Category ‘Desktop’

• TECHPULP | How to read Microsoft Windows .chm help files in Linux
  It is sometimes required to read Microsoft Windows help files (.chm) in Linux. Once such case could be for cross developing applications using MinGW for Windows in Linux. Another case could be reading documentation of a generic stuff like JavaScript...
• TECHPULP | How to unzip files with .7z extension in Fedora Linux
  There is an open source tool names 7zip  which creates compressed files with .7z extension. Fedora Linux provides a package in its repository to install the application if required. First of all, you need to install “p7zip” package in the...

• TECHPULP | How to show desktop pop-up notification in Linux using notify-send command
  It is very useful when you are about to start a bulk job and want to get notified asynchronously after its completion. That helps you continue with other work without having to check for its completion periodically. Of course if...
• TECHPULP | How to use VNC client/viewer in Linux
  The VNC bridges gap between Windows and Linux systems for desktop sharing. However there are few other alternatives to this. The “vnc” package provides a VNC client (vncviewer) in Linux. You can check if your system has vnc package installed...

• TECHPULP | Where is kedit editor in KDE of Fedora 10
  In Fedora 10, the standard KDE text editor kedit is not present. The default text editor in KDE is kwrite instead of kedit. To open kwrite you can go to “Fedora Menu > Applications > Utilities > Text Editor (kwrite)”....
• TECHPULP | How to close a non-reponsive window in KDE
  Some times applications become non-responsive due to defects in its software. KDE makes it easy to close them using the standard close button present at the top right corner of the window. Just press the X button at the top...

• TECHPULP | What to do if my X server stops responding
  Sometimes moue/keyboard in X server stops responding due to bugs in the software. There is a better way to recover if you are planning to hard reboot the system. You can press Ctrl+Alt+Backspace which will kill the current X session...
• TECHPULP | How to get classic menu in KDE 4
  You can easily switch between new Kickoff Menu style and the good old classic menu style in KDE 4. All you need to do is right click on the menu button to see the context menu. Then click the menu...

• TECHPULP | How to move icons/components/widgets on KDE4 panel
  You can move panel components like start menu button, task bar, pager, system tray, clock and other widgets on the panel and rearrange them to suit your needs. The same can be done not only on the main panel of...
• TECHPULP | How to create PDF file from a man page in Linux
  The ps2pdf command can be used to create PDF in Linux. This command converts PostScript to PDF using ghostscript. You can redirect the output of “man” command to ps2pdf command to geneate PDF out of man page. The following example...