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“Ricing” desktops

Post author:ManyRoads
Post published:January 29, 2020
Post category:Open Source

For those who are unfamiliar, "ricing" is a small but interesting (to me anyway) *nix sub-culture. These are folks who focus on transforming lower resource environments into works of art,…

BLaM#! OpenBox

Post author:ManyRoads
Post published:October 10, 2019
Post category:eirenicon

By popular(?) demand, I am prematurely announcing a tutorial to help you create your very own version of BLaM#!. What you might ask is BLaM#! (Hmmm, now where do I…

bspwm (an update)

Post author:ManyRoads
Post published:July 15, 2019
Post category:Open Source

I am officially up & running using bspwm. I have made some changes to my original exploration plans; shall we say, I have taken a few "diversions". These diversions include:…

bspwm – an Exploration

Post author:ManyRoads
Post published:June 24, 2019
Post category:Open Source

Let me start this lengthy post with stating that I like antiX very much. Having said that, you will note (in this post) there are things I find less than…

Tiny Panel Research Gathering

Post author:ManyRoads
Post published:June 24, 2019
Post category:Open Source

I am trying to gather information, experiences and notes on the use of "Tiny Panel Bars". I am not really concerned on which distro base you 'found your understanding' or…

eirenicon Knowledgebase is online

Post author:ManyRoads
Post published:June 14, 2019
Post category:eirenicon

I am pleased to announce the creation and availability of eirenicon's Knowledgebase. The setup of eirenicon's Knowledgebase (KB) utilizes: WordPress (WP) for the content. Our KB articles are simple WP…

antiX19alpha (Xfce & Openbox) Status Update

Post author:ManyRoads
Post published:June 6, 2019
Post category:Open Source

For those interested in my desktop build progress, below are some screenshot links to images of my work on antiX19alpha desktops. The install I am creating has all the traditional…

Converting antiX to an XFCE4 based Distro (a tutorial)

Post author:ManyRoads
Post published:May 26, 2019
Post category:Open Source

Note: this tutorial is generally applicable as a tutorial to almost any Debian based distro you might wish to convert or build into a tailored xfce installation. You will need…

Xfce4 Thunar Custom Action Tricks

Post author:ManyRoads
Post published:February 3, 2019
Post category:Open Source

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…

Appearance Condition Settings (for both Custom Actions)

Searching & Converting PDF, DJVU documents

Post author:ManyRoads
Post published:January 31, 2019
Post category:Open Source

Have you found a PDF file that is not digitally searchable, and you really wish it was? Do you wish you could easily convert monstrously huge PDF files to more…