MPD: A versatile demon for music.
Hi good day. Let's talk about the versatile MPD: Music Player Daemon by its original name in English. According to…
Tutorials / Manuals / Tips
How to use Dropbox on Xfce (Thunar)
Many XFCE users have been abandoned to the favoritism of some services by other desktop environments. By…
How to have notifications in KDE similar to Ubuntu
Plasma notifications in KDE are really useful as they unify certain and certain alerts that could be of interest ...
Practical uses of the Zenity dialog box
I frequent the forums in my country a lot… and honestly, it is rare to find something interesting. However in one of ...
[Howto] Generate Arch Linux software packages and derivatives
One of the things I like the most about Arch Linux and its derivatives is the tremendous ease of creating ...
Chop to better understand the Crontab
How many of us have not experienced that we need to run a script every so often, or every so often,…
With the terminal: Alphabetize the content (lines) of a file
In my spare time I start to randomly check system commands ... that's why I often find it interesting ...
Installing Pencil Sketcher in .deb distributions
For those who don't know, pencil is a graphical interface layout program based on the gecko engine of ...
How to know your public IP with a single command
From erjaimer's blog I get this very useful tip. It happens that erjaimer explains to us how in ...
The terminal can be beautiful too
Many of us use our terminal as a tool to work, the fastest way (sometimes the only one) to get out of a ...
Video2brain, learning in Spanish
I'm sure that with the arc of time we have spent in front of our computers, at some point we have ...
Configure XFCE with ElementaryOS Luna skin
I have always said that Xfce is a very configurable desktop and you can achieve almost the same (or better) results ...
Send data to the KDE clipboard from the terminal
I am someone who always tries to learn new geeks…. yes, the weirder the tip, the more interesting I find it 😀 ...
Zombie processes
Reading an elav entry I remembered that in a forum someone asked for help as their system was slow, some ...
Replace Thunar with PCManFm in Xfce
As all Xfce users know, Thunar lacks many options that make life easier for us on a daily basis such as ...
Have the Gnome 2 menu in Xfce without installing anything
Hello!! Today I'm going to show you how to have the practical menu of the old Gnome 2 in Xfce without ...
[Tips] Improving LXDE
Since a good part of the blog articles are destined to Xfce, KDE, and the occasional criticism ...
Install and configure Plank in Debian Testing + [My desktop this week]
Yesterday we saw my desktop on the PC that I have with KDE, and today we will see the desktop that I have on my ...
10 Platforms to learn to program
Navigating I found these links, they are about programming, while reading, I came to certain places where they mentioned invisible learning, which ...
htaccess [Redirect]: Rules, regulations, control over your content published on the network
A few days ago I told you about htaccess, I gave you an introduction and everything 🙂 Well, as I said at the end ...
Bash script to make a backup of your important things
My parents and acquaintances often joke that I am a 'mole' with technology, that I have broken more devices ...
Display / open a terminal in your file browser (Nautilus or Dolphin)
If you use KDE the safest thing is to use Dolphin, and I think this post will be interesting for you 😉 And ...
Encrypting emails with GPG
I will try to make a practical guide as universal as possible for any Linux, Mac and Windows distribution, on this ...
Autocomplete file and folder names in Bash in upper or lower case.
Those of us who use the terminal daily, as I said on another occasion, always look for a way to make the ...
[dd] Uses in GNU / Linux systems
As we all know, the dear dd [dd command on GNU / Linux systems] is a great guy to do…
First steps with Ubuntu 12.04 [Ubuntu Manual]
Ubuntu is one of the distributions that qualifies as "friendly" for new users, and with that philosophy ...
How to color syntax in VIM
The usual use of the console (or terminal) is very comfortable for certain tasks, and we almost always look for ways and ...
Compton, a lightweight composer you must try
Those who chat with me on IRC know that I am a fan of lightweight desktops. I spend it in ...
[Python] Program a bot for IRC
Today I'm going to teach you how to program a bot for IRC. First of all, for the ...
htaccess [Introduction]: Rules, norms, control over your content published on the net
When we share something on the network, and I refer specifically to hosting, we need a server like Apache, Nginx, ...
Access restricted sites with GNU / Linux using SSH.
It is very common, especially in companies, that there are certain sites to which access is restricted ...
Tips: How to get WiFi (Broadcom 43XX cards) in Debian and derivatives without internet connection [Update]
Hi friends of DesdeLinux, elruiz1993 greets you with a quick trick that will save us a lot of trouble. Raise your hand who...
Configure SSH on another port and NOT on 22
SSH is without a doubt the bread and butter of those of us who manage networks. Well, we need to control, manage ...
Change the position of notifications in Cinnamon
Today a user asked me in a comment how to change the position of Cinnamon notifications, and my answer ...
Remove pop-ups in Cinnamon
One of the novelties that Gnome Shell included in its interface is that, when an application calls a window ...
Style your terminal prompt with these 4 variants
Those of us who use the console emulator, terminal or whatever they want to call it every day, we always look for the way to ...
How To Fedora: Everything you wanted to know about YUM and did not dare to ask (Part I)
YUM (Yellow dog Updater, Modified): It is a command line software manager (CLI) to update, install and uninstall ...
