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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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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Prevent screensaver starting when an application runs fullscreen
Is there a way to prevent the screensaver from running when a certain application is running, in Windows Vista?
I'm asking because I know Windows MediaPlayer does this, but the kind people at ...
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How to run multiple X desktops?
How can I run two instance of, e.g. GNOME, on my computer at once? I know how to change the virtual terminal, but I can't work out how to start a second instance of gnome - it just exits telling me ...
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Can I have Graphics on Linux without a desktop manager?
I have a more-or-less embedded application in development that uses Linux as its OS. I get to specify the distro we use and had started with Ubunto 12.04. My applications, thankfully, are distro-...
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