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Can I make Gnome behave and look more like a traditional desktop?
Can I modify Gnome so it behaves more like Gnome2 and other desktops?
One has to go to the activities menu in the corner, click, then click the buckshot pattern at the bottom then see this.
Is there ...
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Some folders on KDE Desktop does not follow accent color
Using Debian 12 with KDE Plasma 5.27.5, I went to System Settings -> Appearance -> Colors and set my accent color to purple, so my folders and highlighted stuff looks in that color, but some (...
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How do I add shortcuts on Desktop in Debian 12 (Bookworm)?
I changed from Kali Linux to simple Debian and I dislike the results so far.
Previously I had shortcuts on the desktop but switching to Debian 12 there are no shortcuts?
How do I add them?
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Geo-spoofing (a desktop app for Debian)?
I want to spoof my location on my android device without jailbreaking.
I saw this post about desktop software that can spoof mobile device via usb. Can you please help me find a free alternative that ...
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In gnome desktop, the mouse is on the black desktop and can't do anything on Debian 11
When I enter the gnome GUI desktop on Debian 11, the mouse is shown on the black desktop and I can't do any other things. That is my computer screen is black but the cursor is on the screen and I can ...
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Stuck w/ xterm on Xfce
I want to run a terminal application and created a desktop entry in /usr/share/applications. For some reason, Terminal=true in the entry fires up xterm even though:
TERM=x-terminal-emulator
exo-...
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openbox+fbpanel: highlight current window when using Alt + Tab
I am using openbox 3.6.1-8 on Debian 10. When I use Alt+Tab to cycle through open windows, I see the preview of the applications as I am cycling through them in the middle of my screen:
unfortunately ...
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font madness on linux desktop
I am using Debian 10. fc-list shows following fonts installed on my system:
$ fc-list | cut -d':' -f2 | sort -u
Bitstream Charter
Century Schoolbook L
Courier 10 Pitch
DejaVu Sans
DejaVu Sans Mono
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Spam or serious logins? Notifications of desktop recently disconnect on my linux machine
apologies if the question sound silly but I'm a fairly basic user with very little experience. I got a notification on my computer (see picture) that a desktop computer had disconnected from my laptop....
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How to increase GNOME timed wallpaper repaint frequency?
I'm setting up a timed wallpaper in GNOME, but when duration is configured to be < 1 second, it doesn't work as expected.
The duration (or each frame) is timed correctly, however the desktop ...
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overriding a single field in a desktop-entry
I'm setting up a Debian system, with LXDE as the Desktop Environment (really, I'm just remastering a Raspberry Pi OS image).
I have an application that ships with a .desktop file.
Cool!
Unfortunately ...
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How to find which display/window manager etc I am using?
I am working on Debian Stable Linux with XFCE4 which is running very well. When I start the computer it straight away starts XFCE4 GUI desktop.
Now I want to install Budgie desktop and would like to ...
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KDE plasma update
I have currently KDE plasma 5.14.5 in use, how can I update/upgrade it to the newest? I have Debian 10 installed. Thank you very much.
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Debian cannot recognize Ethernet card B550M during installation
My system consists of a B550M AORUS PRO-P motherboard. I tried installing Debian Desktop 10.6 as a dual boot, but during the installation it doesn't recognize my Ethernet card.
I couldn't find the ...
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Debian 'bullseye' - mouse pointer disappears on GNOME3 backgrounds
Since some recent upgrades on my Debian system, I experience the mouse pointer disappearing in front of Gnome backgrounds, meaning the top-bar, the desktop and system window. As soon as the pointer is ...
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