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Back to Xmonad

Today, I switched back to Xmonad from Openbox. I did this for a few reasons, which I’ll explain below, however I would not recommend you make the change unless you’re really willing to learn - because chances are a tiling window manager is unlike anything you’ve used before, and that puts off quite a lot [...]

Filed in Computing, under , , , on June 30, 2008
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The importance of liking how your computer looks

I am a firm believer that how your computer looks is possibly the most important aspect of it. Your computer may be fast or slow, stable or unstable, have lots of programs installed or not, but when it boils down to it - nobody likes to use something that they don’t like the look of. [...]

Filed in Computing, under , , , , , , , , on June 14, 2008
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Running multiple X servers at once.

I’m sure many of you will know this already, but I just discovered today how to run multiple X servers at once - and therefore multiple window managers or desktop environments. I have been wondering this for a while - I like X, it is to me a very interesting part of any Unix-like/based system, [...]

Filed in Linux, under , , , on May 21, 2008
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One of the reasons I love Linux: Choice

I love Linux. I do. For many reasons. One of these reasons is choice, I can choose between many different ways of doing something, and if I so desire can have a machine completely different to everyone else’s. That is just not possible with Windows. With Windows you have no choice about the components of [...]

Filed in Linux, under , , , , , on May 5, 2008
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Given my computer a bit of a facelift.

It’s amazing how fast we can change, isn’t it? I have gone from loving XFCE and using it exclusively to loving Openbox and using it exclusively in the space of about twenty minutes. I have always been partial to minimalism, and Openbox fits that ideal perfectly. I found that with a few programs and XFCE [...]

Filed in Linux, under , , , , , on May 3, 2008
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