Author Archives: hkothari

About hkothari

I am software developer and enthusiast. I enjoy trying out new software, but prefer to use light and easy to use software. I’m currently still in high school, but working my way through it. I intern in a college computer science department, using flex and java, but I prefer C/C++, PHP and Lua. I enjoy running and swimming too. I’m a devout slackware user, but I try out a ton of other linux distros for fun and in order to learn more.

Tiling Window Managers: How I Ended Up With Awesome

Posted on August 26, 2010 by hkothari

Below is my timeline of window managers, from what got me into tiling window managers, to where I am now, and why I think awesome is the best tiling window manager out there today. Ion3 This was my first tiling … Continue reading →

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Opera Fixes @Mentions For Facebook

Posted on August 25, 2010 by hkothari

If you use Facebook and Opera a lot, you’ll know that for some odd reason, the @Mentions tagging doesn’t work with Opera out of the box, you have to mask the browser as firefox to get it to work which … Continue reading →

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Linux Window Manager & Java Problems: Blank Window Fix

Posted on August 24, 2010 by hkothari

For a while I had problems with Java and my window managers because many of them were minimal and tiling and therefore not reparenting window managers, which meant that Java AWT applications experienced problems, usually showing up as a blank … Continue reading →

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Google Webmaster Tools: Essential Tools for a Webmaster

Posted on August 23, 2010 by hkothari

If you’re running a website and you aren’t signed up for Google Webmaster Tools, something is seriously wrong in your cranium. If you don’t get a lot of visitors to your site it’s only slightly helpful, but it’s still helpful. … Continue reading →

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Bind Shortcut Keys on Linux with XBindKeys

Posted on August 21, 2010 by hkothari

A while ago I posted a tutorial on how to map a key with awesome to take a screenshot, well in case you don’t use Awesome (a shame if you don’t) or if you want another, possibly easier way to … Continue reading →

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