How To Fedora: Install, Search and Remove applications graphically (GPK-Application and Apper)
On many occasions, the more “experienced” GNU / Linux users try to share our experience with newcomers (or with ...
Using VIM: Basic Tutorial.
I never thought I was going to say this, but I'm incredibly liking the best editor out there for ...
How to install the latest Radeon driver in Ubuntu / Mint
For those of you who have followed the latest news on Phoronix, surely you have already found out that version 12.4…
How To Fedora: Install Windows Fonts
In this How To we will see how to install the fonts: Arial. Comic Sans, New Times Roman, among others, in an easy way, ...
[unpkg] Uncompact easily on the console
I have to admit that I am ding lazy to unpack on the console. I have never learned 100% what they are ...
Create your own Xfce 4.10 repository in Debian Testing
If you are a Debian Testing user, and also use Xfce as a Desktop Environment, you should know that there is a way ...
How To Fedora: Install Cinnamon As An Alternative To Gnome Shell
Not comfortable with Gnome Shell? Continue reading then, since in this How To we will see how to install Cinnamon ...
Install Screenfetch
Sreenfetch is a script which shows us the information of our system on the screen. To install it write in terminal ...
How To Fedora: Upgrade to the New Version with Preupgrade
In this How To we will see how to update one or more previous versions of our Fedora to ...
How To Fedora: Installing Fedora 17 DVD and LiveCD
In this How To I will teach you how to install Fedora DVD, since having more configuration options, I could ...
How To Fedora: Install Nvidia GeForce 6/7/8/9/200/300/400/500 Drivers
This time I will show you 2 ways to install the proprietary Nvidia drivers: Before: Install the RPM Fusion repositories Verify ...
How To Fedora: Add Support for Unzipping Files
This How To will be very short;). To add this type of support to our system, we need: Add the repositories ...
How To Fedora: Install Audio / Video Codecs and DVD Support
By default our beloved distro does not install the audio and video codecs for licensing reasons :(, but no ...
Extremely useful tip if you use the terminal (Join CD command with LS ... and many more)
I am one of those who uses the terminal much of the time (console, bash, shell, whatever you want to call it), for X or ...
How To Fedora: Install RPM Fusion Repositories
What is RPM Fusion? is a fusion of Regate, Freshrpms and Livna, our goal is to simplify the experience ...
How To Fedora: Spanishizing our system (locale)
This time I installed Fedora LiveCD on my computer, it turned out that it did not bring full support for our language, because ...
How To Fedora: Install the Flash Plugin (32 and 64 bit)
To install the Flash plugin we do the following: We log in as root (if we have not done so ...
How To Fedora: Install Microsoft Office 2010 (i386, i686, x86_64)
Many of the GNU / Linux users find ourselves in the "need" to work directly with Microsoft Office for thousands of ...
How To: Changing the Login Image in Hotot
In this How To we will change the classic appearance of Hotot for GNU / Linux, we will go from this: To the same aspect as the ...
Learn to be a Zen master of markup
The markup or markup, refers to markup or tagging languages such as HTML and CSS, and all ...
Installing a LAMP environment on Debian and derivatives
This tutorial will explain how to install a LAMP development environment. But, what is LAMP? LAMP is…
Upload and share files with Filedropper
Note 1: They will leave the Cachondeo since I was in Windows when I tried this service, in my work they do not work ...
DDoS and other attacks vs iptables (Anti-DDoS security in iptables)
Avoiding a DDoS attack with iptables has many ways to be done, by packet size, by connection limit, etc….
LOIQ: How to DDoS Attacks with LOIC on Linux, Without Using Wine
Those who are aware of the news on the internet, news related to Anonymous, their actions, will know that they have maintained ...
(Bash): Command to generate random number
Sometimes, we are programming some script in Bash…. and we need (for some reason) to generate some random number. For that…
iptables, an approximation to a real case
The objective of this tutorial is to control our network, avoiding inconvenience from the odd "undesirable guest" who since ...
Details of iptables that we should know
In a previous post, a Linux colleague started with the basics of iptables. Yo, continue logging on your ...
Logging all activity with iptables
Iptables, by default has the filter rule in "Accept all" mode, that is, it lets in and out all connections ...
Xfce 4.10 can now be installed on Xubuntu from the official PPA
Remember I showed you how to install Xfce 4.10 on Xubuntu using a PPA? Well, some users (with good reason) don't ...
Discovering the CLI: From wma to mp3 in 2 steps
Hello to all the vicious and lovers of GNU / Linux environments that like me, we spend the day trying to do ...
Rename multiple files with Xfce 4.10
The guys at Xfce have added a feature in version 4.10 that I hadn't discovered and which turns out to be ...
Installation log: Debian + Xfce 4.10
Xfce 4.10 brings us many new features that I am already enjoying in Debian Testing, but unfortunately, to achieve ...
Xfce Desktop Icon Transparencies
The colleague Gespadas published on his blog a tip to change the color of the background that brings the text of ...
How to install Xfce 4.10 on Ubuntu 12.04
Xfce users on Ubuntu (or Xubuntu) are in luck as Lionel Le Folgoc has updated his PPA ...
