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The fastest desktop environment for Mint 14 [closed]
I'm using Mint 14 with the Cinnamon desktop environments, but some times it get's extremely slow.
So I googled about other desktop environments and I found this great article:
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Novice Ubuntu 12.04 user needs help! [closed]
I'm new to Unix/Linux and someone suggested I try Ubuntu. I like it but I can't figure a couple of things out and don't really have time to google up ways to solve the problem. Answers from a quick ...
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Linux Mint Taskbar and Icons are gone
I have linux mint cinnamon 13. I installed it today. Well my problem is that my panel and my icons are gone. There is absolutely nothing but my desktop background. But I'm still able to switch to F1 + ...
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Which linux distros have GNOME as the default desktop manager?
Where can I find which distros have GNOME as the default desktop manager? Personaly I don't need a comprehensive list.
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Multiple monitor with Linux
I' m installing Arch Linux with OpenBox, at the moment I've only downloaded OpenBox and tint2, but I have to install all the necessary. Before doing everything I'd like to know how to use my two ...
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Loading extention GLX : screen freezes
I installed Ubuntu Server edition 12.10 on a server (with 16 GB RAM and 500GB hard disk).
The installation was successful, after which I tried installing GUI using the below command
sudo apt-get ...
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What is the proper use of the term 'session'?
[I hesitated whether to post this in meta or here. But although this involves terminology, it is of general use, not only on this website.]
It looks like at least in Xfce 4.10 (with the session ...
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In MATE desktop, Right click context menu not as desired
I want to right click on a folder and easily open it in my favorite music player, say VLC. I have chosen "Other Application" and selected VLC and the option to "Remember" this selection. The folder ...
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Setting desktop options for every desktop environment
My current system is Fedora Core 18 on an Asus notebook and I've been trying MATE and Cinnamon DEs. On my older installation I moved from Gnome3 to KDE.
Since I may use/try different DEs, I'd like to ...
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help with making the move from Win to Linux [closed]
This will be a looong "question" not because I intend to make it like this but because the more I learn about Linux the more complex it seems to become for me to figure out which Linux distro, and/or ...
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What is the difference between distributions? [closed]
I've recently been thinking about switching linux distributions, or maybe installing several side by side. Now I'm trying to figure out what my criteria should be. As far as I can tell, the ...
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Why does a desktop launcher does not start my app, while command line does?
I installed a (proprietary) software in /opt and I am able to run it perfectly using command line. Then I'd like to create a desktop icon to launch it : on my Mint distro I use "create_launcher"
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install minimal desktop on centos 6.3
I just want to install a minimal gnome desktop without all the thunderbird/firefox and any other packages that may come with full centos live cd. Is there something like yum groupinstall base-desktop? ...
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How do I enforce system-wide custom keyboard shortcuts / macros?
I would like to be able to apply the same custom key bindings and shortcuts I use on my text editors to my entire desktop environment.
I want to basically remap my keyboard system-wide, not just in ...
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Showing all open apps in all workspaces on the desktop panel for Linux Mint
I'm using Linux Mint 14 with XFCE. The bottom panel that always shows below the screen which shows an icon for each instance of application that is open is a very handy item as it allows one to switch ...
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A Linux OS as Single Display Groupware
For use in extreme programming environments, the idea of single display groupware has become rather interesting.
I understand that applications need to be retooled in order to function as single ...
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which DE to use for setting up defaults
I'll use awesomewm as my main DE but without installing any actual DE(like KDE, GNOME, XFCE etc) I have to setup too many basic stuff like mouse cursor themes, gtk/qt theme engines and themes, ...
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Can I change the shell used to run GUI applications from a Desktop Manager?
A bit of background
I'm a developer and I install most of my tools in my home folder. So my shell's rc file is full of JAVA_HOME, GROOVY_HOME, MAVEN_HOME, ... variables. To expose all these ...
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ubuntu/debian: using bluetile with GNOME2-like environment?
The installation of debian wheezy defaulted to the KDE desktop environment. How do I remove it and switch to GNOME 2 (the version that is used in stable)?
I fear that if I just install gnome-core, it ...
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Transferring XFCE customization from one system to another?
I configured XFCE on my desktop at home and wanted to setup my work system with the same configurations (figured it'd just be copying a few files) or even a script? In the past I used to just mark the ...
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How to set the Linux Mint desktop environment to use a mime type?
As a extension to this question: How to make difference between .wxm (wxMaxima) and .c files in Linux Mint?
I'm using Linux Mint. I created a mime type. Now I want the desktop environment to use it. ...
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Completely disable GNOME for my user in Ubuntu
At the office we've been issued laptops with Ubuntu pre-installed. Unity is of course the OS default, but KDE is available. I prefer KDE and so have set KDM and KDE as my defaults. However some GNOME ...
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Understanding linux desktop
I use debian wheezy xfce and want to set up my desktop. But I read some settings are redundant. Hence I want to understand how everything works, but I am massively lost. Can someone please sort, ...
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How to restore the original Backtrack Taskbar
I accidentally removed the my taskbar on Backtrack 5 and am having trouble returning it. If I minimize anything it gets lost and I can't access it again.
How do I go about restoring it?
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Which desktop environments let you switch to a non-default window manager?
I used to use fvwm as the window manager under Gnome 2, but as I understand Gnome 3 can't be used with a non-default window manager, so I'm looking for alternatives. Are there other desktop ...
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Disable xfce taskbar flash
Some applications blink their window button and have no option to disable such behaviour. Right clicking and looking in Window Buttons item properties, I see no option to disable taskbar flashing. How ...
