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Focus Stealing In Ubuntu Beryl

Are you running Beryl on Ubuntu? Do you have the problem where dialog boxes or new windows open under your existing window? This is most noticeable when web browsing, and coming across password-protected pages. I’ve been annoyed by this bug for about a month now.
It turns out, this is not a [...]

Error: locale error on Ubuntu

After recent updates, I started getting errors like the following:

perl: warning: Setting locale failed.
perl: warning: Please check that your locale settings:
LANGUAGE = (unset),
LC_ALL = (unset),
LANG = “en_US.UTF-8″
are [...]

Customizing Emacs

( How To and Intermediate and Linux and Mac and Windows )

What’s your favorite editor? Oh, I’m sorry, the correct answer should be emacs. Actually, you should use whatever editor you feel most comfortable with; I’ve just found the ability to record keyboard macros in emacs to be indispensable, all the more so since I’ve been using it for almost ten years. Be [...]

Synergy: multiple PCs and displays, one keyboard and mouse.

( Intermediate and Linux and Review and Windows )

I have two PCs right next to each other, each with their own display. One runs Windows XP Professional, and the other runs Ubuntu Feisty Fawn. I have one keyboard between the two of them. KVM? Nah, that’s too passe. Far better to be able to switch between computers just [...]