QT and GTK applications use different settings for cursor styles. This makes the mouse cursor styles for QT applications in the GNOME / MATE desktop environment or GTK applications in the KDE desktop environment look different with other programs. In the post [[configuring-mouse-cursor-style-for-gtk-applications-in-kde-desktop]], we talked about how to configure the mouse cursor style for GTK
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Configuring Mouse Cursor Style for GTK Applications in KDE Desktop
Posted onUpdate on Jan. 7, 2012: The package for the gtk application style setting on KDE 4.7 is kcm-gtk. The command to install this package is: “# yum install kcm-gtk”. One annoying thing when using KDE desktop is that the theme and style of GTK applications differ from KDE’s. The gtk-qt-engine can let us select the
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Jailbreaking Apple iPod Touch with Spirit in Linux
Posted onHow to jailbreak Apple iPod touch in Linux will be introduced in this article. We use Spirit to jailbreak iPod touch. Spirit[1] is an untethered jailbreak for iPad, iPhone, and iPod touch on certain firmware versions. Please read [1] for requirement when using Spirit. Currently, the version of iTunes used should be iTune 9 earlier
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Gnome2 Style: Shiki Colors+Gnome Colors
Posted onThe Linux Gnome style that I like is Shiki-color + Gnome colors icon theme. It looks pretty and professional and it is fast. How to install them: Gtk engine: # yum install gtk-murrine-engine Icon theme: # yum install gnome-colors-icon-theme Theme: Dowload from here: http://gnome-look.org/content/show.php/Shiki-Colors?content=86717 Install it by Appearance Preference -> Install. Configuration: Appearance Preference ->
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Minimizes Thunderbird Windows into the System Tray
Posted onI usually keep Thunderbird open when my computer is open. But Thunderbird is minimized to the taskbar. It will be more convenient if it is minimized or closed to the system tray as an icon.It will be better if it can display the number of unread messages. Mozilla’s software’s addon system give the method to
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Compiz-fusion on Fedora
Posted on1. Install relevant packages #yum install ccsm emerald-themes compizconfig-backend-gconf fusion-icon-gtk emerald compiz-fusion compiz-fusion-gnome libcompizconfig compiz-gnome compiz-bcop compiz compizconfig-python compiz-fusion-extras compiz-fusion-extras-gnome 2. Start compiz-fusion by using command “fusion-icon”. It can be found in “Applications -> system tools -> fusion-icon”. It will be more convenient if “fusion-icon” is added to autostart list by adding a entry in
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Beautiful Desktop – Gnome 2 of OSX style on Linux
Posted onScreenshots of the desktop: Metacity theme: Humanoid-OSX-Blend GTK 2.x theme: OSX-theme-mod 0.9 GNOME Icon: OSX 3.3 X11 Mouse theme: MacOSX PantherX Mouse Theme[For Baghira] 1.1 Wallpaper: Elementary The system: Fedora 10 Gnome 2.24.3 Updated on 6 Mar. 2010. Screenshots added.