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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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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Similar software to SourceTree
Is there a similar piece of software to SourceTree, a GUI for git, for Linux? I know about Giggle, git cola, etc. I'm looking for a beautiful, easy to use GUI for git.
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GUI log viewer for logs produced by Apache log4j
I'm looking for a good graphical tool for view and analyze log files (local and remote) that works on Fedora 15.
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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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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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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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I need a very light weight GUI to run under Ubuntu 9.04 (jaunty) with a twist
I am in kind of a pickle. I have a VPS, for which I am paying next to nothing and grandfathered in. Therefore I am unwilling to part with it. And I want it to perform a smidgen more by making it ...
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How to log in to BackTrack Linux?
I've installed BackTrack 5 R3, a security testing distro, onto a USB drive, and I can get it to boot up, but I'm stuck in the BusyBox shell. Everybody says "just log in with username root and password ...
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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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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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How do I change the number of available workspaces in Cinnamon?
I am used to four workspaces in Gnome, but now that I have Cinnamon installed I only have two. Can I increase the number? If so, how?
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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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Is there any (good) SQLite GUI for Linux?
Helo, I'm looking for a SQLite graphical administration utility for Linux but I can't seem to find any (I found an extension for Firefox I'm not a user of that browser).
Is there any that you know ...
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How to select complete file in vi, to be pasted in gedit?
I know that doing %y a will yank complete file into register a. However this doesn't help in pasting the file content in another text editor (say gedit). What alternative is there for doing so?
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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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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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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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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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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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How do I start a gui framebuffer (no X) application on startup instead of console login prompt?
I have a python application that uses pygame to access the framebuffer directly without using X. I want to start this application on startup instead of showing the console login prompt. I haven't ...
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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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Graphical Btrfs tool
Is there a graphical tool for creating Btrfs sub-partitions and in particular, subpartitions like "GParted" or "system-config-lvm"? I'm running Debian squeeze.
In response to the first comment, Btrfs ...
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How do I merge two *.avi files into one
I have two *.avi files:
sequence1.avi
sequence2.avi
How do I merge these two files using a command-line or GUI?
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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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Keeping program GUI front-end and CLI functionality separate
In Linux a lot of programs have a CLI version and a GUI front-end. I read somewhere that this follows the linux philosophy and is good practice. Of course it's true from a developers perspective to ...
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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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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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UI toolkit + programming language to develop linux applications [closed]
Suggest good GUI designer tool with programming language for linux based application. For a developer who knows winform and C#.
Don't want to use mono on linux to run .net application on linux.
I ...
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Are SUSE servers intended to be used graphically?
After being a long-time Debian Linux user, I decided to give SUSE a try. One of the major selling points of SUSE is the YaST configuration system. It provides a set of wizards for common configuration ...
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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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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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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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How to manage fedora services and daemons using the GUI?
I am using Fedora 17, I need a GUI program to start/stop and enable/disable services and daemons.
I have installed "system-config-services" but it did not have enable/disable feature(run it with ...
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How does the power button shut the computer down without root permission?
When I try to shutdown the computer from a command line or terminal I must have root privileges:
amy@amy:~$ shutdown now
shutdown: Need to be root
and
amy@amy:~$ halt
halt: Need to be root
but ...
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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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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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vim: how do I set :match and :2match search results to different colors?
For example, I want something along the lines of:
:match search /<div/ guib=Green
:match search /<\/div>/ guibf=Blue
only that doesn't work.
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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 ...
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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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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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Solaris 11 login banner
How do you add a (GUI) login banner in Solaris 11? I've done quite a bit of searching and have found many things on SSH and FTP banners/motd for remote logins, but not much for the local GUI login. I ...
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Prompt user on Linux security denial
Is it possible to make a Linux security module (eg. AppArmor, SELinux etc.) prompt the user, when an application wants to access classified files or folders (digital signatures, SSH keys, credit card ...
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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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Realize a multiseat system with a polarized 3D-monitor
Besides playing 3D-material, modern 3D-TV-sets (using polarization technology) offer the possibility of dual-play.
While 3d-playback works with different polarization for the left and the right eye, ...
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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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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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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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GUI input for shell script
I have a shell script which installs a program in RedHat. I need to add a GUI for entering some parameters so that it looks like an installation wizard . I tried Xdialog, Zenity, and Yad, but they ...
