https://wiki.strategicz.com/lmde/ 2026-04-30T16:38:03+02:00 https://wiki.strategicz.com/lmde/ https://wiki.strategicz.com/lmde/lib/tpl/bootstrap3/images/favicon.ico text/html 2013-12-08T16:52:18+02:00 https://wiki.strategicz.com/lmde/doku.php?id=tricks:appearance-theming&rev=1386517938&do=diff ====== Appearance and Theming ====== http://www.bisigi-project.org/ text/html 2016-02-16T17:43:41+02:00 https://wiki.strategicz.com/lmde/doku.php?id=tricks:application-icon&rev=1455641021&do=diff ====== Create Executable and Icon for an Application ====== From time to time, one might download a fully executable app, that will launch by double clicking on it's icon but with no install process. Those applications won't appear in the "Menu > Applications" list, nor will you be able to add them to a panel. To circumvent this problem here is an example demonstrating how to [[http://community.linuxmint.com/tutorial/view/907|install sublime text]] and create a desktop icon for it. ===== Down… text/html 2013-12-07T01:31:30+02:00 https://wiki.strategicz.com/lmde/doku.php?id=tricks:application-shortcut&rev=1386376290&do=diff ====== Create an Application Shortcut in the Menu ====== Right-click the menu button, and choose "Edit Applications". This will open the KDE Menu Editor, where you can add custom entries to the menu. Highlight the category where you want to add a shortcut and click "New Item". Give it the name you want, the on the next screen you will be able to specify the command to run (click the icon just to the right of it, to get a file browser to pick the file to run). text/html 2015-10-09T18:39:20+02:00 https://wiki.strategicz.com/lmde/doku.php?id=tricks:dd-progress&rev=1444408760&do=diff ====== View Progress of dd Command ====== dd is a very useful, and also very dangerous, command that allows to copy a whole device to another or to an iso file. Its syntax is as simple as: <code> > dd if=/dev/sr0 of=/path/to/copy.iso </code> Unfortunately there is no progress indication and thus, as it often implies moving a huge amount of data, we're left kind of blind once the command is started. To have a peek at the current advancement of the dd command, one can use the following, from a… text/html 2013-12-07T19:31:05+02:00 https://wiki.strategicz.com/lmde/doku.php?id=tricks:forced-restart&rev=1386441065&do=diff Sometimes it may happen that your machine gets stuck. A message like "The system is going down for reboot NOW" stays as the last line on the command prompt when you asked for a restart, and there is nothing you can do. Or some other times, your machine has gone into sleep and doesn't wake up, no matter what you try to do to bring it back from Morpheus' arms... When it is that serious, power cycling the machine may be the only option, but it can leave some files in a state that will hinder the r… text/html 2015-10-09T17:45:09+02:00 https://wiki.strategicz.com/lmde/doku.php?id=tricks:gvfs&rev=1444405509&do=diff ====== GVFS - Access Network Shares from Applications ====== When mounting a network share in LMDE, it appears on your desktop and can easily be browsed. Most of the time you'll be able to open those files from a simple double-click. Although, with some other applications, you won't be able to access those files to open them. In my case I experimented this, amongst others, with Geany, PHPStorm and KeePassX... It can become frustrating as the referred "mount point" will look like smb:/ /sharepo… text/html 2015-08-02T02:42:42+02:00 https://wiki.strategicz.com/lmde/doku.php?id=tricks:keep-ssh-alive&rev=1438476162&do=diff ====== Keeping Your ssh Sessions Alive ====== You might notice that when use the terminal to ssh to a remote host, if you stay inactive for too long, your connection will expire, leaving you with an unresponsive prompt... You have been disconnected! This can also be observed when you choose to mount a remote server from within the Desktop environment: {{ :tricks:mate:connect-to-server-menu.png?direct&200 |}} {{ :tricks:mate:connect-to-server-ssh.png?direct&200 |}} After a few minutes, the conn… text/html 2015-08-29T00:51:11+02:00 https://wiki.strategicz.com/lmde/doku.php?id=tricks:mdm-keymap&rev=1440802271&do=diff ====== Use non-US keyboard layout in MDM ===== One pretty annoying fact if you're using a non-US keyboard layout, is that even if you correctly set it up in your Desktop environment, the MDM display manager used in Linux Mint to ask for user credentials before effectively launching your Desktop environment (that's MATE or Cinnamon), will **still use a US keyboard layout**. The solution to that problem can be found in the [[https://github.com/linuxmint/mdm/issues/5|Linux Mint GitHub repo issues… text/html 2016-06-08T18:56:50+02:00 https://wiki.strategicz.com/lmde/doku.php?id=tricks:mount-lvm&rev=1465405010&do=diff ====== Mount LVM Partitions ====== Sometimes you might need to access an LVM partition that resides on an disk but is not //automatically// mounted by the system. For example, hooking an external HDD or SSD that was formatted using LVM won't //automatically// mount (or even give you access) to the LVM partitions it contains. Of course you'll need the [[https://packages.debian.org/lvm2|LVM2 package]] installed (which should be the case on LMDE2). A full reference regarding this package can be a… text/html 2016-12-04T03:17:38+02:00 https://wiki.strategicz.com/lmde/doku.php?id=tricks:mxmouse&rev=1480817858&do=diff ====== Mouse & Keyboard ====== One of the very last things I would've though of when I switched from OS X to Linux Mint (LMDE) was the fact that I might face some shortcomings regarding keyboard and mouse...\\ Maybe was I so faithful that the Linux World certainly had faced that question long before I decided to join it, or was I so innocent to forget about the importance it has to be able to choose the one input device that really suits you?\\ The fact is that the only keyboard that I never eve… text/html 2013-12-08T16:47:06+02:00 https://wiki.strategicz.com/lmde/doku.php?id=tricks:panel-position&rev=1386517626&do=diff ====== Panel (menu bar) Position ====== One of the first thing that got me scratching my head after landing on the (nice looking) MATE desktop, was to know how to move the "Menu" bar to another screen (I use a dual monitor configuration). What I first learned is that, in Linux Mint MATE, what I was used to call a "Menu bar", is called a "Panel". Well to be a bit more precise, a program called "The MATE Panel" is, as stated in it's "About Panels" menu, responsible for launching other applicatio… text/html 2016-06-08T15:36:43+02:00 https://wiki.strategicz.com/lmde/doku.php?id=tricks:start&rev=1465393003&do=diff <html><h1></html>{{:clipart:tips-n-tricks-green.png?nolink&75 |}} <html><span style="vertical-align:middle;"></html>Linux Mint LMDE Tricks<html></span></h1><div style="clear:both;"></div></html> It is a challenge to engage in the discovery of a new work environment. This is even, perhaps, the main reason that keeps most people embarking on such an adventure. They are used to their current environment and fear to find themselves lost in the new, unknown and thus scary, one. And it is true that … text/html 2016-11-05T02:39:37+02:00 https://wiki.strategicz.com/lmde/doku.php?id=tricks:xflux&rev=1478309977&do=diff ====== f.lux / Xflux ====== A [[http://www.pnas.org/content/112/4/1232.full.pdf+html|PNAS study]] demonstrates that the blue color emitted by most computer (and tablet's) screens is affecting sleep. To circumvent this negative effect, a small but efficient little software called f.lux is coming to the rescue. It is available here: [[https://justgetflux.com]]. ===== f.lux Binary Installation===== To get f.lux installed on Debian the information available on the site itself isn't sufficient, as …