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Can we switch desktop ( GNOME, KDE, etc ) within linux?
I started using linux mint 13 mate yesterday. Although the words from their site is promising, I found it lack some ways for configuration.
For example, I want to enlarge the scroll bar so that I can ...
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I would like to put one single icon in the Desktop that actually opens the Desktop. Any ideas?
The idea is to turn my Desktop into a place where I can put a image reference of what I am learning at the moment. This would be an example
This means:
puttig an image of the reference of what I'm ...
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Is there a way to retrieve the name of the Desktop Environment?
The title is quite exhaustive: is there a way to retrieve the desktop environment name (e.g. Gnome, Unity, XFCE, LXDE, KDE...) from the command line or using Python?
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How to install KDE on Debian 6?
I have GNOME 2.30.2 that came with my default Debian installation. I have the following Debian installation:
Distributor ID: Debian
Description: Debian GNU/Linux 6.0.5 (squeeze)
Release: ...
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Kde: how to bind permanently an application to a desktop/activity?
Im pretty new to Kde 4.8 and i can not figure out how to get this behaviour that i used to have in Gnome:
Desktop 1: developer/misc (browser, editor/ide, diff, etc..)
Desktop 2: virtual machines ...
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How to change desktop enviroment in Raspbian?
I'm running Raspbian “wheezy”, a Debian based Linux distribution for the Raspberry Pi and I would like to know where I can change the desktop environment that boots with the OS.
In particular, how can ...
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Using Multiple Desktop environments on fedora
Is it possible to add a lightweight DE, say LXDE of XFCE, to fedora so that I can choose to boot into either?
Would I be able to select in grub or would there be an intermediate step?
That way I have ...
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Desktop environment for my grandma
I've an old laptop sitting around and I'm moving abroad. My grandma is kinda sad about that so I was thinking of installing some Linux distro on the old laptop and tailor it to her needs.
What would ...
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How to change the default filemanager of the Cinnamon desktop?
I'm running an Arch Linux machine with the cinnamon-git desktop from the Arch User Repository.
The default filemanager is Nautilus, is there any way to change the default filemanager to thunar?
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Retrieve the window name and role
I'm running Eclipse and I detached some of the windows. Now I have 4 windows linked to Eclipse. What I need is to be able to identify each individual window and be able to control it.
If I run tools ...
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Gnome, KDE, XFCE… which is most simple and customizable?
This'll be my first Linux install, so I've never had to choose between a desktop environment (I come from OS X) -- forgive me if I'm not fully literate on where exactly the OS ends and the desktop ...
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Is it safe to install KDE along with Gnome?
I want to install KDE on my Linux Mint Debian Edition (which as of 10 June 2012 corresponds with Debian Wheezy). I already have Cinnamon (a Gnome Shell fork) installed, which has regular Gnome 3 ...
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How to set up a taskbar in enlightenment DE?
There is no taskbar in e17 and it is not comfortable to check and switch between open windows. While ibar module provides some limited functionality it shows only minimized windows. There was itask ...
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Registering a Standalong app in the Application Launcher of KDE
First off, I am using Kubuntu 12.04.
I've just downloaded and unpacked a standalone installation of some software (Intellij's Phpstorm IDE, but I don't think it matters). I've copied the unpacked ...
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Which window manager has Python bindings?
I've been coding bits here and there with Python and I'm most interested in Desktop Environments, for which I always have ideas I want to try out.
I have tried to play around with python-xlib but ...
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Running Plasmoid under NOTKDE (e.g. Fluxbox) - Plasma/DeviceNotifier
Is there way to run Plasma/DeviceNotifier under another WM to KWin/KDE (e.g. Fluxbox).
To be more specific, I have currently configured KDE, but I work remotely thorough SSH -Y + X-forwarding. So ...
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Is it possible to control window management in Gnome Shell using D-Bus?
I would like to programmatically be able to communicate with the Window Manager in Gnome 3, using D-Bus.
The tasks I would like to accomplish are:
listening for new windows
get window flags (e.g. ...
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I want my Ubuntu 9.04/9.10 back, is there any current similar distro?
I was switching to Linux in the optimal time, around Ubuntu 9.04/9.10. I am a programmer, so I don't want to be a "Linux guru", that's why Ubuntu was perfect for me - until Unity/Gnome3.
In latest ...
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ubuntu like lightdm in arch linux
I have just installed archlinux on a virtual machine and I managed to install lightdm by following the instructions given in
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/LightDM
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Broken link/launch behaviour on Kubuntu 11.10 desktop after rekonq uninstalled
Since I removed rekonq from my system, numerous apps which launch links, e.g. Stackapplet and Thunderbird are not correctly launching links with Firefox, which I am using now as my primary browser.
I ...
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Window manager and desktop environment for touchscreens
What are some good choices for desktop environments and window manager for touchscreens? Currently I am using XFCE with custom GTK settings for making the controls larger, but that is far from ...
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Windows Managers vs Login Managers Vs Display Managers Vs Desktop Environment
I posted a question and noticed people weren't distinguishing correctly between many of these things: Windows Managers vs Login Managers Vs Display Managers Vs Desktop Environment. Can someone please ...
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How to permanently remove obsolete icon from Ubuntu Xfce notification tray?
Since I uninstalled blueman, the obsolete icon persists in my Xfce (Ubuntu 11.04 64 bit) notification tray with a placeholder. There is a way to hide but not to remove it. Can you show me how to ...
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Different Desktop for Different Users
How do I (if possible) set different default desktop environments for different users in linux?
e.g. when user X login, Gnome Shell starts, when user Y login, Gnome starts. (I'm using ubuntu if it ...
