Debian
I like to work on Debian. Debian really looks great. It has lot of features like any other Linux OS. But the best thing about Debian is its package management system, especially APT, the Advanced Packaging Tool. U can easily get whatever package u want by a single command "apt-get install". No need to download the package from the net and then install it manually. It does everything automatically on its own. With Debian its very easy to upgrade ur machine and have the latest packages released on ur computer.
FVWM Window Manager
I use FVWM window manager. It is one of the most configurable window managers. Its easy to use and you can fully configure it according to your needs. FVWM is designed to minimize memory consumption and its fast unlike other desktop enviornments GNOME and KDE. I like it and I have configured it according to my needs. I use 3ddesktop for switching from one virtual desktop to another.
You can have a look at some of the screenshots here:
http://www.lynucs.org/?&Varun Hiremath
You can download this tar ball and install it on your computer to use my configured FVWM.
Download : fvwm.tar.gz
Steps for installation:
1.Backup your existing .fvwm
2.Untar this file (tar zxfv fvwm.tar.gz) in your home directory it will make the .fvwm directory along with the icons dir gnant and config file.
3.If you want you can edit the config file in .fvwm dir to suit your needs. Set the wallpaper directory for wallpapers.
4.Logout and select fvwm window manager to login. If you are already using fvwm just restart fvwm.
Emacs!
I use Emacs editor for writing my codes.
It is trully an extraordinarily powerful text editor with additional features including auto indentation, text highlighting , macros ,support for many languages and their scripts through its multilingual extension. You can fully customise your emacs by modifying ur .emacs file. You may download my .emacs file its really colourfull and supports lot of modes.
Website:http://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/emacs.html
The Mutt E-Mail Client
"All mail clients suck. This one just sucks less." -me, circa 1995
Mutt is a small but very powerful text-based mail client for Unix operating systems.It has lots of features. Kumar told me about it and now I have also started using it. You can download my .muttrc file.
You can also have a look at my .procmailrc. You can categorise your mails by making filters. I still need to configure it properly according to my needs.
Website: http://www.mutt.org/
Xresources
The Xresources file is read by your .xsession file when you log in. There are several command line options that can be given when an X client is run (see the man page for xterm for example.) Each of these command line options can be specified in the Xresources file. If the command line option is not specified, then the specification in the Xresources file is used as a default.You can download my .Xresources file. I have made my aterm transparent and changed a few terminal colors. You can also select font using xfontsel and set that font as your default font in .Xresources
Download : .Xresources
Bashrc
The .bashrc file determines the behavior of interactive shells. It is the file in which you can set aliases, terminal colors and prompt variable names etc. I have configured my .bashrc. I have set some colors for my prompt and also set some aliases for commands that i use frequently. You can do many more things using your .bashrc file. You can define your own functions as well. I have not defined any functions as such now but you can try writing a few. You can have a look at my .bashrc file. I have given names to all the colors you can change the colors if you want.
Download : .bashrc
