As you may already know, XFCE4 is my favorite desktop environment in Linux, which is my primary operating system. Actually, it is the only modern DE I can stand. It is fast, stable, feature-rich and includes a bunch of high-quality useful apps. In this article, I would like to introduce the Numix HiDPI theme for XFWM, the window manager of XFCE4.
Category: Linux
Linux Mint 18.3 BETA Released
Today, Linux Mint 18.3 beta ISO images were released to the public. The user can download Cinnamon and MATE editions to try out Mint 18.3 "Sylvia". Let's see what it offers to the end user.
Find Motherboard Model in Linux
In Windows, you can see information about the motherboard installed in your PC using various GUI tools. In Linux, there are no such tools installed out of the box. While you can install some of them to get motherboard information, there is a single console command you can issue and get your motherboard model and other details instantly.
Enable Flags for MATE Keyboard Layout Indicator
As you might know, MATE is a fork of Gnome 2 with a traditional Desktop interface like a taskbar, system tray and apps menu. MATE is developed along with Linux Mint, which is one of the most popular Linux distros these days. In this article, I would like to show you how to enable and set custom flags for the keyboard layout indicator in MATE.
Cinnamon 3.6 Released
Cinnamon is Linux Mint's flagship desktop environment. Started as a Gnome 3 fork, now it is fully independent. A new version of Cinnamon is out with a number of features you will like. Let's see the key changes done in this release.
Linux Mint discontinues its KDE Edition
As you may already know, Linux Mint comes with a number of editions with major desktop environments, including their very own Cinnamon, MATE (a fork of Gnome 2), XFCE, LXDE and KDE. Today's blog post reveals that the KDE edition won't be supported any more.
Linux Mint 18.3: Cinnamon 3.6 Improvements, FlatPak Support
The upcoming version of Linux Mint 18.3 is in active development. A new post on the official blog reveals a number of nice improvements which are coming to the OS. These include a refined user interface for the On-screen keyboard app along with GNOME Online Accounts support, and more.
Change Firefox Home Page in Ubuntu Mate
As you may already know, Ubuntu 17.10 got released along with its various spins. This is a very significant release of the OS with many changes. The main release ditched Unity for Gnome. Most of its exclusive software and patches were excluded from the distro. If you have installed the Ubuntu MATE spin, you might be surprised that you cannot change the home page in Firefox. Here is a workaround.
How to Disable Column Auto Resize in Thunar
Thunar is the default file manager app of the XFCE Linux desktop environment. In this article, we will see how to disable column auto resizing in Detailed List view of Thunar.
Linux Mint 18.3 code name is Sylvia
Today, the code name for the next, upcoming Linux Mint version was announced by its developers. They also shared a brief change log which highlights some interesting changes Linux Mint will receive this winter.
