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Hide full name in cinnamon
Can I hide full name of desktop objects? Long names keep appearance ugly. Is there a config file or setting for do that? I use cinnamon in linux mint.
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how do you check to see if your cinnamon desktop is running with 3D acceleration (i.e. not "software rendering")?
I have a VM that is sluggish and I think I fixed the issue but I want to make sure the cinnamon desktop is running with 3D acceleration (i.e. not "software rendering").
How do you check to ...
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What program is responsible for drawing the wallpaper with Cinnamon
I was curious to look at the code which draws the desktop background, or wallpaper, using the Cinnamon desktop environment. (partially due to some ugly behavior when combining hidpi and tiled images).
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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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Linux desktop freezes regularly with audio skipping
My desktop freezes randomly at times, and takes no input from either mouse or keyboard. If an audio track is playing (video, .mp3, etc.), the audio skips on the last sound or syllable heard, then goes ...
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Desktop icons gone with nautilus file-manager in Debian 9
How can I make the desktop show icons again under 64bit Debian 9.0 Cinnamon?
I switched from the nemo file-manager to the nautilus one and now my desktop doesn't show any icons/folders and I can't ...
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Direct new desktop files to certain monitor
Is there a way in Linux Mint to designate which monitor new files on the Desktop will be shown on? I have two monitors, and I'd prefer to have them appear on the right monitor since I keep the left ...
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Visual feedback for window focus with Alt-Tab? (Cinnamon)
I have a frequent problem that occurs with window-based desktops like Cinnamon or XFCE, especially on multiple monitors.
I very often misread which Window has focus after Alt-Tab. So I will start ...
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Programmatically change the attributes of desktop icons
Whenever I happen to add / remove an icon from my (Cinnamon) desktop, the others either get
shuffled seemingly at random, from being sorted by name or
resized, or at least the new icons will be ...
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Desktop Environment of kali linux
Whats the desktop environment in kali linux 2.0 (sana) I am to able understand because they have some mixture of gnome + cinnamon and tell me how can i do this with my fresh debian installation
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How to programmatically rename virtual desktop on Cinnamon
I'm looking for a way to programmatically create a new desktop and then immediately give it some arbitrary name.
Creating a new desktop is not a problem, but I can't find a way to rename it.
I'm ...
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Linux Mint 17.1 Cinnamon 2.4.8 64-bit - Weird Desktop Crash
This crash thing is happining third time for me. I solved the last two by a refresh install of mint, formatted I mean. Nothing special happened when I was using the computer, than I shut it down. By ...
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Fully disable workspaces feature
I've just installed Linux Mint and I am wondering how to fully disable or uninstall the workspaces feature. I've already removed the Window Switcher applet from the bottom panel but this doesn't fully ...
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How can I embed a console app's output into my X11 desktop?
I'd like to view NetHogs output on my desktop.
For example, do any Conky or applets on Cinnamon exist, so I don't need to have a terminal open all the time?
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Screen stretching on Mint Cinnamon after hard reboot
I've been running 64-bit Linux Mint Cinnamon for a couple of years now on my current hardware. I upgraded to Qiana a month ago and hadn't had any problems with it.
This morning my machine locked up ...
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