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This style package actually contains three different styles, all inspired by the Clearlooks theme for GTK/Gnome/Metacity. The versions in the original package (default, green and sky) are also available now for Blackbox. Click on the screenshot to take a closer look at some windows in all three styles, as well as an unfocused window at the [...]

Ever since the decay of XMMS started to become obvious, quite a few years ago, I've been looking for a replacement, the ideal music player that would fit my needs perfectly. It was a long and difficult journey, but I finally think I may be getting to an end. Here's the story of how I got to meet Audacious.

Devil's Pie is a nice utility which can apply various properties on the fly to your desktop windows. Until version 0.13, it used an XML config file. After, it switched to s-expressions, and seriously lacked documentation. This is an attempt to clear the mist.

If you get an error message during apt-get update saying you're missing some public keys, here's how to fix it.

A small shell script which will launch Firefox in a sensible manner: if it's open, make use of it, if not launch a new session. Also focus the Firefox window if wmctrl is available.

aNTG is a traffic statistics tool which is very easy to install and use. Perfect for measuring the traffic for your home computer.

Describes a simple and yet effective way to never receive any spam, through the careful use of aliases and making sure not to never use the actual address.