I just wanted to spread the word about a handy new tray application for Arch Linux users seeking hassle-free volume control. VolWheel, written by Olivier “oliwer” Duclos is now available in the Arch User Repository (AUR) and I can tell you I’ve already added it to my essential software list.
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Arch Linux: Printer tutorial and more
May 25, 2007 – 12:00 pm
I spent the May long weekend (Victoria Day here in Canada) checking out the Arch Linux distribution. For the uninitiated, Arch Linux is a no-frills i686-optimized Linux distro that, according to their website, aims “to be as nearly a perfect base as is humanly possible. A base doesn’t include fancy tools and auto configuration mechanisms, [...]
Move /tmp to your /home partition
May 2, 2007 – 12:00 pm
It seems like such a simple request, yet it has taken weeks of intermittent searching to find an answer. My notebook has just 3 partitions: * 8GB for / (root) * 2GB for /swap * 85GB for /home With this configuration I sometimes run into a problem with /tmp not having enough free space to [...]