Computer Science Mojo

When switching XFCE workspaces, theres no default notification that tells you which workspace you are on. I have a little script to get around it using wmctrl and notify-send.

Steps to set up docker and docker-compose on MX Linux

Enable extra monitors or dual screens for Debian xfce in VirtualBox

To list the file size of all the files in the current directory, use the du command

If you enabled 3D acceleration for a VirtualBox guest, and Chrome starts flickering in that guest. Go into Chrome's Advanced settings and disable "Use hardware acceleration when available" to solve the problem

Forget about fancy desktop environments and do a clean install of the awesome windows manager i3 on Debian 8.

Set up a Server in your VirtualBox in a few simple steps so you can fire it up whenever you need it, or simply use it as a playground for your VPS. A Nginx server is small, efficient, and easy to use.

Install Guest Additions for Debian to enable full screen display and more.

Upon initial installation of Cinnamon in VM VirtualBox, you might encounter the pop up window "Cinnamon running without video hardware acceleration"

For any excessively tidy people, windows snapping is a must; Xfce is a great desktop environment that provides such features. By default though, it seems that only horizontal snapping works and you'd have to tweak the settings a bit to make vertical snapping function as well.