One of the best features of Cygwin is its X display server. But the default attributes for its Xterm application leaves something to be desired for modern PCs and their HD displays. Below is my attempt to address that grievance; here’s a copy from my home directory .Xdefaults: XTerm*background: Light Cyan XTerm*colorBD: DarkBlue XTerm*colorBDMode: True [...]
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Cygwin Xterm
Feb 21
The latest release in WinUAE 2.3 pictured here running alongside the latest svn checkout in VICE 2.3.6: Nice!!
GnomeShell preview
Jun 11
I stumbled upon a Fedora package release named gnome-shell, which led me to its project web site. It is easy to play from Gnome 2.30, simply invoke this from a terminal prompt: gnome-shell –replace … and the existing GNOME panel will be replaced using shell. When done playing, simply press Ctrl-C from the terminal and [...]
Fedora 13 add-on packages
May 29
After a stock Fedora 13 install, it is time to add-on packages to bolster up this lightweight and stable desktop OS. With the eye-candy afforded by Compiz-Fusion and Emerald theme manager and replacing the bottom Gnome panel with Avant Window Navigator and its docking applets, it is a simple matter of installing and some configuring [...]
Fedora 13 preupgrade
May 25
A quick post that I (successfully) upgraded my Fedora 12 guest under KVM using the preupgrade script. Just yum install preupgrade and enter preupgrade “Fedora 13 (Goddard)”. After a download of 1217 packages (mileage may vary), it reboots to complete the upgrade process. That part failed for me, although I was able to quickly diagnose [...]
