Notes

Configuring your Awesome 3.x install

2009-06-15T00:59:35Z

After posting my guide on installing Awesome 3.x I got the inevitable question of how to actually configure it. This WM is not for the faint of heart.
On the other hand it does offer a lot of customization, should you know the lua programming language. I for one don't, but that didn't stop me from tweaking the defaults, and for most people that will be enough to get them started.

Getting Awesome 3.x in Ubuntu 9.04

2009-05-25T15:19:06Z

Awesome is awesome. That simple. The 3.x series introduced a tray which removed all hesitation and made Awesome the WM of choice for me. Unfortunately for Ubuntu users (which for the time being includes me) the official repositories are quite outdated.

Sound in Ubuntu 9.04 on Acer Aspire 8930g

2009-05-24T16:56:20Z

The Acer Aspire 8930g has got a sound card that has not only been unsupported in GNU/Linux for a long time, it has also (to this day) never been a case of having the card work out of the box in any distro.

It's basically a "Intel HD Audio Controller" and uses the ALC889 codec.