A Graphical User Interface (or GUI) provides an image-based system to allow a user to interact with a computing device.
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Making applications persist when closed (like on Mac OS X) on Linux
Once an application is first launched in OS X from the dock, it stays open in the background, even after you close all open windows for that application. For example, if I open Google Chrome from the ...
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Installing Aqua interface on Darwin
Is is possible to install the Aqua GUI on top of Darwin? I was researching this about a year and a half ago and I don't remember much about what I found out. I also was not the main person in charge ...
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Theme config files for programs of common GUI toolkits
As a follow up to my previous question, I learned that theming in windows (when using a tiling window manager) could be achieved by modifying config files for the different GUI toolkits, for instance ...
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Fedora GUI package installer takes very long (>15min) to start
I tried to use Linux GUI for Fedora but I did not find it intuitive than that of windows.
Whenever I tried installing any software using rpm file by double clicking file, many times it stuck and ...
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Auto login for Ubuntu (or other Linux) without GUI?
I am thinking about doing an Ubuntu installation with their mini ISO, which comes only with the barebones system without a desktop environment/GUI.
I remember being given the option to set up ...
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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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Problems with Maple 16 GUI on Arch Linux
I have installed Maple 16 (computer algebra system) to the directory /opt/maple16/ and the installation and registration progress is finished succesfully. I am running Arch Linux.
The terminal ...
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Scripting window behavior in KDE to depend on monitor being used
I plug my laptop into a number of different monitors, all of which have aspect ratios not supported by my laptop. I want the built-in and plug-in monitors to be at their maximum respective resolutions ...
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application to see the cpu architecture in a figure
I remember there was an application that showed, in the console, or in a simple picture, the memory architecture of the system: what caches were shared by which processors, etc. but I can't remember ...
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Can't get pop down menus to do anything in KDE/QT application GUIs in Ubuntu (Gnome session)
I have a brand new install of Ubuntu 10.10 x64 in an attempt to solve the following problem from my previous 10.04 x86 install, but with the exact same problem persisting. When trying to run Amarok or ...
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Linux user interface programming? (esp. for Python and Fortran)
What are my options for programming a GUI in Linux? I have several programs in Fortran and Python that I would like to create simple UI's for. I also plan on incorporating graphics in the form of ...
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Centos GUI not working
I installed centos 6.3 Final . But after rebooting it stuck and doesn't show GUI
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Run gui application on startup
I can run a script at boot by adding the following line to my crontab:
@reboot perl /path/script
That works fine. But the problem arises when I try to run a gui application such as gmail notify. It ...
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How to view Graphical view of Application using ssh [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How to forward X over SSH from Ubuntu machine?
Is it possible that I can view the GUI of application when I pass some command to Redhat linux Server using ssh. Like when ...
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Can I Uninstall GUI From Debian?
I just did my first install of any Linux OS, and I accidentally selected "Desktop GUI" in the install, but I kind of wanted to build everything myself. Is there any way I can uninstall the GUI without ...
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Start window in specific size and location, is there a general tool can do that?
Is there a general program, that start my GUI program, and able to specify the size and location of this program ? Not just X programs, but also other GUI libs.
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Theming in tiling window managers?
I am trying out tiling window managers like scrotWM, and have noticed that GUI programs start with a "theme" (or lack, thereof) that looks like the bland Redmond theme. Is there a way to specify the ...
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Selecting/highlighting Text Problem
I am using Backtrack 5. As it is based on Ubuntu 10.04 I decided to ask my question to here:
I'm having problems selecting text with my mouse. For example when I try to rename a folder, sometimes I ...
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How to invoke root privileges from my custom app?
In a GUI-environment, I want to be able to ask the user for the root/sudo password and then execute an app that requires root privileges from within my app.
As an example, say I want to run an editor ...
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Standard solution for displaying messages either on shell or with window managers gui
Is there a standard solution to display messages from within bash scripts eiter on the commandline if the shell is a login shell or in a new window in the present window manager's GUI? Specifically I ...
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Terminal with “repeat last” button
I'm often compiling stuff and therefore repeating the same command over and over, so I'd like to benefit from my "visual memory" and have a sort of "repeat last command" button attached to a terminal. ...
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BackTrack 5 gui won't load after Installation
I Have installed BackTrack 5. It works fine on a live bootable USB, but once I installed a gui it is not loading.
Using the command shell, it works fine, but when I type startx in root login, a black ...
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File manager with spring-loaded folders?
One thing I miss about Finder, Mac OS X's file manager, is the spring-loaded folder function where if you drag a file(s) over another folder long enough, the folder would open and you can "navigate" ...
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Why some gnome-terminal tabs look depressed
On my Ubuntu 12.04 Linux 3.2.0-43-generic system with AMD Athlon 64 X2 5000+ cpu, with Unity desktop, ubuntu-2d desktop-session, and Metacity window manager, some of the tabs on a GNOME Terminal ...
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Quick USB pendrive formatting under KDE
Is there some way to quickly format a USB pendrive in KDE (with a GUI interface), without having to open the main "KDE Partition Manager"?