[Safety Tips]: The Internet Is Just As Dangerous For Us, As We Let It Be
To understand how dangerous the internet can be for us, we must first understand what is the internet? Internet ……
Geary: New mail client [+ Installation on Debian]
Geary's purpose is to be a lightweight Mail Client for Gnome, and if I'm not mistaken, it was born from ...
Color problem in flash videos
Yesterday out of nowhere I was letting a video load on YouTube and when I put it to run they all see ...
Install Gimp 2.8 on Debian Testing (Wheezy)
Thanks to the Yoyo company we can install Gimp 2.8 guiding us through the tutorial that we can find at this link. The steps…
FW Builder the best !!!!
Hello, I am writing to share my experiences with you, this is my first article so please soft ...
Practical tips to optimize Ubuntu 12.04
Our friend Jako, leader of the humanOS project blog, has published an interesting article for Unity users and…
Do you want a minimalist browser? Python is the solution
What is a Web Browser? Well, simply an application that allows us to view the content of available sites or pages ...
5 ways to resize windows in Xubuntu or Xfce
Exploring the Xubuntu site a bit I came across this article where they show us 5 ways to resize ...
With terminal: download multiple queued links with wget.
Many times we need to download several links from a web page, whatever these links are, we always have some options to ...
Script for automatic backups of your server
Those of us who manage servers know how important it is to have saves, backups of everything ... well, in case of a problem ...
Check if it is a correct IP or not in Bash (function to validate IP)
This is another tip that can help us in certain situations. I do this post more as a reminder, because I know ...
Django course: Installation and first application
Do you remember the excellent Python Course that Eugenia Bahit gave us at Maestrosdelweb? Well, these guys are not standing still ...
How to start iptables rules automatically
Suppose we have our iptables rules already thought out, but no matter how well we write them in a terminal, ...
Cryptkeeper: An easy way to protect your personal data
Suppose we have a folder full of information that we do not want someone else to see (pr0n, important documents ... etc) and ...
[How To] How to convert Debian Wheezy from Ext3 or Ext4 to Btrfs
Normally those of us who use GNU / Linux have used the famous Ext2, Ext3 and Ext4 for our partitions, but as we know, they exist ...
Tutorial: Learning to Vectorize with Inkscape
Vector… what is a vector? … A vector, or vector image, is one that (explained in a simple way) can…
Translate / fix Cinnamon applets
Hello 😀 The following article comes to me by email, the author is Roberto Baños, and I thank him for…
How to install ownCloud on Debian 6.0.4
Our colleague Burjans on his blog has left us a tutorial on how to install ownCloud in Debian Squeeze for de…
The simplest way to edit images in KDE
In recent days I have been extremely busy, and among all that I have had to do ... I have edited several ...
Creating .deb packages with Checkinstall
I am one of many who have had to compile a new version or an application that is not in their ...
With terminal: Cut files with split and join them with cat
Interesting article found in the GUTL Wiki, which teaches us how to cut and join files into parts. With…
How to install Ruby on Ubuntu?
In recent days I have been a little busy with the development of a project for <°DesdeLinux (that's why my…
Move the root partition to another disk
In today's tutorial, I am going to explain how you can move the root partition of our Linux distribution to ...
Cinnamon notifications change active window - solution
It will always be nice for me to be able to talk about Cinnamon, the fork of GNOME Shell that has become one ...
LMMS not ringing: solution
LMMS (Linux MultiMedia Studio) is a sequencer software for GNU / Linux that, among other things, allows us to use VST's ...
Dungeon Crawl Stone Soup: The Novice Adventurer's Handbook
Many centuries ago in the kingdom of N'dic ... Beyond the deep hell, lies the most powerful object ever ...
The latest from this week's <th Forum
Well, I think it's time to start doing the digests for the community forum, so you…
Mount ISO images on GNU / Linux
In the GUTL Wiki I found this interesting article where they show us a way to mount ISO images on our ...
Quickly and easily transfer files between Linux computers
Some time ago I had to transfer files from my test computer, which at that time had ...
FDclone: Lightweight File Manager
How have they been ?, I have been put between files and folders trying to have a little order, in summary: ...
Install and configure Yakuake on KDE
Yakuake is a terminal emulator in the purest style of Quake, the well-known shooter game. While it allows us ...
Enable mouse back / forward buttons in KDE
Hello, welcome to my first post on this fantastic Linux blog. After elav's suggestion in the…
Script to put a frame with Gimp
It is not news that there is a lot of clever thief of loose content out there, who is dedicated to transferring information ...
Command «sl» ... so you don't make a mistake with «ls»
It shouldn't just be me who writes too fast and the letters get wrong or something, this command ...
9 very funny and useless Linux commands + combinations
…. Not to mention this ... really, the commands are GREAT 😀 it doesn't take much introduction, the best ...
Mayhem Project. Android 4.0.3 on your Nokia N9
I just read this news from GSMArena.com. Users of a Nokia N9, who are not comfortable with MeeGo can ...
LMDE is updated
Many LMDE users (including myself) who complain that our distro does not meet the ...
Manually change the position of the Xfwm buttons
Xfwm is the Window Manager that belongs to the Xfce project and which stands out for being light, beautiful ...
Gajim as a multiprotocol client
What's up, community? Again here bringing some utility for you. How many of us have not used Messenger? Surely ...
