Questions tagged [desktop-environment]
Questions related to the general behaviour or configuration of desktop environments, especially in cases involving several DEs. For questions specific to one DE, see the associated tags (eg. [gnome], [kde], ...).
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Picking icon in font for polybar
I always am in trouble with picking icons in my fonts to build my polybar.
I tried with some gnome tools like gnome-characters or gnome-font-viewer but I can't figure out how to display icons (instead ...
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Make a window handle * input?
Xorg/DE always handles some keyboard/mouse input events rather than the currently focused window, which is useful, but I want to make an exception for a particular app (because reasons).
That is, is ...
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Avoid the fluxbox slit taskbar side panel auto hide
This is my question: how to configure the Fluxbox slit side panel (taskbar which contains dockable apps) for avoiding to auto-hide?
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Seamless login in EndeavorOS
I would like to achieve a smooth login process where there is no visible black screen during the transition from the login screen to my desktop, similar to the experience in Windows 10.
Both Debian ...
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Some folders on KDE Desktop does not follow accent color
Using Debian 12 with KDE Plasma 5.27.5, I went to System Settings -> Appearance -> Colors and set my accent color to purple, so my folders and highlighted stuff looks in that color, but some (...
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How do I add shortcuts on Desktop in Debian 12 (Bookworm)?
I changed from Kali Linux to simple Debian and I dislike the results so far.
Previously I had shortcuts on the desktop but switching to Debian 12 there are no shortcuts?
How do I add them?
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Open whatsapp:// URI
I've encountered some websites that have links starting with whatsapp:// but there's no handler for this link.
How do I open these links automatically?
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log out from slim, or slim restart results in blank screen for several minutes
I am using slim login manager.
when I log out from my session, or restart slim from the commandline:
service slim restart
I get blank console for couple of minutes, before the slim login screen ...
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GUI volume indicator in Openbox
I am using plain openbox as my window manager.
I have configured keyboard special keys, such as XF86AudioMute, XF86AudioLowerVolume and XF86AudioRaiseVolume.
But how can I get the gui indicator, when ...
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Mount drive not as removable drive
I've added the following line to my /etc/fstab to mount a ramdisk.
none /media/ramdisk tmpfs nodev,nosuid,noexec,nodiratime,size=2048M 0 0
It shows up in my desktop as a removable drive, and it is ...
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Trouble with Cursor Movement Using Ctrl + a and Ctrl + e in Asahi Linux KDE Plasma on MacBook Air M1
I'm currently using Asahi Linux on my MacBook Air M1 and I've encountered an issue that I can't seem to resolve. In my environment, specifically in applications like Firefox, I'm unable to move my ...
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openbox: change text and "box" size when switching virtual desktops
when I switch between virtual desktops, openbox shows briefly a "box" with icons of virtual desktops and desktop name (number).
This is ridiculously small on my large monitor, I can barely ...
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Ubuntu interface issue: Black screen terminal after Python reinstallation
I can't access my Ubuntu interface as I only see the terminal. This happened after I accidentally deleted my default Python. I then reinstalled it, but upon starting my PC again, it just brought up a ...
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How do I get desktop environment to work (Slackware 14.2)? xauth: file /root/serverauth.1112 does not exist
I am newbie to Linux. I have a problem with X server. I just installed Slackware as a second system with windows 11 and I can't start the desktop environment.
Laptop Lenovo IdeaPad L340-15IRH Gaming
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Redhat 8 console sign in desktop display options - wayland X11 classic
In doing an installation of rhel-server-8.8_x86-64.iso on a Dell optiplex 7010 pc and my home pc (asrock) I see what is in the above pic. On a Dell r640/740 server I only see the X11 choices, I do ...
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Additional DE without affecting applications and settings
The goal: Safely install KDE Plasma (and possibly Cinnamon) alongside Gnome on POP_OS 22.04.
Quick bit of background. With the release of Debian 12 I came to learn (from Explaining Computers dotcom yt ...
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Full screen in gnome desktop similar to i3-wm?