In particular I'm most interested in something like a ...
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Is there a file menu plugin for vim (not gVim) that creates a text-based GUI menu system?
I'm curious to see if there are any plugins that create a menu inside vim (not gVim). Perhaps something simple like a menu bar at the top, with drop down menus that are drawn with text.
EDIT: The ...
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How can i change the color in the panel when a program needs attention?
I'm running Linux Mint 14. I want to change the color in the panel when a program requires your attention (like when you receive a chat message).
Not the color of the entire panel, but only the box ...
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How to add a custom widget to gnome panel
How could I add a custom widget to the GNOME panel. Which tool is used to create the widget. I want to create something like the weather widget.
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GUI for find which can show video thumbnails
Is there a GUI for find (or just a graphical search tool which supports regex searches on filenames starting from a specific directory) which is able to show thumbnails found video and image files?
I ...
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apache2 gui / Comanche Replacement
I opened an OLD redhat book to the section about Apache configuration and it talked about the Comanche GUI. I thought "That's great! Why hasn't anyone suggested that before?" Then I found out that ...
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AUR and pacman GUI frontend for Arch
Do you know any good GUI for pacman and arch? Where I could view packages installed and possible to install? And of course do anything as in pacman.
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GUI for mount_afp?
I have installed mount_afp, so I can access my iMac via AFP on my PowerBook G4 running Debian XFCE.
It works in Terminal (screenshot), but is there a GUI for it - like File Manager?
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How to invoke root privileges from a password prompt of “Software Update” window?
When I try to install software updates using the "Software Update" GUI, I am asked for the root password. Although, I can 'su' in a terminal, the password is not recognized as correct in the GUI ...
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Please recommend a GUI telnet client
I'm looking for a simple GUI telnet client. I only ever used the CLI one, simply named telnet.
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Xdotool using “DISPLAY=:0” not works in Crontab
I need to run shell script contains Xdotool codes in /home/z/Desktop/tempo/run.sh. I've tried many ways of DISPLAY=:0 but always not works.
I've tried each of below codes, and not works:
* * * * * ...
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How to operate as root in GUI?
Following the standard recommendation I use my Linux system with a normal account and switch to root only in special cases.
When browsing the file system using GUI sometimes an error pops up - You do ...
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How to get name of Display Manager on Linux? [duplicate]
I want to see Display Manager name (Gnome, KDE etc.) via python or bash script. Is there any command for it as uname? (I try fedora and Debian)
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Git GUI integration in caja, Linux Mint default filemanager
What is the way to integrate git GUI in caja, default Linux Mint file manager ?
Something what makes the interface equivalent to TortoiseGit.
Didn't found any specific extension in repositories.
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CentOS GUI problem using Gnome
For some reason lately when I try to set the date using the interface, or simply install a .rpm by double clicking the dialog that should prompt me to input my passowrd just shakes like it has a bug. ...
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GUI for newsbeuter?
Is there a GUI for the feed reader newsbeuter?
Or would there be an easy way to create one for it?
Or is there any other graphical feed reader that could use the cache.db database (SQLite) of ...
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GUI tool for managing Samba shares?
My understanding is that swat is no longer actively maintained. [1]
Is there a GUI tool for maintaining Samba shares.
PS Platform:LDME
[1] Not only that I can't get it to work with xinetd on my ...
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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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Graphical logviewer that auto reload when file changes?
I'm wondering if there's a graphical viewer, also it needs to support auto-reloading when log file has changed.
ksystemlog doesn't reload automatically.
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Can the Linux kernel be compiled on Mac OS X 10.6.8?
I have a Macbook Pro and I want to build the Linux Kernel. Can I build 3.3.6 on my Mac? How?
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GUI not working in Ubuntu 11.04 after removing some packages
I accidentally removed i32-libs using the following command
sudo apt-get remove ia32-libs
Now the GUI is not working properly: when I login, it just shows me a small terminal on one side of ...
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Is there any X windows system, which is HTML, CSS, Javascript? Such as Web Browser?
For dacades X windows system is either BASH, C or etc. But is there any X windows system or any wrapper which can interpret HTML, CSS, Javascript to general Windows system?
I would like to build ...
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GUI user management software?
When I was using Fedora and derivatives, I remember using the system-manage-users GUI to change user settings such as adding a user to a group.
Right now I am trying Debian derivatives such as ...
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Is there a GUI tool for editing software repos in CentOS 6.3?
I was wondering in a GUI tool exists in CentOS 6.3 for editing software repositories, similar to the 'Software sources' GUI in Ubuntu.
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SVN server with remote GUI administration
I have 2 Linux servers. One is Centos 5.5 another is Centos 6.
I want to install SVN server on both server separately.
Can anyone tell me which svn server has a good remote administration GUI.
Also ...
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Some GUI programs hung up
Today I decided to migrate to systemd. Everything work quite good, but I have problem with few GUI programs - they hung up after draw window (see img at the end of msg). Program in which I discovered ...
