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Awesome Window Manager: Part 3

Awesome Window Manager: Part 3

More keys please!

In part two of the “Awesome Window Manager Guide”, we looked at: Editing the default Awesome configuration file, setting the default terminal emulator and text editor, installing a third-party theme named awesome-copycats/powerarrow-dark performing tweaks to the theme code. Continuing in part three, we’ll look at adding a “run launcher” called “Rofi” and “hotkey daemon” called “sxhkd”. We’ll also create an “AutoStart” script, which will allow us to launch applications, scripts and system tray applets when Awesome starts up.
Awesome Window Manager: Part 2

Awesome Window Manager: Part 2

Making Awesome your awesome!

On of many things I love about Linux, is that fact that you can change almost everything about the OS. Unlike Mac or Windows where you’re forced to use the graphical user interface which comes with the OS - Linux allows unparalleled flexibility and freedom when it comes to customization. Installing and learning how to configure a window manager is just one of the ways to experience this first hand.
Awesome Window Manager: Part 1

Awesome Window Manager: Part 1

Everything is awesome!

Like most “Linux tinkerers” who like to customize their OS, I’ve spent a bunch of time over the last few weeks looking on in awe at all the highly customized, yet minimal “Tiling window manager” environments submitted over at r/unixporn. I wanted to get in on the action. So, after some deliberation and a bit of reading up on what a window manager would offer me, I decided to take the plunge and give one a try.
Linux/NVIDIA Screen Tearing Fix

Linux/NVIDIA Screen Tearing Fix

Because everyone hates screen tearing!

Screen Tearing on NVIDIA One of the most annoying things that has bugged me for years while using an NVIDIA graphics card with Linux is the screen tearing which happens while gaming or watching videos. You can see if your current setup suffers from this by viewing the example video below in full screen. If you see breaks in the black lines while they are scrolling, then you have screen tearing too.
Fun With a Raspberry Pi 4

Fun With a Raspberry Pi 4

A tiny box of tricks!

It’s been a while since I’ve played with a Raspberry Pi. To me, they’ve always been the perfect device; you set one to do a job and sometimes completely forget that it’s there. They are low cost, quiet in operation, consume low power, plus stable as hell as they run Linux. These are brilliant little SBC’s (Single Board Computer), which are a great entry point to anyone wanting to learn about computers, program, or tinker with the board itself.
The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Modding Guide for Linux

The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Modding Guide for Linux

Time to buy more knee ointment!

Summary Hello my fellow penguins! This guide will show you how to set up a Skyrim modding environment for the original “The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim” on Linux, using a modified Steam Proton run script. 🔥 Please note, that this guide IS NOT for “The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Special Edition” - it’s for the older “The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim” or “Legendary Edition”. If you are looking to play with “ModOrganizer 2” and “TESV: Skyrim Special Edition”, there is a Lutris installer here.
WebP Thumbnail Images in Thunar

WebP Thumbnail Images in Thunar

Because we no see no WebP!

The WebP format, which is developed by Google is becoming ever more popular on the net these days. With many popular websites and web browsers adopting it. WebP offers a modern image format that “provides superior and lossy compression for images on the web”. Having played with the file format myself, I can confirm that using WebP can dramatically reduce the file size of images, while keeping almost the same level of detail as a source image as in the “PNG” format.
Game Review: ABZÛ

Game Review: ABZÛ

Here fishy fishy!

For those of you who know about the virtual content I love to create, you can no doubt imagine that this game was an instant buy for me. I’ve played a few games on Steam this week, but this one was probably the most visually and audibly pleasing. It really is a refreshing treat for the senses, and it’s one of those games that makes you feel a little better about life after playing it.