Fix Missing Toolbar Icon in ReText

ReText is a simple but powerful text editor for Markdown and reStructuredText. It is written in Python using QT Libraries, with that said you need to have QT installed in your system in order to run ReText (Description copy pasted from ReText website, I’m lazy I know :D). I’ve been using it previously on my Ubuntu system with GNOME desktop without problem at all, however when I installed and run it on my Linux Mint LXDE 12 system, the toolbar icons is missing and not displayed at all, only texts are displayed as you can see on the screenshot below....

May 25, 2012 · Sebastian
Default Linux Mint LXDM Background

Change LXDM Background

Bored with your current LXDM background and want to change it to something else? Don’t worry, it’s very easy to change it! In fact all you need to do is to modify a single line. For this example I’m using Linux Mint 12 LXDE which of course uses LXDM as its default Login Manager. So if you’re using other distro, the configuration file that we are about to edit later on may be slightly different in term of its structure and contents....

May 24, 2012 · Sebastian

Change Date and Time in Linux Mint LXDE 12

So I decided to try and install Linux Mint LXDE 12 to my eeePC 1005ha. The installation took a few minutes and very fast and everything is working great, I don’t have to install codecs manually either as it is included by default in Linux Mint LXDE 12. But then when I wanted to change the date and time, I cannot find any option from either the “Preferences” or “System Tools” menu at all to change the date and time....

April 3, 2012 · Sebastian
Unified Inbox Folder in Evoluton Mail

Create a Unified Inbox Folder in Evolution

Evolution Mail doesn’t have a feature to show all your mail account inbox in one inbox folder (or what is known as a Unified Inbox Folder), thus you need go to your mail account respective inbox folder to be able to read new mail messages , unlike Mac OS Maill app (and Thunderbird) which group all your inbox folder in one folder making it easy to read new mail. But luckily, Evolution has a feature called the Search Folder, by using this Search Folder we can create a Unified Inbox Folder for all your maill Account ....

April 28, 2011 · Sebastian
Glipper residing at the indicator-applet located at the bottom right corner of the screen as a simple `G` icon

Keep Track of your Cliboard History in Ubuntu using Glipper

Install this tiny application in your Ubuntu to keep track of your Clipboard history , this tiny application will reside at your indicator-applet, it’s very easy and simple to use. It also support plugins to boost up the application features itself ! To Install this application in Ubuntu, open the Terminal and type in the following commands: Ubuntu 10.04 or older and 11.04: sudo apt-get glipper Ubuntu 10.10 Maverick [Latest Natty build ppa for Maverick from webupd8]:...

April 22, 2011 · Sebastian