I've done much googling on the prospect of using the thumb buttons on my mouse to do something useful in X.<BR><BR>In fact, this guide explains how to configure X + imwheel with a mouse that's a near ...

Common productivity wisdom says to keep your hands on the keyboard as much as possible, since keyboard shortcuts are faster than using your mouse for everything. But if you put your mouse to good use, ...

My mouse has 5 buttons. In OSX I bind the farleft button to expose and the far right to show desktop. I was hoping to do something similar in Linux. The far left to switch to next desktop and the far ...

David Nield is a technology journalist from Manchester in the U.K. who has been writing about gadgets and apps for more than 20 years. He has a bachelor's degree in English Literature from Durham ...