Quick tip … want to hide all the icons cluttering up your Gnome Desktop ? Run gconf-editor (Alt-F2, type gconf-editor, Press “Run”) and navigate the tree to find /apps/nautilus/preferences/show_desktop. Set the value to false (uncheck the checkbox), and your Desktop icons should disappear. You can still access any files on the Desktop using the file [...]
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Hide the Desktop icons in Gnome for a clutter free Ubuntu
November 25th, 2008 · 7 Comments · Linux, Ubuntu
Edit remote files over SSH / SCP using GVim
July 13th, 2008 · 2 Comments · Linux
GVim, one of the graphical versions of vim for X11, has a handy feature … you can edit remote files over ssh. Launch GVim, and issue the command: :e scp://username@someremotehost/./path/to/file where username is your username on the remote server, someremote host is the hostname or ip of the server and /./path/to/file is just that … [...]
