Feb 19, 2009
Change GTK+ theme from command line
First, you need to know that installing a gtk theme from command line is fairly easy. All you have to do is to extract the contents of your theme tar file in /usr/share/themes. tar -zxf your-theme-.tar.gz /usr/share/themes/ So, to switch your theme, you can install a tool called gtk-theme-switch. It is easy to guess . sudo apt-get install gtk-theme-switch Then all you have to do is to use this tool... read more
Feb 19, 2009
Change keyboard layout from command line
I don’t want to start a debate about the best keyboard layout ever. However, I was pretty much open minded and decided to give Dvorák a try. I used it for a few months and I caught up with my original speed of qwerty. To switch your keyboard layout to Dvorák: setxkbmap -layout dvorak Honestly, I feel more comfortable typing in Dvorák now than qwerty. However, if you want to keep using qwerty,... read more
