Category Archives: Linux

Announcing Linuxophile!

By Raghunath | November 23, 2007

Just wanted to make a quick and happy announcement that my new site: Linuxophile is ready and up now. I shall be constantly updating all Linux related news, tips and other cool stuff out there from now on, although I probably won’t be able to resist the temptation of posting a couple of them out [...]

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Use a screensaver as a Desktop Wallpaper!

By Raghunath | September 14, 2007

Don’t believe me? Prashanth Ellina tells you how!
Here are the instructions available on his website:
To stop Nautilus for drawing the desktop by default:
gconftool-2 –type bool –set /apps/nautilus/preferences/show_desktop false
Get the xscreensaver (matrix in this case) to draw itself on the desktop
/usr/lib/xscreensaver/glmatrix -root
You can also get the animation working everytime u log in by typing the [...]

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Install Microsoft fonts in Linux.

By Raghunath | July 1, 2007

I know. The first reaction is probably – Hwhy?? Well, a lot of sites seem to have been designed with Windoze!! in mind so .. a lot of them look better with the microsoft fonts … sounds logical right? cool!
I am running Ubuntu Dapper on my system here, so use the app manager that your [...]

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