How to create Plasma themes in 8 steps
Here you have the translation of a tutorial to create Plasma themes in 8 steps: Copy and rename a file ...
This week's My Desktop + Settings
A configuration or customization on my Desktop has never lasted so long, and I really intend to leave it like that for ...
Convert Gnome-Shell extensions into extensions for Cinnamon
A friend (alaintm) just ported two extensions that he normally uses in Gnome Shell to Cinnamon and he has ...
Tips: Install Cinnamon 1.4 in Debian Testing
We already have Cinnamon 1.4 available, and although the packages for LMDE have not yet been updated, we can now install it in ...
Vitunes. How to have an excellent and minimalist music player
Outside of my almost manic addiction to the console, is my taste for minimalism ... A few days ago, ...
With the terminal: Examples with the Find command
Here are some examples that we can take advantage of when we use Find, a command to search for files or folders. For…
Open the Xfce applications menu with a key
I have seen in many places that Xfce users have asked how to open the application menu using a ...
Aliases: Shortcuts for Terminal
Nothing like a terminal, its ease, its efficiency and its speed help us in our day to day to solve ...
Useful shell scripts in any program
Bash is a computer program whose function is to interpret orders. It is based on the Unix shell and was ...
Some tips for LXDE
LXDE is an excellent Desktop Environment that, as many of us know, offers as its main feature, an excellent use of ...
How to keep using FlashPlayer in Firefox?
As we already know, for now we can only use Flash Player in Linux if we use Google Chrome since ...
Replacing Xfrun for GMRun in Xfce
To run applications quickly in Xfce we can use xfce4-appfinder, which is nothing more than the application ...
Games for the terminal
When we think of terminals, commands, text, scripts, utilities for programmers and ... often come to mind.
Alsi: Chakra Linux data and logo on your terminal
Hello 🙂 A few days ago I shared with you a very simple way to display data from your ArchLinux and the…
Manually change the position of Applets in Cinnamon
Cinnamon is still very green in some respects (although it cannot be denied that they have made a great ...
Alsi: Data and logo of your ArchLinux in your terminal
I am and have always been a big fan of the terminal, I like typing commands, I find it simpler (yes ……
Remove Desktops from Overview in Gnome Shell
One of the most successful ideas of the Gnome developers was to use CSS to configure the themes ...
With the terminal: Make snow fall on your console
Interesting and entertaining Script that I found in ParaísoLinux which makes snowflakes fall indefinitely on our console….
With the terminal: Download a complete website with Wget
Nothing better than Wikipedia to explain what this tool consists of: GNU Wget is a free software tool that…
Extension to hide some icons from the top panel of Gnome-Shell
By default, on the right side of the Gnome Shell panel we get some icons such as Accessibility, Bluetooth, ...
Extension to integrate Pidgin in Gnome-Shell
We all know that the default messaging client in Gnome is Empathy, so the integration with Gnome…
With terminal: Resize images
Below, different solutions for various problems that arise daily and this time, they teach us how to resize ...
Gedit… for programmers
Some time ago I had talked about Sublime-text, a very, very complete text editor, and its many functionalities….
Dangerous commands in GNU / Linux
I copy the commands and their description (and add in some my comments) 😛 rm -rf / This command recursively removes ...
How to set Firefox and Thunderbird by default on Debian
We show how to default Firefox and Thunderbird to Debian / GNU Linux as replacement for Iceweasel and Icedove respectively.
Anonymous releases Internet Security Manual
Anonymous, every day offers us more, helps us more, understands us more. Just today Perseus just told me that ...
File structure in GNU / Linux
This graphic, although it is not complete (since it is missing the / media, / srv / and / sys directories), gives us an idea of ...
How To: Post-Install Chakra Linux
How about a community, this time I will show you what to do after having installed Chakra in our computers, so that ...
Setting up my desktop with Openbox
Some time ago I published on my old blog an article (as a kind of memorandum) on how to configure my ...
Quick Open, another plugin for Geany
Some have been able to use Sublime Text, a very elegant, extensible and usable editor for a programmer; but closed so ...
Powering Python in Geany
This post is divided into two parts, first the basics: static code checking, and then the highlight:…
Install KahelOS from USB
Currently the KahelOS LiveCD is in graphic mode making the installation more intuitive for newbies. Buddy Fredy in ...
Setting up a mixed Debian system
As the vast majority already know, Debian has several branches: Stable Testing Unstable (Sid) But there is also a possibility of ...
Improve the appearance of Gtk applications in Debian KDE
Because my esteemed colleague KZKG ^ Gaara started ranting (as usual) against Debian and the KDE version…
With the terminal: Show the 10 processes that consume the most memory
Reading my RSS I found this interesting tip that will show us the 10 processes that consume the most in our ...
With the terminal: Repeat the previous command with !!
We continue with the interesting and useful commands that we sometimes forget to use, having them implicit in our system. In this case…
With Terminal: find out which command you use the most
I am the type of user who uses the terminal a lot, if I can do something with it I just do it ... it ...
Install Latest Xfce Packages on Debian Testing
I recently told you that I had installed the latest versions of some Xfce components in Archlinux, which have ...
Wallpapers full of commands for GNU / Linux users
Although I don't remember where I got them from, I want to share with you these Wallpapers full of useful commands for our GNU / Linux.
