Install Compton (https://github.com/chjj/compton/) sudo apt-get install compton Disable existing compositor (I used Metacity with Gnome Flashback) gsettings set org.gnome.metacity compositing-manager false Add Compton to “Startup Applications” compton –backend glx –paint-on-overlay –vsync opengl-swc
Ubuntu Theme – Arc or Materia
# Install Arc soft fork sudo add-apt-repository ppa:fossfreedom/arc-gtk-theme-daily sudo apt-get install arc-theme gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.interface gtk-theme ‘Arc-Dark’ # https://github.com/nana-4/materia-theme sudo add-apt-repository ppa:dyatlov-igor/materia-theme sudo apt install materia-gtk-theme gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.interface gtk-theme ‘Materia-dark-compact’ # https://github.com/daniruiz/flat-remix sudo add-apt-repository ppa:daniruiz/flat-remix sudo apt-get install flat-remix gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.interface icon-theme ‘Flat-Remix-Dark’
Linking Nvidia GPU temperature with a motherboard PWM fan in Linux
So I have a closed loop water cooler on my GPU and I replaced the stock single speed fan with two Noctua PWM fans (doing push/pull) connected to my motherboard. Even though the fans can be seen by lm_sensors and fancontrol the Nvidia GPU does not appear as it’s proprietary driver. I knew nvidia-settings could […]
AMD ATI Graphics tearing in Chrome on Ubuntu 15.04
I had to switch to using proprietor AMD drivers as the open source ones don’t support audio via display port, but after switching, Chrome was tearing and just going completely black. The chrome GPU page reported no hardware acceleration enabled. So I went to Chrome Flags page and forced GPU acceleration and rasterisation Override software […]