The xfce4-battery-plugin is a simple battery indicator plugin displayed in the panel bar of XFCE desktop. I use it on my Xubuntu Linux. I preferred using this plugin when I was unable to customize the default battery indicator to show battery percentage on the panel. Installation You can download the plugin from http://archive.xfce.org/src/panel-plugins/xfce4-battery-plugin/. You can … Read more
Here are some linux commands (pactl and amixer) to increase and decrease volume. You can also use these commands to set keyboard shortcut to increase and decrease volume. pactl pactl command is used to control a running PulseAudio sound server. Increase volume by 10% pactl — set-sink-volume 0 +10% Decrease volume by 10% pactl — … Read more
Problem: I am using Xubuntu (lightweight version of Ubuntu) and I am unable to type in local language using iBus (an input method (IM) framework for multilingual input in Unix-like operating systems). iBus is already installed. When I go to its ‘Preferences‘ and then click the ‘Input Method‘ tab, I could only see ‘Chinese‘ language … Read more
You might face a problem of applications launching automatically when you login to your Xubuntu machine. In my case it was Pidgin and Google Chrome launching automatically on startup. I have not set them as startup applications. If you logout Xubuntu without closing the opened applications then it seems that Xubuntu saves the session of … Read more
Synapse is a graphical launcher enabling you to start applications and also to quickly find and access relevant documents and files (by making use of the Zeitgeist engine). This can be a good alternative to Ubuntu Unity Dash for those who prefer lightweight and faster graphical launcher. This can also be helpful for getting Unity … Read more
I am using Xubuntu (an elegant and easy-to-use Linux distribution, based on Ubuntu, using Xfce as the graphical desktop). Xubuntu has shortcut for locking the screen. It is CTRL+ALT+Del. But, there was no shortcut for Suspend action (keeping the computer in Sleep mode). If you would like to add keyboard shortcuts on Ubuntu, you may … Read more