Compiz-Fusion: Missing Title Bar Fix.
by Ken Coulton on Jun.06, 2010, under 02. Quick Start Guide, 05. Customizing, Compiz-Fusion
When you first install Compiz-Fusion on to a Vectorlinux 6.0 system, you may notice that the
compositing manager fails to display the title bars correctly on the program windows.
There is a simple fix for that and here it is.
Understanding Workspace Settings.
by Ken Coulton on Jun.06, 2010, under 05. Customizing
Keeping all your applications, webpages, and references up on one desktop can be crowded, so why not 2, or
3, or 4 desktops. Linux can give you multiple desktops to organize your tasks and makes it easy to navigate
through them all.
Changing the Xfce4 wallpaper.
by Ken Coulton on Jun.06, 2010, under 02. Quick Start Guide, 05. Customizing
Coming right from a Windows environment doing something as easy as changing the background
wallpaper may even be confusing, so here is how.
Auto starting Compiz Fusion with a delay script.
by Ken Coulton on Jun.06, 2010, under 02. Quick Start Guide, 05. Customizing, Compiz-Fusion
Compiz-Fusion is more than just graphical eye candy. It can be an addictive way
to go about your computing. However, if it autostarts to quickly it can cause some conflicts with
the other programs. So here is how you can delay it’s launch.
Customizing your keyboard shortcuts in the xfce4 environment.
by Ken Coulton on Jun.04, 2010, under 02. Quick Start Guide, 05. Customizing
Keyboard short cuts are the best way to maximize the speed at which you can accomplish
repetitive tasks. The Xfce4 environment on Vectorlinux Standard makes this easy.
Installing Compiz Fusion on Vectorlinux.
by Ken Coulton on Jun.04, 2010, under 02. Quick Start Guide, 05. Customizing, Compiz-Fusion
Compiz is a compositing manager. That by itself may mean very little to you, but it you
have a compatible graphics card Compiz-Fusion can revolutionize your computing experience.
Amazing effects tailored to add to the usability and the customizability of the Desktop.
Connecting to a Windows Network on Vectorlinux Light.
by Ken Coulton on Jun.02, 2010, under 07. Internet Connectivity, Networking
If you click on Windows Networking under the networking category of the menu you should be off and running. If you want to see more just check out this tutorial.
Installing Openoffice.org on your Slackware based Linux box
by Ken Coulton on Apr.22, 2010, under 04. Installing Software, 06. .rpm extension applications.
Openoffice is the #1 office suite for Linux, but your distributions repo’s rarely carry the newest one. Openoffice is easy enough to download from www.openoffice.org but there is no version for Slackware users. It’s not straight forward but it can be done and here’s how.
Windows Networking with Vectorlinux Standard 6.0
by Ken Coulton on Apr.19, 2010, under 02. Quick Start Guide, 07. Internet Connectivity, Networking
Vectorlinux has a tool for making sharing files with a Windows machine called vlsmbmnt. Trouble is the version included with the fresh install needs upgrading. This is an easy fix when you know what you are looking for. Here’s a tut to show the way.
