Even though Fedora is a very stable Linux distribution I have recently experienced some problems which were resolved most easily by reinstalling. My impression of upgrading between releases is that each upgrade leaves behind some cruft from the previous release. While there are downsides to…

To have numlock automatically turned on after startup in LXDM/LXDE edit /etc/lxdm/lxdm.conf. sudo nano /etc/lxdm/lxdm.conf Uncomment the line that has: # numlock=0 Set numlock=1 and save the file. numlock=1 Numlock should now be enabled on boot.

To change the default file manager in Linux edit /usr/share/applications/defaults.list $ sudo nano /usr/share/applications/defaults.list Then search for “inode/directory”. In nano, press Ctrl-W to search. It should look like this: inode/directory=pcmanfm.desktop Change the part after the equal sign to whatever file manager you prefer such as…

The default behavior in Xserver in Linux and other *nix systems for window managers used to be that left clicking on a window focused the window without raising it above other windows on the screen. This behavior allows you to work simultaneously with windows on…