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How to get Thunderbird new mail notification in i3 window manager
How to get Thunderbird new mail notification in i3 window manager

Thunderbird is a great e-mail client, but what it lacks is a good unread mail notification. Why not do it yourself?

05 Apr 2022

How tu use Geany as a perfect note taking app
How tu use Geany as a perfect note taking app

Geany is a great text editor and you can use it in many ways. I use it for coding, but also as a great note taking application. Let me show you how you can do it.

09 Mar 2022

USB printer not detected in Arch Linux
USB printer not detected in Arch Linux

If you connect your printer to the PC via a USB port, you expect the printer to be detected by your system. It sometimes does not happen. Here is what to do if you are on Arch.

08 Nov 2021

Lightdm does not remember user
Lightdm does not remember user's last used session

If you have more than one user on you Linux machine, each user should be able to log in with the last selected session (XFCE, Gnome, Cinnamon, etc.). Sometimes the lightdm display manager loads the last session used by ANY of the users, which is not what we want.

27 Jun 2021

Lightdm not starting in Arch/EndeavourOS
Lightdm not starting in Arch/EndeavourOS

After a fresh installation of Arch Linux or other Arch-based distro you sometimes see a black screen (possibly with an error message). a small change in the lightdm config file might solve the problem.

08 Feb 2021

What is this place? pwd

Many Linux users (including myself) often search for solutions to the problems they encounter in their use of the operating system and sometimes the search is a frustrating and tiring process. I thought it could be worthwile to gather all the information I had found/learnt and present it in as simple form as possible in one place, so that other people could benefit. Welcome to the home of Linux HowTos!

Artux

My current setup: Arch + i3