On my way to Arch...
Windows or Linux? If you were to ask me, the answer would have to be Windows, I am running Windows. Not really per choice, mind you. Of course no one is forcing me, it's more simply that, back in the...
View ArticlePrecious data, not to be lost
One of the first things I did, after having installed Arch, was to think about a backup solution. Well, in fact I had been thinking about that before I even knew which distro I would use, and I had...
View ArticleAutomatic backups with rsync
As I've explained before, one of the first things I did upon installation of Arch was to set up a backup solution. This was done simply using a little bash script, which itself would launch rsync to do...
View ArticleChoosing a display manager, or not
One thing that happens when you come to Linux from Windows, is you start seeing the different parts that make up your system. For instance, on Windows when you power up your computer, you have a boot...
View ArticleMiddle-click in Firefox
It's a very common thing in Linux, but coming from Windows this was new to me: select something, and the mere fact that it was selected/highlighted is enough to make it available for "paste" using the...
View Articlepmount & safe removal of USB device
When you plug an USB device on your computer, under Windows it automatically becomes available. Under Arch, not so much. It makes sense, I didn't install/configure anything to do so, so why would it?...
View ArticleXFCE Window Manager
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...
View ArticleScrolling/mouse wheel improvments (VTE-like) in urxvt
When I started, and having decided to use XFCE, I did originally install it with a lot of what it comes with. That is, I used the panel of course, which I still use & like very much, but also...
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PkgClip: Does your pacman cache need a trim?
pacman - Arch Linux's package manager - is a great application, and one I probably use every single day, which - given Arch's rolling release principle - I'm sure is the case of many others as well....
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kalu: Keeping Arch Linux Up-to-date
One thing you (should) do quite often, as a good Arch Linux user, is upgrade your system. Arch is, after all, a rolling-release distribution. As a result something one ends up doing often is sudo...
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Keep Arch Linux Up-to-date with kalu
Keeping one's system up-to-date is something that should be done regardless of one's system. It's not that it's more true with Arch Linux, just that updates are (likely to be) more frequent, due to its...
View ArticleRename a group of files at once
One thing I need to do pretty much every day, is rename a batch of files, using a set of predetermined rules. A few months back, when I was still on Windows, I used to have a tool to do just that, so...
View ArticleWhat to restart after a system upgrade ?
If you're familiar with Windows, you know rebooting is something pretty common. You're usually asked to reboot after a system upgrade, after (or in order to) installing a new application, after...
View ArticleVersion 0.1.5 of kalu released
A new version of kalu - upgrade notifier for Arch Linux - has just been released. Changes since last version are : Now using automake & autoconf. (Hopefully) this shouldn't really change much for...
View ArticleAutomatic restart of services on upgrade
Sometimes after an upgrade of the system, there might be a few tasks that needs to be done. For example, aplications or services migh need to be restarted for the new version to be used/in use. While...
View ArticlePkgClip 1.0.0 & kalu 1.0.0 released
New versions of PkgClip - Cached Packages Trimmer Utility - and kalu - upgrade notifier for Arch Linux - have just been released. Both have been bumped to 1.0.0, not because they've undergone major...
View Articledapper: a desktop applications autostarter
A little while ago, XFCE released a new version, 4.10, and with it a few changes were introduced. Amongst which is the moving of the starting script (startxfce4), which used to belong to xfce4-util, a...
View Articledapper 0.1.2 released
As I explained before, I don't use a session manager, and when I needed something to take care of handling the autostart of Desktop applications for me, and couldn't find anything what I wanted, I made...
View Articlekalu now usable from CLI (1.1.0 released)
A new version of kalu - upgrade notifier for Arch Linux - has been released. Two main changes with this version. Firstly, the addition of two command-line options - --manual-checks (-m) and...
View ArticleA couple of plugins for WeeChat
When I moved to Linux, I looked for an IRC client. Originally, I wanted/looked for a GUI one, probably because coming from Windows I'm used to GUI applications. Soon enough it looked like I wouldn't be...
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