One of the very first things that you see after you boot into your OS, will be your Display Manager. SDDM is a common display manager on many modern Linux distributions today. However, some Linux distributions may only provide you with as basic SDDM login theme by default - so, what if you want to change that? Well …

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Adding a Compositor Those of you interested in ricing your window manager will no doubt have seen all the fancy looking desktop on r/unixporn which have a transparent/blurring effect behind app windows. This can really add a modern look to your desktop. This can be achieved by using a compositing manager. The Awesome …

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Wallpapers When customising your desktop, the thing that stands out the most is your wallpaper. It takes up the most pixels on your screen after all, and when it comes to setting a wallpaper on Linux on a normal desktop environment, you have more than a few options. When using a window manager, however, I find these …

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In part three of the "Awesome Window Manager Guide", we covered, how to add a "run launcher" for searching and loading apps, adding a "hotkey daemon" for launching your favourite apps and taking screenshots, how to create an "autostart script" which automatically launches apps …

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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 …

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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 …

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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 …

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