If you have spent any time on this blog at all, you are probably wondering why I have "JWM Theme Friday!" and discussions about keeping my Linux light with Light Weight Desktop Environments or Windows Managers (LWDE/WM). I already have an article addressing that specifically, but I would like …

Every Friday you will see a new JWM theme posted here, including the .jwmrc file and a screenshot, so check back here on Fridays for the new theme. You can readily find the background images off of the internet. Be sure to check that the font file is a font …

Every Friday you will see a new JWM theme posted here, including the .jwmrc file and a screenshot, so check back here on Fridays for the new theme. You can readily find the background images off of the internet. Be sure to check that the font file is a font …

Recently at my work we realized that we needed to extend our wireless internet without wired connections. They do, of course, sell wifi extenders. We actually bought one, and had some marginal success with it, but it would often require rebooting by way of physically unplugging it and plugging it …

Recently, while utilizing Linux on my Android phone, I ran into an interesting problem. Android uses memory differently than Linux usually does. In the Android world, programs that you open are suspended in RAM, and a portion of that RAM is kept active even when you "close" a program. This …

Every Friday you will see a new JWM theme posted here, including the .jwmrc file and a screenshot, so check back here on Fridays for the new theme. You can readily find the background images off of the internet. Be sure to check that the font file is a font …

For the most part, the process of installing a different rom on my cell phones is fairly mundane. For instance, in earlier posts, I describe in detail how to install PacMan rom on a Samsung Captivate Glide. I also mention flashing OmniRom, and just allude to it, as it is …

Just a quick post of my conkyrc file that I put together. Note that if you borrow it, the battery queries may need tweaking for your system.

######################
# - Conky settings - #
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update_interval 1
total_run_times 0
net_avg_samples 1
cpu_avg_samples 1

imlib_cache_size 0
double_buffer yes
no_buffers yes

#####################
# - Text settings - #
#####################
use_xft yes
xftfont FreeSans:size …

Every Friday you will see a new JWM theme posted here, including the .jwmrc file and a screenshot, so check back here on Fridays for the new theme. You can readily find the background images off of the internet. Be sure to check that the font file is a font …

The other day, when working with Debian on another cell phone, I was in need of a screenshot tool. A quick search online revealed several screenshot tools, like scrot and others, but also revealed one that was already loaded on Debian.  I didn't want to have to stop what I …