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Coffee and a Command line – jobs

by usr_local in January 10th, 2010

Topics: How Tos, Tutorials, Video Tags: command line, commands, how to, Linux, SSH, terminal, Tips, Tutorials

You have now returned to the local shell without actually exiting the ssh session.

Coffee and a Command line – screen

by usr_local in January 8th, 2010

Topics: Apps, How Tos, Linux, Tutorials, Video Tags: command line, Linux, terminal, Tips, Tutorials

Basically, screen is an application that allows you to open multiple terminal (virtual terminals)sessions inside a single terminal. If you are familiar with the ability to use multiple terminals or ttys in Linux then, you should enjoy using screen. As you should be aware of, the terminal, shell or command line is where a user [...]

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Mastering Fluxbox – ~/.fluxbox/startup

by usr_local in December 24th, 2009

Topics: How Tos, Linux, Tutorials Tags: desktop, fluxbox, how to, Tutorials

So simple! so CLI! Fluxbox can be really awesome.

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Mastering Fluxbox – Styles

by usr_local in December 17th, 2009

Topics: How Tos, Linux, Tutorials Tags: desktop, fluxbox, how to, Linux, Tutorials

The next configuration tweaks that we will discuss is the ’styles’ directory. This is one of the more complicated files to edit. In your Fluxbox menu, you will notice that there is ’system styles’ and ‘user styles’. The system styles are the styles install with fluxbox. These are stored in /usr/share/fluxbox/styles directory. If you choose [...]

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Mastering Fluxbox – The Menu

by usr_local in December 10th, 2009

Topics: How Tos, Linux, Tutorials Tags: desktop, fluxbox, Linux, Tutorials

The Fluxbox menu is your app launching pad. Fluxbox, by default, does not use dessktop icons and does not have a ’start’ menu. It does have a menu though. You access the menu with a right click. The menu appears at the point where your mouse cursor is at the time you right clicked.
Although you [...]

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