At the Tizen conference this week in San Francisco, Intel showed off an Intel Ultrabook running their next-generation Tizen 3.0 platform that’s using a shell/desktop derived from GNOME 3.x…
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Intel Shows Off GNOME3-Based Tizen Shell
May 24, 2013 by Leave a Comment
Mir Display Server Gets A Demo Shell, New Demos
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Plasma Worskpaces 2 On Wayland, A Converged Shell
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Linux shell: take screenshots with scrot
April 15, 2013 by Leave a Comment
Scrot (SCReenshOT) is a screen capture utility using the imlib2 library to aquire and save images. scrot has a few really interesting options, detailed below. The basic usage is to specify a [file] as the filename to save the screenshot to and scrot will take a screenshot of the whole desktop.The latest release (0.8) has almost 10 years, still this small program can be useful for his ability to be run completely from the command line and so you could use it to concatenate other commands or just because it’s really lightweight and easy to use.
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Freedreno Driver Now Runs GNOME Shell
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alias.sh puts your Linux shell alias on the clouds
January 22, 2013 by Leave a Comment
If you are a Linux system administrator or you just wish to save a copy of your alias on the net, this is the service for you !alias.sh is a new project that offer a simple service: allows you to manage all of your aliases online and browse the list of cool aliases submitted by others. From the term of your desktop, or server, you can run a single command to copy all your aliases on your system, or back into your profile should you require them.
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Linux shell: understanding Umask with examples
December 6, 2012 by Leave a Comment
In this article I’ll show you what’s umask and how to use it to get the right permissions on your files. umask (user mask) is a command and a function in POSIX environments that sets the file mode creation mask of the current process which limits the permission modes for files and directories created by the process. A process may change the file mode creation mask with umask and the new value is inherited by child processes.
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A Screenshot Tour to Gnome Shell 3.7.2+Git
November 23, 2012 by Leave a Comment
I was very optimistic about the potential of Gnome3 since the beginning ..but I couldn’t never imagine all these things that are happening in 3.8. Gnome 3.8 is above any expectation and that has mostly to do with the refreshed Shell and Gnome Control Center we will get. If Gnome Shell 3.6 was a good release, Gnome Shell 3.8 will be more than amazing!
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GNOME Shell 3.8 To Get A `Classic` Mode
November 22, 2012 by Leave a Comment
Two weeks ago, we were telling you that the fallback mode will be dropped from GNOME 3.8 and that some extensions which provide a GNOME 2 like layout might be maintained by the GNOME developers for those who are used to the classic interface.
Well, it’s now official: a few GNOME Shell extensions which bring back some “classic” features will be supported by GNOME. Among the extensions included are: classic alt tab, task bar, min/max buttons and a main menu.
A Practical Guide to Linux Commands, Editors, and Shell Programming (3rd Edition)
November 22, 2012 by 2 Comments
A Practical Guide to Linux Commands, Editors, and Shell Programming (3rd Edition)
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GNOME Shell 3.7.1 Brings New Features
October 25, 2012 by Leave a Comment
The GNOME Project announced yesterday, October 23rd, the immediate availability for download and testing of GNOME Shell 3.7.1.
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