Since a few days back I started using a dual monitor system. The terminal stays in the laptop screen; browsing, reading and movies go in the big screen. One hitch was that the OSD notifications appear only in the external monitor. They may go unnoticed if I’m focused on the laptop screen. WebUpd8 has a tip on making this right. Fire up the dconf-editor, go to apps->notifyosd and set the value of multihead-mode to focus-follow.
Spent the last half hour going through the posts in the tumblr, Programmers Being Dicks.
It’s filled with some darn good links, including a feminist IRC bot, how to scare off female developers and, best of all, an installable, upgradable and removable girlfriend. Being sexist may be sexist, but please, it’s fun!
UPDATE: With Ubuntu 12.10, you can just go to Displays and turn off Sticky Edges.
So I plugged in the VGA cable of my new hp monitor, and guess what, the system didn’t recognize the newcomer. In most cases it should just detect the display, but it didn’t work in this case. The solution was to go to the X Server Display Configuration in Nvidia X Server Settings and click Detect Displays.
The next problem was when moving the mouse from one display to another, the pointer would slow down and wait for a few moments at the Unity launcher. This seems to be by design, but it’s a nuisance. The fix is going to /apps/compiz-1/plugins/unityshell/screen0/options in gconf-editor and changing the values of overcome_pressure and stop_velocity to 1 and 20 respectively. Later learned that you can edit these settings simply using the Ubuntu Unity plugin in CCSM.
Came across this ifttt recipe while browsing the answers to the Quora question: What is the coolest ifttt task ever? This recipe would simply post your foursquare check-ins in your Google Calendar. I had long given up checking-in with foursquare (well, what’s the point anyway?) but this new discovery would change my mind. At least till it gets boring.
Most Linux distros come with multiple workspaces built-in. Why do people need multiple workspaces? To organize your work of course! You may read a book and take notes in one workspace while browsing the web and chatting on another.
Unity has evolved from a nuisance to a really user-friendly and fun-to-use desktop environment. But, problem -> Unity uses a common launcher to all its workspaces: hence it displays the apps opened in all the workspaces. Where’s the organization here? There’s a bug filed in launchpad addressing this issue at length, but the developers doesn’t seem to find it a priority. If you think this is a concern, please answer ‘Yes’ to the question Does this bug affect you?
Tiny Transactions on Computer Science (TinyToCS) has got a collection of research papers that have 140 characters or less. We’re talking about the body of the paper here though; the Abstract can of course be longer. It’s fun to read them though; you’re actually reading research papers!
It’s the fourth day of Google Play’s 25 cent promotion, celebrating the milestone of 25 billion downloads of apps from Play. The selection of apps for today is not very exciting though. There’s Cut the Rope, Cogs, and Where’s My Perry, among others.
First day had the best deals. Second day wasn’t much bad either. Didn’t hesitate to buy World of Goo and doubleTwist Alarm Clock, both of which I had kept an eye on. Tomorrow’s the final day of the sale and let’s just hope there’d be some good picks worth buying. Anyawy it’s just $0.25 and nobody can complain.
