Desktop is a set of unifying concepts used by graphical user interfaces to help users more easily interact with the computer.
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Know when the desktop is running, in bash
I have a deamon, implemented in bash and running by means of cron and the @reboot option, that shows the desktop in inactivity.
The script is as following (timings are short for testing purposes):
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xdg-open ignores my application definitions
I am running compiz-gnome session with xfdesktop on fc16, don't ask why, but I have this weird problem. Some of the applications (e.g. tracker, or evolution )do not start the proper application for ...
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Debian VNC (Remote Desktop) only allowing first connection, then turns off
Basically if I reboot the machine, I can vnc into it (using ultra vnc) but I can only do it once. It seems that the vnc daemon stops working after the first remote desktop session is closed. I have to ...
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Removing Clock screenlet in Linux Mint
I admit the question is kind of stupid, but I honestly can't do anything about this weird issue.
I've added a Clock screenlet (with a custom theme) on my desktop and the thing is that I can't remove ...
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Why are files in the map 'Desktop' not shown on the desktop?
As far as my memory goes, the map 'Desktop' contains the files which are shown on your desktop. However, my desktop is empty, while having files present in the map.
Yes, I mostly prefer an empty ...
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Ubuntu Desktop lost
On my Ubuntu 10.10 system, after configuring an external CRT to clone my desktop over S-Video, I've lost my desktop icon and right clicking on it does not show the menu or the menu bar.
I've tried to ...
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Is there a way to make feh fade in between transitions?
I would like my desktop wallpaper to fade between transitions instead of a cut. Is there a way to do this with feh? Maybe using xcompmgr or compton?
If not is there a way of doing it without changing ...
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Where does docky store it's configuration?
I need to apply different profile of docky, for different desktop sessions.
But I couldn't find where docky stores it's config, I've tried ~/.docky ~/.config/docky these folders doesn't even exists.
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Why are my application.desktop files not showing up in Linux application menu?
I've written quite a few open source programs over the years, but not very recently, and I've never had this problem before. The menu items for my new project simply refuse to show up in menus on ...
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Benefiting of sched_autogroup_enabled on the desktop
I am running a 2.6.37 kernel with sched_autogroup_enabled set to 1. I am not certain that I am seeing the benefits of this patch since:
I am launching my applications from the desktop;
applications ...
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Can conky float over maximized windows?
My idea is to use a minimized conky window on the desktop to show basically CPU and memory data all the time. Is this possible with Conky?
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how to “unswap” my desktop
If my desktop run out of memory and swaps a lot then I free or kill the application wasting my RAM. But, after that, all my desktop/applications have been swapped and are horribly slow, do you know a ...
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How to set up remote graphical sessions on CentOs?
Trying to set up a Centos 6 server configuration where we can automate the running of an application that uses Selenium. In this case, ideally, we should be able to:
Create a graphical session ...
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Install Desktop on Centos 6.3 remote server
Through our hosting provider, we can create servers running Centos 6.3. However, these installs are meant to be used as servers that are accessed remotely. They do not come packaged with a GUI ...
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Having desktop icons with Thunar on Arch Linux with Openbox
I'm using Arch Linux with Openbox as my window manager. And Thunar as my preferred file manager. I'm using Zsh in case that's relevant in any way.
How would I go about having desktop icons? I find it ...
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Window buttons (minimize, maximaze, close) are not visible in Xfce
Everytime I start my laptop my GUI is "broken" - windows doesn't have the top border with close, minimize and maximize buttons. I know I can run xfwm4 --daemon but it is really bothering to do that on ...
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Where to find and how to install Ubuntu GUI themes?
I tried Ubuntu several times, but I didn't stay with it for very long. One reason was I felt the interface was boring.
Today I saw some nice themes here: the #6 in ...
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from a laptop with CentOS 6.3 what is the command line to talk mysql server on my pc?
I have CentOS 6.3 running on my laptop which is already connected to the net. I would like to know how to use the MySQL installation on my PC?
I meant :
from a laptop with CentOS 6.3 what is the ...
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How to switch xsessions?
I run xmonad/slock/lxdm currently, and I cannot find a way to get a "switch user" system working. Here's what I'd like:
key combination returns me to login (applications still run in the background)
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How to enable right click on desktop? (Linux Mint 12 LXDE)
I accidentally disabled right clicking on the desktop in LXDE. Does anybody know how to enable it again?
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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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Change desktop wallpaper from terminal
I am running Mint 13 with Cinnamon 1.6. I would like my desktop wallpaper to automatically change depending on the time of day. So, the first thing that comes to mind is setting up a cron job to do it ...
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Arch Linux, Openbox and Desktop
I' m installing Arch with OpenBox, I' ve done everything but when I type
openbox-session
I have this error
Failed to open the display from the DISPLAY environment variable.
What's the problem?
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GNOME 3 Ctrl+Alt+D (show desktop)
I recently upgraded my system to GNOME 3. In previous versions of GNOME, the key combination Ctrl+Alt+D would hide all open windows and show the Desktop. This shortcut was eliminated from GNOME 3 ...
