quadkonsole – multiple consoles to make your life easier

2011-11-21 1 min read Fedora Linux
First lets install quadkonsole: yum install quadkonsole Now, to launch the quadkonsole, just type quadkonsole in the run box (appears with Alt+F2). You will by default see 4 console windows in single window but you can change that with command line options like so: quadkonsole --rows 4 --columns 4 This will initiate windows with 16 consoles. How cool is that. Related articles Console Lets You Work In Windows Command Line Mode With Style (makeuseof. Continue reading

New feature in Nautilus – resize icon on desktop.

2011-01-10 1 min read Gnome Learning
On Desktop on Gnome using nautilus, now you can resize individual icons. Just right click on the icon to resize and in the menu you will get a resize icon : [][1]Resize icon and then you can resize the icon from the borders: [][2]Resize icon Related articles “Where is this icon?” Nautilus script is incredibly nifty (omgubuntu.co.uk) Use Nautilus’ Emblems feature to keep your home folder organised (omgubuntu.co.uk) Screenshots: Desktop Unity in Natty (omgubuntu. Continue reading

gphotoframe Free digital photo frame for your desk.

2010-08-11 2 min read Fedora Gnome Photo
First install the gphotoframe application with the command : sudo yum install gphotoframe and if you want gnome-screensaver compatibility then install the package gphotoframe-gss also. Gnome Photo Frame is a photo frame gadget for the <a class="zem_slink" title="GNOME" rel="homepage" href="http://www.gnome.org/">GNOME Desktop. Let&#8217;s see how this works.. run the command gphotoframe from a terminal: Here is what you will see : <a href="http://blog.amit-agarwal.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/Screenshot-gphotoframe.png"><img class="size-medium wp-image-1880" title="Screenshot-gphotoframe" src="http://blog.amit-agarwal.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/Screenshot-gphotoframe-300x227.png" alt="Screenshot-gphotoframe" width="300" height="227" /> Continue reading