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  • Fix “Other” menu on MATE

    Many MATE users find that their “Other” menu gets very cluttered. Wine applications, Chrome apps, and anything else that uses a custom, local user menu ends up here. As a quick fix, I found that this can be alleviated with a few commands. Open a terminal (CTRL+ALT+T), then paste the following command in:

    ln -s ~/.config/menus/applications-merged ~/.config/menus/mate-applications-merged
    Screenshot-Run Application

    Hit enter, then either log out and log back in or restart your panel with mate-panel –replace. Note: this should be run in the ALT+F2 Run Application prompt, not the terminal.

    Enjoy!

  • Fixing Monolingual Disaster

    Oops. There should be English here.

    I broke my Mac (kind of). A popular utility, Monolingual, allows you to remove unneeded languages, architectures, and input methods from your Mac OS X, which saves quite a bit of space (it saved me almost 7 GB!) on your Mac OS X install. The good part about this is that while it does reduce space used, it can even boost performance, as there is less data contained within applications. The bad part is that you can remove too much. In my case, I removed all input languages, so now I can’t type – at all. Every key on my keyboard works, except for the actual letters, which is extremely frustrating.

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  • Making an OS X installer USB from Windows

    I’ve recently encountered an issue with my Mac OS X Leopard installation that requires me to have the installer disk handy, which I do not have. Given that I do not have a Linux system ready, and I only have Windows 8.1, I will cover how to do this from Windows. This should cover just about any Windows system, but some instructions may differ. I’ve created a software bundle with a fairly descriptive readme, which can be downloaded here. After you’ve downloaded that, follow the instructions in the readme to get a working Mac OS X installer through Windows. This should work with any version of Mac OS X. As goes with just about anything, your mileage may vary, but this worked very well for myself. Hopefully you find as much use of this as I did. If you have any issues, feel free to leave a comment!

    Downloads:

    Win32DiskImager + dmg2img bundle

  • PowerPC in 2015

    Intro

    Hi everyone, it’s been a while since my last post. I figured I’d talk about a project I’m currently working on, which is my attempt to make a PowerPC-based Power Mac work well in the year 2015. The specific model in question is a PowerMac G4 FW800 (Dual 1.42GHz; PowerMac3,6), and it is my main desktop. This desktop was released in 2002 with some amazing specs – dual 1.42GHz PowerPC G4 processors, 512MB DDR RAM, a Radeon 9000 Pro, a 120GB 7200RPM IDE hard disk, and a HUGE display – 23″ Apple Cinema Display that runs at 1920×1200.

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  • Goodbye Maddy

    Goodbye, Maddy. I miss you dearly

  • iPhone 6 & Bendgate

    iPhone 6 & Bendgate

    Yes, the new iPhone easily bends. This seems normal, considering it is a very thin piece of aluminum and glass, but is it really worth it to have phones so slim that they can bend in your pocket?

    P.S. This problem is not only present in the iPhone 6/6+, it has also been seen in the HTC One.

    Source: DevinPitcher on forums.macrumors.com

  • Make your own Ubuntu 14.04 LTS MATE Edition

    Hey guys, I’m a frequent reader of OMG! Ubuntu!, and I read a guide about how to install the MATE desktop environment on Ubuntu 14.04 LTS. While this is neat, many people (such as myself) prefer their distribution to have one and only one desktop environment to prevent duplication of features and waste of space. As a result, I decided to write this guide.

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  • First post

    I’ve been using various web browsers for quite some time, and I’ve grown on a select three for independent reasons. I love Chrome because it’s just so clean and snappy, while packing a great extension gallery and user interface. I love Firefox because of it’s open-ness, how easy it is to develop for it, and how customizable it is. I love Opera because it’s a great web browser, IRC client, and mail client. Or should I say was?

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  • Pretty Ocean 1920×1080

    Just something I made in GIMP in about an hour.
    I hope you guys like it, it’s my second deviation (and home-made picture).

    Oh, and also it’s in 1920×1080.

    Enjoy!

    https://www.deviantart.com/alfonsojon/art/Pretty-Ocean-1920×1080-263448898

  • Another Dramatic Sunset

    (My First Deviation :D) I just made this in about 15 minutes with GIMP 2.6, nothing special. Hope you like it!

    https://www.deviantart.com/alfonsojon/art/Another-Dramatic-Sunset-214281143

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