Graphical ssh-agent prompting in Xubuntu

One of the fallbacks / features (depending on your preference) of using XFCE over the standard Ubuntu interface is that you don't get per-session ssh-agent handling (via a graphical interface) out-of-the-box, meaning you must manually fire up ssh-agent every time you login on your desktop. A minor annoyance, granted, but I …

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Fix your Dell laptop touchpad in Ubuntu

Just testing a shiny new Dell Precision M4700, which is great... except the trackpad isn't recognized in Xubuntu 12.04, resulting in no multi-touch - it's amazing how clunky resorting to scroll bars seems now. Anyway, it turns out Dell are not thoroughly supporting the 'Alps' trackpads used on their latest …

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