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Automating UNIX and Linux Administration (First Edition)

Book Details

This is a highly ambitious book. Automating all UNIX and Linux systems in one easy way is a complex and demanding challenge.

To make the book more manageable the book assumes that you are running a modern GNU as userspace found on modern Linux systems. If you are running a proprietary UNIX it is assumed you are able to install a mainly GNU user space onto a [continued…]

1st April2006

When: 10:30 – 16:30, Saturday 1st April 2006

Where: SeminarRoom1

Gallery: http://www.hants.lug.org.uk/gallery/HantsLUG_04_2006

[[TechTalks]]

You’ll find slides, video and other media from the talks on the TechTalks/1stApril2006 page.

Who was there

WM Tips And Tricks

Tips and tricks for Window Managers

Introduction

This page contains a few “tips and tricks” for Window Managers. Either Window Manager specific (i.e. only for GNOME, KDE, XFCE4) or they can be applied to any Window Manager.

Please add your tips and tricks here!

Binding keys in X

xbindkeys is a really useful utility that can be used in any Window Manager that allows you to trigger events when key combinations are pressed. Once you have xbindkeys installed, create yourself a ~/.xbindkeysrc file. The configuration is really simple:

 "xterm; killall xbindkeys; xbindkeys" Control+Shift + [continued...]