I prefer ibeam cursors to the block ones, I find them less obtrusive. However, I could not find an option to modify the cursor shape in the XFCE terminal preferences; until I looked under the hood. In ~/.config/Terminal/terminalrc the value of MiscCursorShape is set to TERMINAL_CURSOR_SHAPE_BLOCK by default. [Continue]
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ifacethoughtsPosts for September, 2009
India Can Save Lot More Than $2 BN Through Open Source
I am glad that the mainstream media says Open source software can save India $2 bn. The figure is not surprising! In fact it is an insufficient representation of benefits of using open source, especially the intangible ones that control the success of software adoption. [Continue]
A Minimalistic Multi-Timezone Clock
I am using xmonad as my primary window manager. A friend asked me how did I replicate functionalities from other desktop environments. One of the things he could not find was to have a multi-timezone clock. [Continue]
Microsoft’s CodePlex Foundation
Microsoft has established CodePlex foundation – a non-profit foundation to promote open source. Unlike the previous open source attempts, this time Microsoft has explicitly talked about collaboration with other open source foundations and communities. I see this as first step by Microsoft to acknowledge good Windows open source work happening outside Microsoft. [Continue]
WordPress Is Still Secure, But Using The Latest Version Is Important
Someone has found a way to exploit a bug in older WordPress versions. The attack can be quite severe, and do permanent damages to your site. Lorelle has details of the attack and its symptoms. [Continue]
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