Archive for the ‘Ubuntu’ Category

Midnight Commander preserve saved settings

Thursday, December 3rd, 2009

After installing Ubuntu 9.10 (Karmic Koala) I have noticed that Midnight Commander, one of the most used CLI file managers available for Linux is unable to preserve settings over different sessions. The solution is quite simple: in order to save it's settings, Midnight Commander requires a ".mc" folder (notice the ...

Enable compositing effects for metacity in Ubuntu 8.10

Tuesday, November 25th, 2008

Desktop effects in Ubuntu 8.10 can be used without Compiz, by enabling compositing in Metacity - the Gnome's default window manager. [caption id="attachment_116" align="alignleft" width="108" caption="Ubuntu"][/caption] There are more ways to enable compositing in Metacity, but first you need to disable Compiz if you are using it. The fastest way is to ...