, in my forever journeys of Linux exploration, I have recently arrived…