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OpenLMI - Open Linux Management Interface

In this post, I discuss the OpenLMI project, how to install OpenLMI on Fedora 19 and show how to retrieve information using YAWN, the LMIshell, WebCLI, Python and more. I also discuss the serious lack of security in the current implementation of OpenLMI.

GNOME Shell 3.6 DBus Support

This post discusses the differences between the DBus interface in GNOME Shell 3.6 and GNOME Shell 3.4. I also demonstrate how to use some of the new methods provided to remove an installed extension, to download and install an extension from extensions.gnome.org, and how to flash your screen.

GNOME Shell 3.4 DBus Interface

Many people are unaware that the GNOME Shell has a DBus interface which can be used to programmatically interact with the GNOME Shell. This post shows you a number of ways to use DBus to interact with the GNOME 3.4 Shell.

Controlling a GNOME Shell or Cinnamon Extension using D-Bus

In this post, I demonstrate how you can add D-Bus support to a GNOME Shell or Cinnamon extension and allow a command line utility to control the operating characteristics of the extension via a command line utility.

D-Bus, Cinnamon and the GNOME Shell

This post discusses the D-Bus interface to the GNOME Shell and Cinnamon and shows you how a simple command line tool called cinnamon-tool can be used to enable or disable Cinnamon extensions via D-Bus.