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Touchpad may be convenient when you don't have enough space to use a mouse. But it's more often a source of annoyance when you're typing something and you're losing focus each time your hand hits the touchpad. That's why I like to disable the touchpad when I'm using a mouse. Here is a way to automatically disable your touchpad using udev and synclient.

Xorg configuration is a wide topic which is discussed in many places so this is just a reminder for myself . I'm using a laptop with a GeForce 8400M. It has a built-in 1440x900 LCD screen, a VGA output and a S-video/Composite TV output. I'm using it at work with an additionnal LCD screen and a US keyboard layout, while at home I don't use any extra screen except when watching films on TV. Here is my Xorg configuration with nvidia's TwinView.

Yay, it's holiday time! playa, mountain, road trip... Everyone had a camera and everyone took so much pictures... and there are now hundreds of photos from several devices to resize, rotate and rename !

To make this an easier task, here are some tools to the rescue . Remember to backup your pictures before performing any change to prevent errors or data loss.