Creating an Xfce4 Thunar Custom Action (Tutorial)
Image Conversion Function(s) The following Thunar Custom Actions require that you have imagemagick installed. Here are the commands for each. To Convert jpg to png; the action command is: To…
Create MX Linux Minimal (Script)
The following script (or cli) will reduce MXLinux 18 to a relatively small distro. ################################# #!/bin/bash sudo apt update sudo apt-get remove --purge aisleriot asunder chromium-bsu chromium-bsu-data clementine clipit dconf-editor…
MX Linux Setup (example)
I remove the following standard MX components from the basic installation: sudo apt-get purge gmtp orage featherpad nomacs nomacs-l10n pppoeconf asunder chromium-bsu chromium-bsu-data clipit gnome-ppp gnome-hearts hexchat hexchat-common lbreakout2 lbreakout2-data…
Fix gnome-keyring problems (via reset)
To Reset the gnome-keyring: sudo mv /usr/bin/gnome-keyring-daemon /usr/bin/gnome-keyring-daemon-oldsudo killall gnome-keyring-daemon
gtkrc-2.0 Settings (used in xfce gtk2)
include "/.local/share/mx-tweak-data/no-ellipse-desktop-filenames.rc" style "xfdesktop-icon-view" { XfdesktopIconView::label-alpha = 0 XfdesktopIconView::selected-label-alpha = 30 XfdesktopIconVIew::ellipsize-icon-labels = 1 XfdesktopIconView::shadow-x-offset = 2 XfdesktopIconView::shadow-y-offset = 2 XfdesktopIconView::shadow-color = "#000000" XfdesktopIconView::selected-shadow-x-offset = 2 XfdesktopIconView::selected-shadow-y-offset = 2 XfdesktopIconView::selected-shadow-color…
Install polybar dependencies (antiX)
Install polybar (dependencies) on antiX iceWM: sudo apt-get install ccache clang cmake cmake-data gcc git i3-wm libasound2-dev libcairo2-dev libcurl4-openssl-dev libiw-dev libmpdclient-dev libpulse-dev libxcb-ewmh-dev libxcb-icccm4-dev libxcb-image0-dev libxcb-randr0-dev libxcb-util0-dev libxcb-xkb-dev libxcb-xrm-dev libxcb1-dev…
To install Openbox on antiX
Install the following for Openbox & obmenu-generator: sudo apt-get install cpanminus git && git clone git://github.com/trizen/obmenu-generator && sudo cp obmenu-generator/obmenu-generator /usr/bin && mkdir .config/obmenu-generator && sudo cp -r obmenu-generator/schema.pl ~/.config/obmenu-generator/…
Blacklist (quiet) an annoying PC speaker
Edit: sudo geany /etc/modprobe.d/mjr-blacklist.conf add the following content: #No PC speaker please blacklist pcspkr Close & Save, Restart your PC
Bluetooth won’t start (arch)
If bluetooth won't start try this.... in your terminal: modprobe -r btusb && modprobe btusb If that doesn't work try (much of the following requires systemd): sudo pacman -S bluez…
antiX-ManyRoads Conky
I use the following conky on a number of desktops. Enjoy! Sample Screenshot #-- Informant Conky #-- Date : 26/10/2017 #-- Editor : Erik Dubois #-- Version : v3.0.4 #--…