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Can not change brightness on Toshiba P855 - tried every distro already
I'm trying to use Linux on a Toshiba P855 laptop. And I have one big problem: the screen brightness can't be changed, and stays at maximum.
Tried different distros, also tried many boot options in ...
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How do Firefox and Chrome render JPEG images on Linux?
I'm having trouble with Firefox and Chrome for some time now and it's very irritating.
Neither of these browsers will render JPEG images. Konqueror and Opera are fine though.
What libraries I can ...
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No wallpaper colors in Xfce 4.10
I'm in Linux Mint 14, updated to Xfce 4.10.
Wallpapers are black & white only.
I think that happened after I moved the scrolls for brightness and saturation. After putting them back to zero, no ...
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(KDE or X ) Script opens konsole in wrong virtual desktop
I have this script. I put it in ~/Desktop. I view the script on my desktop in a "Folder View" widget. When I click on the script, I get list of users, then I get an authorization dialog box ( for a ...
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Do I need X11 to install other desktop environments?
I just installed Arch Linux (Latest stable ISO from website) and I need to know whether or not I can just go straight to GNOME/KDE/LXDE, etc. without installing X11 first.
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Guest desktop with no configuration permissions
I would like to set up a guest account on my Ubuntu so that anyone could log in (no password) and browse the Internet. But the guest user should not be able to modify desktop configuration (remove ...
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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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Creating links to websites
I'm using Ubuntu 12.04 and I would to create a folder with all of my shortcuts. Is it possible to create icons (like usual links to files in my harddisk) that automatically launch my browser and open ...
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How to switch user if the Screen is Lock
Sometime this happen that when I had to do something on server I find that the screen is lock and I dont know the password of that user to unlock it and switch the user.
So i need to know that How to ...
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Locking Desktop just Like Windows
Whenever I am at work, I would like to lock the computer so my desktop isn't accessible to others. In windows it's trivial, press the Windows+L key.
Is there something similar available in Linux, ...
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How to change the properties of a desktop panel from the command line?
I use RHEL 6 as my regular operating system and for one of my user accounts I made one of the desktop panels as auto-hide and other as a fixed panel. I expected the hidden panel to appear above the ...
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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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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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Easiest way to install a Linux Desktop installtion on VirtualBox
I need a Linux Virtual machine (running on Windows with Virtual Box), and I need it run a desktop such as Gnome. Because it is running on a Virtual machine on a not particulary powerful machine I ...
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Does GNOME 3 support desktop zoom?
GNOME 3 is not compatible with Compiz, so I cannot use the desktop zoom feature from Compiz. I googled for a long time, and it seems GNOME still does not support desktop zoom -- does it? I am using ...
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Open application on custom desktop in xmonad
Suppose I call shell-command from emacs for example (shell-command "evince"). Is it possible to move the application (in the present example evince) started this way automatically to desktop 5 in ...
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Crunchbang hibernate rebooted system?
I installed the latest stable 64bit Crunchbang backport. When I tried to hibernate it last night, it rebooted into the locked state - when I logged back in all my windows/apps were as they were again. ...
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Fedora 17 service menus actions menus don't work
I'm using Fedora 17. Back when I was using Fedora 8, I would go into /home/el/.kde/share/apps/konqueror/servicemenus and make my whatever.desktop file and it would show up in the actions menu. But ...
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How can I zoom/magnify Cinnamon desktop using the mouse wheel?
There is a wonderful feature of compiz that allows me to use a key+mouse wheel (I use win+wheel to zoom into the desktop. Is there a way to get the same effect in Cinnamon?
UPDATE: Following Mikko ...
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How to get better desktop performance in linux?
Normally I do not care much about desktop - performance, since my servers do not run any gui. But at home I run some older hardware (Pentium) which gets sometimes very sluggish (mouse-movements in ...
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What is keeping Wayland from overthrowing X in Linux?
Everyone agrees that Wayland is better than X11 for your usual desktop. Why is X then used by every major distro then? Is it bugs, little compability from apps (is that even an issue?) or something ...
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Good Introductory resources for linux
Are there any good tutorials or resources I can read so that I am not confused by basic things like 'how to search all files in a directory and below for a given string', or 'how to find out how much ...
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Desktop switching in KDE when I start an application in another acitivity
I have an application which is forced upon start to Desktop 2 and acitivity B. If I am currently in desktop 1 of activity A and start this program, it opens in the right place, but my active desktop ...
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How should one change the width of scrollbar?
I started using Linux Mint 13 Mate a few days ago and I can't find anyway to change the width of my scrollbar, no matter it is firefox, chrome or File Manager.
I tried to search google with "Linux ...
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What to do when a linux desktop freezes?
I'm a Windows guy, dual booted recently, and now I'm using Linux Mint 12
When a Windows desktop freezes I refresh, or if I am using a program I use alt + F4 to exit the program or I can use ctrl + ...
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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 ...
