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Using systemd, all your logs might be centralized in the journal; But have you ever wondered about having a few things automatically triggered when certain messages are added to the journal? If so, journal-triggerd might be of interest to you...

A look at why, though screensaver inhibition is supported in VLC, a new module allowed to handle things a bit differently; notably re-enabling DPMS while the media is simply paused (not stopped).

I really like XFCE's window manager, but somewhat regularly I would get a little annoyed by where it would place new windows. So I had a look at how it determines where new windows will be placed, and wrote a patch to change that behavior to one that I feel works better.

Overview of the complications behind implementing natural sort order in C, introducing natsort

Unless you've updated your kernel, rebooting isn't necessary. That's the beauty of Linux, but it doesn't mean you don't have to restart a few things in order to make sure they all use the latest libraries. So how to know what to restart after a system upgrade? Here's a nice little trick...

kalu is an upgrade notifier for Arch Linux, which can check for upgrades, AUR upgrades, watched (AUR) packages and Arch Linux News. It comes with a few options, notification templates, and also includes a GUI system upgrader.

urxvt is great, but - unlike other (VTE-based) terminals, using the mouse wheel always scrolls its own buffer, even on secondary screen (i.e. in applications such as less, man, etc) Here's a patch that will add a new option (secondaryWheel) that will allow the same kind of behaviors as VTE-based terminals: when on secondary screen, using the mouse wheel will be translated into Up/Down keys.

xfwm4 is a great window manager, and it comes with quite a few "hidden" features that might come in handy, once you known about them. Things like how easy it is to move/resize windows, even when they are not decorated...