Alpine Linux
If you are looking for a tiny footprint, secure, Linux (UX) OS, Alpine Linux may be the ticket. Even I have been able to successfully install Alpine in a virtual…
Xorg – Wayland Transition Thoughts…
Revisions:Initial Draft: 13 Dec 2023Revised Draft: 14 Dec 2023 This document is yet another one of those I plan to update periodically. We'll see how that goes. Merchants Hotel ~1925…
Switch to Zsh & Oh-My-Zsh
Here's another piece of shell 'coolness'... used by this old geek. Oh My Zsh is a delightful, open source, community-driven framework for managing your Zsh configuration : Here is their…
pfetch
If you are like me and like your terminal to offer some status info, but might prefer something a tad more minimal in use and look than neofetch, I recommend…
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…
bspwm (+ hlwm) setup
This is an update/ report on my bspwn Journey. I continue to especially enjoy using bspwm... I hope folks find some of my learnings reasonably helpful. Below you will find…
Creating a homogeneous look & feel for multiple window managers- Part 1
This is the first article in a series. Yes, it is possible to create a homogeneous look across multiple window managers (wm). In this series, I will discuss and demonstrate…
Getting BunsenLabs (Lithium) to run on MX19 & antiX19 (a tutorial)
For those who are interested in having a version of BunsenLabs (Lithium) running on MX19 and/or antiX19, I have begun work on that task. Right now I have no plans…
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…