With the terminal: apropos a command to know what another command does
It is normal that in the daily use of our distribution, we do not use even half of the options or commands ...
What Turpial 2.0 brings us + Installation of the development version
For our microblog I have always used Turpial, a client for Identica and Twitter written in Python and developed especially for ...
How to correctly adjust the color in GIMP (and 2)
How to correctly adjust the color in GIMP (and 2) Once you understand how the devices capture and reproduce ...
How to properly adjust color in GIMP
How to correctly adjust the color in GIMP When we were discussing the possibilities of GIMP, in the GIMP topic ……
Fix for font distortion with Intel 82945G / GZ and Kernel 3.x
Since Kernel 3.x came out, I always had problems with my Intel 82945G / GZ chipset, since the typography was ...
Comments highlighted by colors according to the user's rank in Desdelinux
Thanks to the time of our friend Hugo (who I hope will soon be with us giving us his knowledge), it has been ...
Meaning of groups and users in Debian GNU / Linux
In the GUTL Wiki I have found a very useful article where the meaning of each group is explained ...
Windows AeroSnap or Compiz Grid effect in Xfce
Recently a user asked me through the mail if with Xfce we could have something similar to the Aerosnap effect of Windows, ...
Show hidden entries in Ubuntu 11.10 Startup Applications
This tip serves to show some applications that appear hidden in the Startup Applications option in Ubuntu 11.10….
Fix conflict with Wicd in ArchBang
When we have ArchBang just installed it is likely that it will give us the following error when we update: error: error when performing the…
Fix Aufs2 dependencies problem in ArchBang
Aufs2 needs a specific kernel and may give us an error when trying to update ArchBang The solution is to uninstall Aufs2:…
Replace Thunar and Xfdesktop with Nautilus in Xfce
Thunar is the default File Manager that Xfce, which to be simple and light, lacks some ...
Start Conky with the system in Gnome 3
Many users have had problems when trying to add applications that run when Gnome 3 starts, since the ...
What should a Windows user know about GNU / Linux?
Many of us who use GNU / Linux go around evangelizing our Operating System and usually we always talk about ...
Solve pulseaudio problem
When I was using ArchLinux in September, I remember that pulseaudio was updated from version 0.9.23 to ...
Install Xfce 4.8 on Debian Squeeze with this simple script
From my old Xfce blog I bring you this simple script to install Xfce 4.8 on Debian Squeeze. What do we need…
How are directories structured in GNU / Linux?
Many of us learned to use our computer thanks to some version of Windows. One of the first skills that ...
Tutorial: Create LiveUSB with Terminal
There are different ways to make a LiveUSB in Linux, one of them is to use Unetbootin, of which KZKG ^ Gaara made a…
Excellent LMDE User Guide
Reading my RSS feed today I have noticed that several blogs have echoed a guide for ...
Sublime Text 2, a truly sublime code editor
How good it feels when you get "your love" ... and I'm not exactly talking about love between two people, I'm talking about ...
DSLinux: Linux running on a Nintendo DS
I knew there was the possibility of installing Linux on a PS3, on a Wii, even running it on an Android mobile ...
Would you like to try Linux? Guide for the curious and newcomers.
The main purpose of this guide is to make life easier for newcomers or curious people who want ...
KahelOS post-installation
Yesterday we saw how to install KahelOS and like the vast majority of distros it needs its configuration.
Show full name of files on Xfce desktop
Xfce users know that when on the desktop we have a file or folder with a very long name, ...
Tutorial: Installing KahelOS
KahelOS is a derivative of Arch Linux, we could say that it is Arch Linux + Gnome, it is a distro from ...
With Terminal: Improving the appearance of the console (Updated)
Some time ago elav spoke to you about how to improve the appearance of the console, and it helped many of us. Okay,…
Guide to Learning Python finalized
It has already culminated after 10 excellent chapters, the guide to Learn Python quickly that every Tuesday we ...
Fix the error: symbol lookup error: /usr/lib/libgtk-x11.2.0.so.0 in Archlinux
I just did a fresh installation of ArchLinux and after finishing, when I tried to enter Xfce it got ...
Troubleshoot Realtek RTL8111 / 8168B in LMDE
Many users have had problems with Red Realtek cards because the data transfer is ...
Show what you hear with DeadBeef in the Xfce Dashboard
We already talked about Deadbeef and now we can extend its functionalities a little more within Xfce with this simple script, ...
Bash: How to make an executable script
Little by little I want to put articles on Bash, because I have enough material to teach you tips little by little, ...
How to install and configure Telepathy KDE
I used Kopete for a while, it's a mainstream IM client, it supports multiple accounts and in honor of the…
How to send mail from the terminal using a script
For X or Y reasons, sometimes we need to program our company's server to do a certain task, ...
I have a mouse on my desktop: Xfce Guide
As many of you know, I am a user of Xfce, my long-time favorite Desktop Environment for various reasons. Let's see some ...
Trying to fix everything
Greetings to all: We are in the process of solving this whole mess. It is possible that from the moment when ...
Problems with our DNS
Dear users: We want to apologize to you for the inconveniences that have been happening in the afternoon. The situation…
How to clear the cache and recover MBs of RAM
How many have they started to open applications, use the computer for a few hours and before ...
