Questions tagged [desktop-environments]
Software that provides a graphical user interface, with elements like icons, windows, toolbars, as well as additional features. Popular examples include Gnome and KDE.
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Switching from Mac to Linux DE: Strategies for globally swapping <ctrl> modifier with <meta>? [closed]
I'm switching from MacOs to Linux and exploring several popular Desktop Environments like KDE Plasma, Gnome & Pantheon, etc.
I find that the MacOS convention of using the meta key (aka the command ...
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How to programmatically set KDE Plasma desktop wallpaper to a colour? [closed]
Like this similar question about image wallpapers asks:
How do I set the KDE desktop wallpaper to a .JPEG file from the command line?
...except that I want to set it to a colour rather than an image,...
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Desktop entry equivalents on Windows and macOS?
What are the equivalents of Freedesktop's .desktop entry for different operating systems?
I'm making a Python package that would allow managing and registering such entries for other python packages ...
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It it possible to not use a desktop display manager and just use the DE's lock screen?
I have a laptop running Debian Linux and KDE Plasma as the desktop environment. This is a pretty trivial issue, but I hate the look of SDDM and would prefer to always use KDE's lock screen by booting ...
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How do I de-KDE gnome?
I was using KDE for a while, but switched back to GNOME. However, some of the styles from KDE got into GNOME, and now I have a weird KDE/GNOME fusion. How do I revert back to GNOME style, and also ...
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Boot Pop!_OS to shell, no GUI
I have simulation that requires 30 out of my 32 GB of RAM. Unfortunately, Pop!_OS and its Desktop Environment take a little bit more than 2 GB. This means I cannot run my simulation. I tried ...
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No desktop environment while nomodeset is disabled
Desktop environment won't start while GRUBCMDLINELINUX_DEFAULT is set to nomodeset.
While it's disabled Gnome starts but without some features like brightness controll or external display detection.
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Use GRUB to decide whether to boot to desktop
I know SDDM (or others) can be set to run at boot, but is it possible to create a second GRUB entry that would boot to the normal TTY login? I know it's possible to create an entry for single-user ...
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Is Cinnamon a desktop environment or a window manager? (Or both?)
As far as I understand it:
X11 is how you draw primitive things;
A (compositing) window manager is something that uses X11 to provide the tools for drawing more complex things, and position them in ...
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How to set up a further Desktop Environment with proprietary drivers on Debian/Ubuntu?
I like to have a second desktop environment which can be selected at the login screen. This environment shall use the proprietary nvidia driver which shall not be used on the other environments.
How ...
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Manjaro gnome to cinnamon environment
I have a manjaro gnome and i was trying to install cinnamon using terminal all operations were successful then when logged out of gnome and switched to cinnamon nothing showed up shortcuts work but no ...
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How do I run cinnamon in Ubuntu?
Is there a way to change the desktop environment of Ubuntu to cinnamon?
I only have gnome on this computer.
I am using ubuntu 18.04.
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How do I change desktop enviorment in debian
I have installed multiple desktop environments when I started debian. I want to change the desktop environment to gnome but I do not know how.
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Align windows on Windows 7 [duplicate]
If I drag a window to the left or right edge of the screen in Windows, Windows will tack it to that edge and resize it to occupy half the screen.
On some Linux desktops, this also works in dual ...
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What is the equivalent of "X window system" in Microsoft Windows?
We all know Linux/Unix uses X window system for Graphical User Interface.
Can anyone tell me what system does MS Windows use for Graphical User Interface?
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