I used tiling window manager and I like two things that is tiling and full screen mode.
By using pop shell in gnome, I got the tiling but I didn't find any resources for full screen such that no panel ...
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Why RStudio is not picking up environment variables defined in $HOME/.bashrc
I use Arch Linux.
I use SSDM as display manager, but I have disabled it with:
sudo systemctl disable sddm
I have put code in /etc/profile, $HOME/.bash_profile and $HOME/.bashrc to echo when those ...
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Cursor issues on Wayland KDE
I'm using Wayland KDE 5.27 on Fedora 38 and I noticed that there are some issues with the cursor.
First, the cursor looks very blurry, especially the edge but I have anti-aliasing on and the screen ...
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Horrible lag / stuttering in Debian 12 KDE Plasma Wayland
I just installed Debian 12 with KDE from live installer. Everything seems to work fine until I enter the password on login screen. When I get to the desktop (Wayland Plasma), mouse and keyboard are ...
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Can you install two instances of the same desktop environment?
Probably a stupid question, but I've been using a DE that's still in development (NsCDE) and I've encountered a bug that fundamentally impacts my ability to use it. I cannot seem to fix it after weeks ...
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How to start KDE from command line interface
I installed Fedora 38 via the Network Installer (also called Everything) and there was no desktop environment preinstalled so I installed plasma-desktop package which is labelled as Plasma Desktop ...
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Desktop Environment with Workspace Management on multiple Monitors similar to i3
I currently use i3, but really think about switching to a full-fledged Desktop Environment (it's just more convenient).
I don't really need the tiling in i3, as I use it in tabbed-mode 90% of the time ...
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Size of icons in desktop environment
I'd like to replace the icons for some of the applications on GNOME desktop. I looked into the default Adwaita icon directory and noticed that it has directories for icons of different sizes (e.g., ...
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Is any desktop using SIGSTOP save CPU performance?
On GNU/Linux I can send the SIGSTOP signal with $ kill -STOP
Then I can send SIGCONT to activate it again,
That saves CPU performance from being used up like 11% from a minimised Firefox window "...
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How do I take screenshot in hyprland?
How do I take screenshot in Hyprland? I went through the Hyprland Wiki but I am not able to get to take screenshots in my archlinux.
How do I solve this?
How do I screenshot?
For a more complete ...
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Is it possible to close the notification bar created by swaynag by using a command line?
I use swaynag to create a notification as a bar on the top of the screen, for example:
swaynag -m "my message"
I can then close the notification, by moving the mouse over the "x" ...
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X11 window manager: Minimize window using modifier+mouse
Back in the day, with Motif or IRIX’s 4Dwm, I used Alt+Mouse-R to minimize the window under the mouse pointer. There also was Alt+Mouse-L to move and Alt+Mouse-M to resize, configured in .mwmrc or so.
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super / windows key in virtual machine(qemu/kvm) opens the menu on my host aswell
i've been having this issue ever sinced i switched my Desktop enviroment from gnome to kde,basically whenever i press super it opens the menu on my host as well and its really quite frustating apart ...
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Linux reboots by itself after reaching login screen
After deleting Windows 11, I installed Nobara Linux, but my laptop reboots itself after 5 seconds in login screen. And it doesn't matter if I managed to enter password or move to tty, cause it reboots ...
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How to switch between applications with one button instead of Super-Tab in a fast way?
I have been using Linux on and off for more than a decade.
The one thing that keeps me from completely turning my back on Windows is a Autohotkey-Script I wrote years ago that allows me to quickly ...
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Which mountpoint paths will automatically show up in file browser under devices?
Some examples:
If I plug an external USB drive in, it will get mounted under /media/$USER/<device-id> and my file browsers will automatically list the mountpoint under devices.
The same will ...
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How to fix "Could not show link Operation not supported"?
Here is what I see:
Here is when it happens: after clicking a link, in some, but not all,
programs, on GNU/Linux, the only computer I own.
You cannot blame me for not knowing more. In fact, I cannot ...
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How to open PDF file in .Xsession custom desktop?
