Brightside is a small utility for extending the functionality of Metacity, the default window manager for the GNOME desktop. Now at version 1.4.0, it currently offers two mutually exclusive functions: corner actions that are activated when the mouse cursor moves to one of the desktop's corners, and scrolling with the mouse between desktops.

One popular screensaver in Ubuntu is “Floating Ubuntu”, which displays a number of Ubuntu logos floating around the screen.

It's easy to set up and use your own own mouse or pen gestures with Easystroke, which can execute custom predefined actions when it recognizes gestures on the screen.

"...The most obvious example is to compare the modern convention of multi-document tab-switching to the buffer-switching mechanisms you see in Emacs. Once you start opening a significant number of tabs, the number of documents you can open and see at the same time is limited by the width of your screen. For Firefox on this machine, the number is twelve[1] when it's running full-screen.

I was searching the web for a way that i could change the default boot-up screen of Ubuntu, because lets face it Ubuntu’s boot up screen isn’t the most pretty thing. I came across an application called Start-up manager, which not only allows me to change my boot-up screen but allows me to do a ton of other things.

So, what is Screen? It describes itself as: a full-screen window manager that multiplexes a physical terminal between several processes, typically interactive shells.

Back last month I covered a quick KDE tip on how to set the Num Lock key on when you log in to KDE. While that generally works, it doesn’t cover the KDE login screen (or KDM).

This is a simple howto on changing your log on screen. This will also work with other distros. This is a very easy way to add more eye candy to your Linux system.

This is a simple howto on changing your log on screen. This will also work with other distros. This is a very easy way to add more eye candy to your Linux system.