How to create custom ArchLinux repos to take home
We have already explained before how to make mini-repos or custom Debian / Ubuntu repositories, well, it's ArchLinux's turn too 😀 ...
Guide to configure Gnome-Fallback as Gnome 2 in Ubuntu 11.10
Dmitry Shachnev has written a small and interesting guide for Ubuntu users who want to move from Unity and ...
With the terminal: How to have something similar to Unlocker in GNU / Linux?
Unlocker is a must-use application on Windows. When I used Windows XP, after my drivers ...
How to modify GDM themes
Creating GDM themes from scratch requires some knowledge of the XML programming language.
Pidgin + KWallet
Those of us who use KDE keep our access data (users and passwords) in KWallet, and in all fairness ……
How to change the User Agent in SRWare Iron
We have already seen the advantages of using SRWare Iron instead of Chromium / Chrome and as I said in that article, change ...
Install and configure themes for SLiM
Following the request of our favorite Troll: Courage, I write this article to show you how to install and configure themes in SLiM….
Learn Python: Chapter 7
With so much trouble I had forgotten to tell you that chapter 7 of the excellent guide is already available ...
What do I need to take into account to choose my Distribution?
It is well known that in GNU / Linux there are distributions for all tastes, and all flavors. Even some users ...
A tour of TuxGuitar
We are going to take a tour of the TuxGuitar program. TuxGuitar is a program from Argentina, it is used to read, play ...
A look at LXDE
Today we will take a look at the LXDE environment at the request of reader Oscar.
How to install Arch Linux + KDE or LXDE
Two readers of the blog (Eduar2 and Kitty) have asked me to write an installation guide for the distro that...
Installation log: Archlinux
After KZKG ^ Gaara created a bootable USB stick with the latest .iso compiled by ArchLinux developers, I started the…
How to install ArchLinux via USB device
Elav is preparing a tutorial on ArchLinux installation, and for that tutorial you need this other one 🙂 Well…
Wbar-config: Tool to customize and configure Wbar
In the article where I told you about Wbar, I told you that to configure this application visually you need ...
Use proxy in Openbox, Fluxbox, LXDE, Xfce and similar
The method I describe below was obtained by translating into Spanish an article on the Arch Wiki about ...
How to install Xfce on ArchLinux
I'm seriously thinking about trying ArchLinux with Xfce (don't be scared of debianites) to see how it works. Yes…
Learn how to create extensions for Google Chrome
Maestrosdelweb is one of my reference sites for any topic related to the Web. From this excellent site you ...
Some tips for MGSE and MATE in Linux Mint 12
If you have already downloaded Linux Mint 12, I inform you that Clement Lefebvre himself shows us how to perform certain Tips ...
Learn to Program in Python: Chapter 6
After some absent Tuesdays we already have the sixth installment of the excellent guide that Maestrosdelweb gives us to learn ...
Wbar: A very light dock for Openbox, Fluxbox or Xfce
Actually Wbar can be used in any Desktop Environment, but it is ideal for Xfce or Window Managers ...
Fix crash when loading application menu in Xfce
If we install Xfce from sources or even through the repository for the first time, it is possible that when trying to open ...
Change the Amarok Splash for another
A few days ago a reader of ours (nano) asked me several questions about KDE, suggestions for tutorials that I could do ...
Complete and detailed guide (with examples) to DD
I leave you a simply great article that I have found surfing the net, it shows us with multiple examples and ...
How to boot Ubuntu in text mode
The following tips are sent to me by our friend Oleksis and in it he shows us how to start the boot ...
How to delete recent documents in Unity
Yesterday a friend called me at home with the following question: How could I delete Recent Documents in Unity? ...
How to receive websites by email?
There are several services that allow us to receive websites via email. This is very useful if we don't have ...
Run Google Chrome on CentOS 6
And we continue with Chrome 🙂 Under this same title in AlcanceLibre they have published an article where they teach us to correct ...
Keep Chromium up to date on Debian and Ubuntu
Since we are talking about Chromium, now I will show you how to keep it updated if you use Debian or Ubuntu through a PPA….
Replacing the Xfce panel with Tint2
A long time ago, when at work I had a PC with 256 RAM I used OpenBox and a ...
Tips repository available in Desdelinux
We are pleased to announce that we have added a page with all the links to the most interesting Tips and Articles that ...
Desdelinux It already has more than 100 visits
We are pleased to share with you some of our statistics and thus inform you that today <° Linux ...
"Right Click + Send Attachment with Thunderbird" in KDE
Dolphin I still say that it is by far the best file manager that currently exists. Rapier…
Another way to change the Chromium User Agent
I already showed you how to change the Chromium User Agent by editing the .desktop inside the / usr / share / applications / folder but unfortunately, ...
Tips: Fix error with windows in Xfce4
Today in the morning, after updating my system (Debian Testing) and restarting it, when I entered my Xfce session ...
How to know when we install our Linux
I am one of those who writes everything down on a calendar, that later I will talk about the application I use for myself ...
With the terminal: Format a USB memory
When we don't have a graphical tool like GParted at hand or the option to format memories like in Gnome, we can ...
Get to know Xfce in depth with your help
Many times we kill ourselves looking for information on the web when in reality we have it available on our computer, although in ...
