IBM Thinkpads came with tons of extra buttons affectionately knows as special keys. See here for a full list of the keys and the actions they triggers. All the keys work out of the box except for the Access IBM next to the Esc key and the Previous and Next Page keys on either side of the up arrow key.
For as long as I can remember I've key those keys to do the following.
Pushing the Access IBM key launches my terminal. I'm always in the terminal, so this is convenient and easy.
Pushing the Previous Page key moves to the workspace on the left, while the Next Page key moves to the workspace on the right. I work with many applications at a time with lots of opened windows, so having multiple workspaces and an easy way to access them makes life much easier.
Thursday, August 21, 2014
Friday, August 1, 2014
Better font rendering in Xubuntu
Xubuntu is a great distro but I never liked the way it rendered fonts. Through trial and error I've come up with the best font rendering settings for me. Basically, I went to settings ---> Appearance ---->Fonts. Then I change the fonts to Ubuntu + regular + 10. See image for more details.
To fix font rendering in system wide, especially in Firefox, follow the advice in this blog post.
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| Fonts settings in Xubuntu |
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