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Can you change the location of user files (desktop, documents etc.) in CentOS?
Is it possible using CentOS to change the path or location of the user's files (e.g. desktop, documents, downloads etc.) to another folder or even a network/shared drive or other mounted drive. On my ...
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Missing menu bar on Cinnamon desktop on CentOS 7. Where are the Cinnamon settings located in CentOS 7?
I got Cinnamon 3.6.7 on my newly installed CentOS Linux release 7.5.1804 (Core). The menu bar on the bottom is missing and I have been failing to find a solution on Google. I haven't even found where ...
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CentOS 7 escape key mapping?
I reinstalled a bunch of GNOME packages for my CentOS 7 desktop and it fixed several issues I was having but now I'm having some weirdness with the escape key. Basically I press the escape key and it ...
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can I open pycharm( on Linux) like windows or mac on desktop?
In the CentOS7.2 I download PyCharm CE, and unarchived it to this:
if I want use it, I can run: ./pycharm.sh in the directory, but there will take up a terminal, if control + c to exit it, the ...
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CentOS 6.5 gets installed in minimal mode after the message "X startup failed, falling back to text mode."
I am trying to install complete CentOS 6.5 including GUI on a x86 platform (32 GB RAM, 1 TB Secondary Memory) using a DVD but for some reason only the minimal commandline CentOS gets installed after ...
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Eclipse doesn't stay "Always on Visible Workspace"
I usually hop between a few workspaces, but like having a couple of frequently used applications "Always on Visible Workspace". However, when I tell Eclipse to do that it slips into "Only on This ...
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Create Shortcut to VMware
How would I create a shortcut to VMWare player on CentOS 7 desktop?
A lot of people say it's not possible to create shortcuts on Gnome 3, I have seen it working with a special file, but i'm not sure ...
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Add Xfce Group to REHL 6.6
I want to install Xfce on my REHL 6.6 (currently I think it uses Gnome2 and Compiz) but yum grouplist does not provide me any kind of Xfce group after I run
# wget http://download.fedoraproject.org/...
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Best Window Manager for One Application
First off: I'm running CentOS light (If this is a bad choice, perhaps recommend one. I'm able to switch between distros fairly easily atm) and I don't need a complicated setup, I just need to be ...
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Desktop gone after upgrade to Centos 6.6
I upgraded a local Centos VM from 6.5 to 6.6. After the update, no restart is needed and the desktop works. When I restart, I see the blue startup bar and CentOS 6.6 on the right side of it. When the ...
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How do you change the desktop theme in CentOS?
I have a couple of questions:
How do you change the desktop theme in CentOS?
How does one download CentOS themes from the internet?
How do you install them?
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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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install minimal desktop on CentOS 6.3
I just want to install a minimal GNOME desktop without all the Thunderbird/Firefox and any other packages that may come with full CentOS Live Cd. Is there something like yum groupinstall base-desktop? ...
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How to get better desktop performance in linux?
Normally I do not care much about desktop - performance, since my servers do not run any gui. But at home I run some older hardware (Pentium) which gets sometimes very sluggish (mouse-movements in KDE)...
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