Android: Create & Use Your Own Bootanimation
These are my experiences on a rooted Acer E39 (a.k.a liquid E700) with Android 4.4.2 (kitkat). I hope they apply to other models & Android versions, too. Most of the work (except where indicated otherwise) was done on an Arch Linux desktop computer. First of all you should have an idea what sort...
Customizing the Linux Console
A collection of tricks that also have an effect on the non-graphical environment, a.k.a. the console. Keep boot messages on tty1 I do not use a display manager or splash screen. When my computer boots, I see all messages, then a login prompt. By default the screen would clear before the login prompt...
Xmountaincolors
It's like Xmountains, but with configurable colors. See the Xmountaincolors project page on notabug or framagit. Screenshot Gallery Here's an example of what the original xmountains looks like (It is still possible to use xmountaincolors in this way by simply not providing ...
TempuraFlat GTK2, GTK3, Openbox and Tint2 Themes
This is based on a really old GTK2 theme, Tempura. I applied the colors and flat shapes to one of the excellent Bunsen themes. This was a manageable task for GTK2, but GTK3... that took me a while. The amount of config text must be about ten times of the GTK2 config text. Upside: It's all CSS. I cr...
Custom Folder Icon for Bookmark Toolbar in Firefox, Iceweasel, PaleMoon...
What if your Mozilla-browser's favourite theme lacks nice folder icons? You don't have to rewrite the theme, it's enough to create or edit your profile-folder/chrome/userChrome.css e.g. like this: @namespace url(http://www.mozilla.org/keymaster/gatekeeper/there.is.only.xul); /***********************...