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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lightdm and desktop session control by command line
Using linux desktop systems (lightdm login manager, openbox, lxde or unity desktops), how can I enter and exit sessions (eg. log in from lightdm and log out from the desktop session) by command line, ...
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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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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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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 to configure Linux to open files by extension?
The various Linux's desktops open files according to their mime type. This is a very nice feature but I also need to open them by extension (as with Windows).
For instance, I want to open every ...
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How to set a default desktop environment at system start?
I'm a Linux and KDE user, and recently I started to use also Enlightenment as a substitute Desktop environment when I need a lighter resource consumption.
I use KDM as a display manager, and I need ...
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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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Custom icons for the different mime-types in LXDE/PCManFM (open desktop)
I want to create new mime-type (text/something) for some kind of files. I know how to make it, but I don't know how to make the file manager to display different icons for these file types?
I am ...
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Ubuntu 14.04 with a CentOS 6 desktop look and feel
I'd like to install an up-to-date Ubuntu distro (14.04 LTS) at home since it is much easier to get desktop applications; however, I'm using CentOS 6 at work and I'm used to and prefer the desktop look ...
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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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How can I get programs to open in a different workspace from current?
If I click on a software icon on Ubuntu, or a menu entry, and then before the program opens I quickly change to a different workspace, the program opens not in the workspace in which I clicked the ...
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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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