Set cursor theme in Xfce
Those of us who are Xfce users know that to change the cursor theme, we only have to go to Menu ...
2 ways to know the UUID of your HDD partitions
Hello, To finish a small application that I am doing (thinking about KDE mainly) I am forced to something really annoying ……
Capture your desktop in a .GIF with Byzanz
Byzanz is a truly interesting package, which allows us to record what happens on our desktop and save it as ...
Solve ALL your problems with the Touchpad
Hello, how are you friends? I use ArchLinux (that many know hehe), it happens that the touchpad of my laptop (touchpad ...
Solution to the error: «cannot open display:: 0.0»
There are several occasions when we want to use sudo to run graphical applications with administrative permissions, for example: sudo gparted ...
Tips: How to change the Chromium User Agent?
We already saw how to change the User Agent of Firefox and Opera and now it is Chromium's turn, the ...
Creating a file browser for Thunar with Zenity
I published this article a long time ago on my old blog about Xfce, based on another article published in the…
Modify Turpial to connect to DL.NET
It is actually very easy to make Turpial connect to DL.NET, based on the tutorial I did some ...
You do not have Internet? Learn how to take your repositories home
When I had a computer at home, I used GNU / Linux without any problem, even without having internet to use the repositories. The…
Tips: How to make Xfce look the same as KDE
Those of us who use Xfce can have the appearance of KDE (oxygen) in a very easy way, as we can see in ...
Learn to Program in Python: Chapter 5
As every Tuesday we announce the availability of a new chapter of the guide: Learning Python from MaestrosdelWeb, although yesterday ...
Import Thunderbird emails to Kmail
It is not the first time that I use KDE, in fact my first steps with GNU / Linux were on Debian Etch with ...
How to open .MHT files (3-step tutorial)
Hello, I have the habit of saving many tutorials that I find on the net, news, any article that I consider interesting, ...
Debian + KDE: Installation and customization
As I promised, here are step by step the actions that I performed once I installed KDE 4.6 in ...
KDE 4 copy dialog as in KDE 3.X
As every good KDE user should know, with the arrival of version 4, notifications were integrated into…
Optimizing GNU / Linux boot with E4rat
Yesterday a friend told me about E4rat (Ext4 - Reducing Access Times) a set of tools to speed up the process of ...
You can now try MGSE on Ubuntu
From WebUpd8 our colleague Andrew gives us the instructions to use some add-ons that make up MGSE the new extension for Gnome-Shell ...
Change the appearance of the Grub with Oxygen Grub2 Theme
Although personally I almost never change anything in Grub, I liked this topic a lot, and if ...
Script to restart and restore our session in Xfce
I have created version 0.1 of a simple bash Script to restart and restore the Xfce session to ...
Set up SSH connections without password in just 3 steps
Hello, Here you will see how to connect to a PC remotely by SSH just by entering the password the first time, ...
Learn Python Programming: Chapter 4
Today is Tuesday and as usual, we can enjoy one more chapter of the fabulous Python Guide that ...
The Unarchiver in Debian, or what is the same, forget about unrar
The Unarchiver is a file extraction tool that supports a wide variety of compression formats, and like ...
With the terminal: Finch, instant messaging client
Finch is a modular messaging client that is used through the console, which is based on libpurple is…
With the terminal: Newsbeuter reads your RSS by console
Although in a way what I am doing is reinventing the wheel, I still continue with the idea of creating a ...
Tips: Download the RSS of DesdeLinux in the terminal
There is a very simple way to read the RSS of Desdelinux through our terminal. We just have to execute this…
Modify User Agent in Opera (beyond the ordinary)
Recently elav explained how to change the User Agent in Firefox, here I will explain how to do it with Opera and that ...
Keyboard shortcuts for Gnome-Shell
Gnome-Shell is in fashion, and even if it was not, its use in most distributions will be very ...
What to do so that Zarafa does not manage the delivery of emails in Zentyal?
Zarafa is an open source Collaborative Software (GroupWare) that is included in Zentyal. It was designed to integrate with ...
Tips: Replace panels in Gnome2
This tip should work for any version of Gnome 2.xx that is currently used. The goal is to eliminate ...
Tips: How to change the Firefox User Agent?
For some unknown reason, my browser's User Agent (Iceweasel) does not show me which distribution I am using specifically ...
Third installment of: Learn Python programming
Yesterday Tuesday we received the 3rd installment of the (great, magnificent, excellent) course that has been prepared in Maestrosdelweb to learn to ...
Clarifying doubts: LMDE repositories
As we published on October 21, 2011, we have decided to create a section called: Your opinion counts <° Linux, where ...
Change icons of our folders in Gnome
Yesterday I visited a neighbor who uses Windows XP on her computer to help her with a problem she had and ...
Run an application (including graphical) on another PC as another user
Hello, This is really useful, since through this tip we can manage another PC, or it will make our lives ...
How to convert .MDF to .ISO
Hello, There are different formats of virtual images, .ISO is simply the most popular, almost a standard. The other day I ...
Learn to do without the graphical environment
Hi, the first thing is to say that I am a fan of the terminal (console, shell, bash) and that is why ...
Work with runlevels semi-graphically
Some time ago I had to make some changes in the runlevel of a PC, as I had never done this first ...
