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I am using XFCE as my Desktop Environment, and that includes XFWM – XFCE’s own window manager. I could have used another one, but I find XFWM to be quite good. I did look briefly at what other WMs are out there, and what I pretty much ended with was that a Compositing window manager would be best (XFWM is one), and not just for fun visual effects. Actually, if that’s what you’re looking for Compiz might be what you want to give a try. But I’m not really looking for all those visual effects, and XFWM offered what I needed, so I didn’t see the need to look for anything else. Having been using it for a little while now, I did however figure out a few nice tips & tricks that I...

Sometimes, especially on the command line, it happens that you delete a file or directory you didn’t really plan to delete. A second after hit enter you realize what you have done, maybe you are fast enough to stop the deletion process and save some files, but in the most cases it’s already to late, at least for some files.  If you have no or a too old backup you’re screwed. If you use ext3/ext4...

First and foremost of all, please don’t mix a Hacker with a Cracker. A Hacker is someone that has “technical adeptness and a delight in solving problems and overcoming limits” (http://insideinformationdaily.info/gold-2012.htm) While a Cracker is the popper word for someone that uses security penetration techniques in order to gain access to something. If you dare to mix the two, Linux fanatics...

This tutorial shows how you can enable Compiz Fusion on a Linux Mint 11 desktop (the system must have a 3D-capable graphics card – I’m using an NVIDIA GeForce 8200 here). With Compiz Fusion you can use beautiful 3D effects like wobbly windows or a desktop cube on your desktop. This document comes without warranty of any kind! I do not issue any guarantee that this will work for you! 1 Preliminary...

Logical Volume Management is a vast improvement over standard partitioning schemes. Among many other things, it allows you to decrease the size of a volume without recreating it completely. Here’s how.  First, as is always the case when you’re modifying disk volumes, partitions, or file systems, you should really have a recent backup. A typo in one the following commands could easily destroy...