How to change wallpaper settings in Gnome 3

There is surprisingly not any GUI option in Gnome 3 by default to change wallpaper settings. I use “dconf-editor” for this purpose. It is possible to center, scale, tile or stretch a wallpaper by using it. “dconf-editor” can be found in the main repositories of Debian. Once you installed it, open dconf-editor, and navigate to: […]

How to keep VPN connection alive automatically on debian

In today’s world of relentless surveillance, censorship and raising authoritarianism, using VPN –while it is still legal– should be a routine practice. I wrote a script to keep my VPN connection alive. This script runs when you log in and checks every 20 seconds whether your VPN is connected or not. If it finds out […]

Maximum brightness problem solved

My notebook’s brightness level was always set to maximum notwithstanding my previous adjustments using the brightness slider in the Gnome system menu. This is a problem experienced by many people on various distributions. Therefore search engine results are helpful to find a solution. Arch Wiki was again the most informative guide that I read during […]