I am new to .xsession concept and my aim is to create a custom desktop where I can use only my GUI. So, I have created the below .xsession file and it is working good for me.
#! /bin/bash
gnome-wm &...
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notify-send: send notification from script running as root [duplicate]
In my desktop environment, I am using dunst as notification daemon, and I can send notification as:
notify-send "some message"
I have a terminal window open, where I am logged in as root, ...
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Auto start apps and workspace allocation
How can I get Ubuntu 22.04.02 to maintain window position after a reboot for programs that are included in Startup Application list?
To give a general description of the problem, when I reboot my ...
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Install Debian 32 or 64 bit, on weak hardware with a lightweight desktop environment
I'm planning to install a Debian 32-bit or 64-bit if possible.
It is a Toshiba Netbook NB305-N410BL-bn
The mfg specs list my Intel Atom® Processor N450
512K Cache, 1.66 GHz as a 64-bit processor
https:...
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Running Openbox and MATE in parallel with KDE causes freezing on Debian
I am running Parrot OS (Debian) with KDE as the default desktop environment and SDDM as the display manager. I want to run Openbox and MATE desktop environments parallel to KDE on different virtual ...
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Installing and uninstalling a minimal desktop without autostart on a CLI-only Linux
I'd like to install a preferably x-based desktop environment (can be gnome or something else, it's just that x is installed by default on my distro) on a CLI-only install. I'd like for it to be ...
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My KDE is using gdm, and I think it's causing errors
My system is debian 11 and recently I migrated from Gnome to KDE. I don't think I did a clean job migrating it, but all I did was installing KDE in tasksel and swapping the desktop environment.
My ...
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How do I make it so I don't need to log out and log back in for the apps I've installed with nix package manager to show up?
When I install a new app with the nix package manager on fedora (silverblue) I need to log out and log back in for the app icons to appear for the new apps I installed with nix. I made them show up by ...
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Neofetch: subtitle off battery adds random 1 before colon (separator), and how to (if possible) remove mount info from memory subtitle
Hi here is the output of neofetch:
as you can see the battery outputs
'1 > 99% [Discharging]'
My question is: How do i remove the 1 between and >?
When i put a non icon i have the same ...
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How can I disable and remove XFCE from Debian from SSH?
I am remotely accessing a server I configured on Debian 11. I want to disable and remove XFCE without losing SSH access (since I don't have physical access to the server right now) and just run it as ...
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Catalog of keyboard shortcuts
Is there anything remotely like a catalog of all keyboard shortcuts used by Linux applications?
I work with AutoKey, an X11 desktop automation application that allows various desktop tasks to be ...
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Looking for a desktop environment with specific features
I'm trying to find a desktop environment that meets my needs. It's OK if I have to customize to get the features I want, and there is documentation explaining how.
Must have:
When I have a bunch of ...
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In RHEL 7.9, the panel at the bottom does not allow to reorder the tabs. Where can I access the panel settings?
I moved from RHEL 6.9 to 7.9 server variant at my work. I'm no more able to reorder the tabs on the panel at the bottom of the page or resize it. Where can I find the settings to change the panel ...
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How can I ungroup open same programs in panel?
this is my os
Distributor ID: Kali
Description: Kali GNU/Linux Rolling
Release: 2022.3
Codename: kali-rolling
this is how it looks open same programs on panel.
I have 3 vscode ...
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How should I handle two seemingly conflicting XDG Desktop Entry requirements?
According to my understanding of the File Naming section in the XDG Desktop Entry Specification, I should name my .desktop file following reverse-DNS notation:
The name of the desktop entry should ...
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Installing Pantheon Desktop Environment under Debian
I'd like to install the Pantheon desktop environment (and ideally the elementary OS software suite) under a fresh install of Debian 11 (11.6.0 stable). There are several guides online, and a few ...
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Mobian: top bar, what is it called?
I want to add a app to show the IP based on the output of hostname -I | awk '{print $1}' But I don't know what the top bar is called, or where to edit files. Shown here in red. how can I add an applet ...
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