Comments on: Hot tips to get the best of Linux in 2008 http://brajeshwar.com/2008/hot-tips-to-get-the-best-of-linux-in-2008/ Brajeshwar believes in simplicity; pushes the envelop and envisions the betterment of usable and practical solutions. Tue, 15 May 2012 16:44:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Blackmail http://brajeshwar.com/2008/hot-tips-to-get-the-best-of-linux-in-2008/#comment-25587 Blackmail Tue, 08 Sep 2009 16:31:53 +0000 http://www.brajeshwar.com/2008/hot-tips-to-get-the-best-of-linux-in-2008/#comment-25587 mostly a frozen window, any way in my experience, occurs because compiz is activated and there is a conflict with the drivers or the video card is a little old. If you disable compiz, or play around with it enough, you will most certainly realize a compromise between functionality-beauty-stability. Closing a window that has freezed, well temporarly freezed, is not an option by me since it only occurs with firefox, or HD movies, and it is frozen for a few seconds, so it would be like going with a bazooka to hunt a fly. But the other suggestions are quite nice. mostly a frozen window, any way in my experience, occurs because compiz is activated and there is a conflict with the drivers or the video card is a little old. If you disable compiz, or play around with it enough, you will most certainly realize a compromise between functionality-beauty-stability.
Closing a window that has freezed, well temporarly freezed, is not an option by me since it only occurs with firefox, or HD movies, and it is frozen for a few seconds, so it would be like going with a bazooka to hunt a fly.
But the other suggestions are quite nice.

]]> By: Blackmail http://brajeshwar.com/2008/hot-tips-to-get-the-best-of-linux-in-2008/#comment-29698 Blackmail Tue, 08 Sep 2009 16:31:00 +0000 http://www.brajeshwar.com/2008/hot-tips-to-get-the-best-of-linux-in-2008/#comment-29698 mostly a frozen window, any way in my experience, occurs because compiz is activated and there is a conflict with the drivers or the video card is a little old. If you disable compiz, or play around with it enough, you will most certainly realize a compromise between functionality-beauty-stability. Closing a window that has freezed, well temporarly freezed, is not an option by me since it only occurs with firefox, or HD movies, and it is frozen for a few seconds, so it would be like going with a bazooka to hunt a fly. But the other suggestions are quite nice. mostly a frozen window, any way in my experience, occurs because compiz is activated and there is a conflict with the drivers or the video card is a little old. If you disable compiz, or play around with it enough, you will most certainly realize a compromise between functionality-beauty-stability.
Closing a window that has freezed, well temporarly freezed, is not an option by me since it only occurs with firefox, or HD movies, and it is frozen for a few seconds, so it would be like going with a bazooka to hunt a fly.
But the other suggestions are quite nice.

]]> By: Some Dude http://brajeshwar.com/2008/hot-tips-to-get-the-best-of-linux-in-2008/#comment-25225 Some Dude Fri, 12 Jun 2009 13:12:46 +0000 http://www.brajeshwar.com/2008/hot-tips-to-get-the-best-of-linux-in-2008/#comment-25225 You dont have to resort to terminal if you have a frozen window infront. Just: Alt+F2 Type "xkill", enter Now click on frozen window. You dont have to resort to terminal if you have a frozen window infront. Just:

Alt+F2
Type "xkill", enter
Now click on frozen window.

]]> By: Some Dude http://brajeshwar.com/2008/hot-tips-to-get-the-best-of-linux-in-2008/#comment-29697 Some Dude Fri, 12 Jun 2009 13:12:00 +0000 http://www.brajeshwar.com/2008/hot-tips-to-get-the-best-of-linux-in-2008/#comment-29697 You dont have to resort to terminal if you have a frozen window infront. Just: Alt+F2 Type "xkill", enter Now click on frozen window. You dont have to resort to terminal if you have a frozen window infront. Just:

Alt+F2
Type "xkill", enter
Now click on frozen window.

]]> By: Chhama Chenkual http://brajeshwar.com/2008/hot-tips-to-get-the-best-of-linux-in-2008/#comment-24956 Chhama Chenkual Fri, 20 Feb 2009 22:07:41 +0000 http://www.brajeshwar.com/2008/hot-tips-to-get-the-best-of-linux-in-2008/#comment-24956 Regarding tip no 11, instead of <b>ps -ax | grep startx</b> you can use the easier to remember <b>pgrep startx<b> to get the PID of your XServer Regarding tip no 11, instead of
ps -ax | grep startx

you can use the easier to remember
pgrep startx

to get the PID of your XServer

]]> By: Chhama Chenkual http://brajeshwar.com/2008/hot-tips-to-get-the-best-of-linux-in-2008/#comment-29696 Chhama Chenkual Fri, 20 Feb 2009 22:07:00 +0000 http://www.brajeshwar.com/2008/hot-tips-to-get-the-best-of-linux-in-2008/#comment-29696 Regarding tip no 11, instead of <b>ps -ax | grep startx</b> you can use the easier to remember <b>pgrep startx</b><b> to get the PID of your XServer</b> Regarding tip no 11, instead of
ps -ax | grep startx

you can use the easier to remember
pgrep startx

to get the PID of your XServer

]]> By: Stephane http://brajeshwar.com/2008/hot-tips-to-get-the-best-of-linux-in-2008/#comment-19949 Stephane Sun, 06 Apr 2008 10:21:08 +0000 http://www.brajeshwar.com/2008/hot-tips-to-get-the-best-of-linux-in-2008/#comment-19949 Hello Instead of ps | grep , you can use pgrep which does pretty much the same in shorter... then use pkill which will signal the matching processes. Cheers, Stephane Hello

Instead of ps | grep , you can use pgrep which does pretty much the same in shorter... then use pkill which will signal the matching processes.

Cheers,

Stephane

]]> By: Stephane http://brajeshwar.com/2008/hot-tips-to-get-the-best-of-linux-in-2008/#comment-29695 Stephane Sun, 06 Apr 2008 10:21:00 +0000 http://www.brajeshwar.com/2008/hot-tips-to-get-the-best-of-linux-in-2008/#comment-29695 Hello Instead of ps | grep , you can use pgrep which does pretty much the same in shorter... then use pkill which will signal the matching processes. Cheers, Stephane Hello

Instead of ps | grep , you can use pgrep which does pretty much the same in shorter... then use pkill which will signal the matching processes.

Cheers,

Stephane

]]> By: Brajeshwar http://brajeshwar.com/2008/hot-tips-to-get-the-best-of-linux-in-2008/#comment-17476 Brajeshwar Fri, 25 Jan 2008 07:12:44 +0000 http://www.brajeshwar.com/2008/hot-tips-to-get-the-best-of-linux-in-2008/#comment-17476 Well, you can't really help and this isn't the first case. There are lots of blog scrappers. This one seems to be copying everything blatantly. Well, you can't really help and this isn't the first case. There are lots of blog scrappers. This one seems to be copying everything blatantly.

]]> By: Brajeshwar http://brajeshwar.com/2008/hot-tips-to-get-the-best-of-linux-in-2008/#comment-29694 Brajeshwar Fri, 25 Jan 2008 07:12:00 +0000 http://www.brajeshwar.com/2008/hot-tips-to-get-the-best-of-linux-in-2008/#comment-29694 Well, you can't really help and this isn't the first case. There are lots of blog scrappers. This one seems to be copying everything blatantly. Well, you can't really help and this isn't the first case. There are lots of blog scrappers. This one seems to be copying everything blatantly.

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