How to customize a LightDM GTK greeter background and theme

The login screen comes from a LightDM greeter, so changing the desktop wallpaper does not necessarily change what appears before sign-in. For the LightDM GTK greeter, the supported configuration names the background file and GTK theme inside its greeter section. I checked the maintained greeter configuration template and the Debian package metadata for the commands […]

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How to Use an SFTP Client on Linux

Use the OpenSSH SFTP client to move files through an SSH connection without setting up FTP or a separate transfer service. It provides sftp on many Linux distributions, along with the familiar SSH account and key options. Use the OpenSSH SFTP client first The SSH File Transfer Protocol uses the same host, port, account, and

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How to Install yt-dlp on Linux

youtube-dl is no longer the practical starting point for Linux downloads. Install yt-dlp instead: it keeps the familiar command-line workflow, receives current extractor fixes, and works with FFmpeg when a site serves video and audio as separate streams. Install yt-dlp on Debian or Ubuntu For a distro-managed installation, install yt-dlp and FFmpeg from your package

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Change Icon Theme in GNOME

To change icons in GNOME, install the icon theme where GNOME can find it, then select it in GNOME Tweaks. The useful check is whether the theme folder contains index.theme. If it does not, Tweaks has nothing valid to offer in its Icons menu. Install GNOME Tweaks GNOME Tweaks exposes the icon-theme selector and its

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