With terminal: Change monitor resolution
Changing the resolution of the monitor using a terminal is quite simple, and faster than using any graphic tool. We open ...
With the terminal: Compress and decompress files
When working with servers, many times you need to compress or decompress files remotely through the terminal, and in ...
Tips: After formatting, everything in its place
This article is dedicated to new users of GNU / Linux, which was published by me some time ago ...
Find out if you can use Unity 3D with Compiz
Excellent trick that Andrew shows us in Webupd8 to find out if we can run Unity 3D using Compiz on our computer….
With the terminal: Hide a file inside another
We have already seen how to hide a file inside another using SilentEye and now we will see how to do the same using the ...
SilentEye: Hide one file inside another
SilentEye is an application written in Qt that will help us to make use of Steganography and hide images and ...
Always start with Gnome-Shell on Ubuntu 11.10
If you are an Ubuntu 11.10 user and you install Gnome-Shell, you may want to always start your session using this ...
5 really interesting tips or tricks for working with videos
For working with videos, it is advisable to use Mencoder or Ffmeg, but… what are these? Mencoder is an encoder of ...
Installation guide for NVidia cards in LMDE
Interesting is this post published in the LinuxMint forum (in English) which I bring here humbly translated for the ...
Learn Python by programming
These days I have been between my eyebrows and learning to program in Python, even if it's just basic things….
With the terminal: Listening to music with VLC
We have already seen how to play our music with MPlayer and to tell the truth, the process is cumbersome since we would have to ...
Restart PC safely if your distro crashes
It's weird, but in GNU / Linux we also have our impending PC crashes and there is a very simple method to ...
Reduce icons in Application View in Gnome-Shell
The trick that I show you in this post may be of interest to many Gnome-Shell users who worry ...
Command cubes for some GNU / Linux distros
Here we leave you some tricks in the form of cubes to have on hand when we use our GNU / Linux distributions. No…
Reuse eth0 in LMDE
LMDE users may encounter a very curious situation in the configuration of the network card….
With the terminal: Basic commands in GNU / Linux
There are certain commands that GNU / Linux users should know because they are very basic. In this post we will talk ...
How to create shadow effects Desdelinux with Gimp
Many readers will appreciate that in most of the articles where I put an image, I add a kind of ...
Customizing LightDM a bit in Debian
After installing LightDM, I got a little ticklish to customize it manually, so I started to investigate how ...
With the terminal: Listening to music with mplayer
There are many ways to play music through the console, both to save resources, and out of sheer freakiness "I just ...
Increasing user capacity in Zentyal (old Ebox)
Zentyal is an excellent option to implement a server easily and quickly in SMEs. With every release ...
With Terminal: Improving the appearance of the console
I am one of those who loves to use the terminal. I think that all GNU / Linux users at one point do not ...
With the terminal: Calendar and Cal.
We are going to start what we could call a new section in Desdelinux, where we will show you things related to the terminal:…
How to fix dpkg error: warning: `ldconfig 'in Debian Testing
Today I have decided to go back to Debian Testing. As the problem was with the Kernel apparently, because I have left the ...
Debian Squeeze Step-by-Step Installation Guide
I bring you here, a guide I made at the beginning of the year on how to Install Debian Squeeze step by step….
Using Apt-Pinning on Debian
I have returned to Debian Squeeze. The reason that prompted me to return to the stable branch of Debian, (since ...
Things I do after installing LMDE Xfce
A couple of days ago I installed LMDE Xfce to test it and here are some things that I do later ...
How to fully configure and customize your wallpaper in KDE
In case the doubts still exist, with this tutorial I hope to dispel them a little ... KDE is an environment that without doubts, ...
How to use proxy in Turpial with LMDE Xfce
Xfce is an excellent Desktop Environment, but it lacks some options that make it not completely complete ...
Put Global Proxy in LMDE Xfce
Those of us who are Xfce users know that this excellent and minimalist Desktop Environment does not have the same option ...
How to password Grub2
There are several methods to protect Grub on our favorite distro. I particularly tried with this variant and with this other, ...
Change root password on Debian / LMDE
It is known that GNU / Linux is famous for the level of security it can have, but I always say that ...
LMDE Guide: First Review
For all LMDE users and blog followers, I just finished a guide on LMDE that I have made ...
How to get the Microprocessor type from the Terminal
We can see what type of Microprocessor we are using in GNU / Linux without having to open the Chassis for it. Just…
Creating Aliases in GNU / Linux
There is a very simple way to customize and make easier some commands that we normally use in «the console», by means of ...
How to display the http prefix in Firefox 7
Reading in Genbeta I discovered an article where they teach us how to put two of the new options back as before ...
Tips to optimize Firefox
Although many times the browser brings with it the necessary settings to have a good operation by default, it is true that ...
Guide to customizing Linux Mint LXDE
I just made a small guide that will help us to customize our Linux Mint LXDE a bit. This guide can ...
Modify Turpial to connect to StatusNet
As I mentioned, I am using Hotot to connect to a StatusNet server that we implement in the network of ...
How to configure SOCKS proxy in KDE
In versions lower than 4.7 of kdelibs putting a global SOCKS proxy in KDE was apparently impossible (I mean ...