One of the arguments I often hear from people who are trying to use linux for the first time is that they are not sure if they can switch back to their original choice of OS (usually windows), if they are not satisfied with their experience with linux. These are usually the people who are [...]

Here are five popular ways to capture desktop screencast for Linux
1) Istanbul: Istanbul is one of the more widely used desktop recording software out there. You can download Istanbul from here. Debian and Fedora users should be able to install it from the repo. Istanbul has a very simple interface (or lack of). When you [...]

Over the years I came across many many linux Desktop screenshots, it’s amazing how someone can spend huge amount of time tweaking and customizing their desktop look. Here are some of few linux desktop look I really liked, because of their creativity and uniqueness. They are not necessarily the most beautiful, but they are certainly [...]

This is how my conky setup looks like, nothing too fancy. But I have been thinking about dressing it up a little bit (make my windows-only friends jealous:). Would you guys share your conky setup with screenshots and configuration files? I would really appreciate.

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My conkyrc:
# Create own window
own_window yes
own_window_type override
own_window_transparent yes
own_window_hints undecorated,below,sticky,skip_taskbar,skip_pager
# [...]