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Setting specific video configuration for all users (RHEL 7.9 and nVidia RTX4000 w/nvidia driver)

Bottom Line Up Front: where do I need to go in RHEL to define a video configuration that applies to all users of the workstation? My hardware setup is an nVidia RTX4000 driving a "standard" ...
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How to make file manager confirm file deletion?

When I select a file in the file manager and press the delete key, the file is moved to trash right away. I'd like to have the file manager prompt me for confirmation before moving any files to the ...
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How to create a desktop icon for an application on RHEL 8?

I copied an existing and working .desktop file for an application that can be launched from Applications → Favorites into ~/Desktop but the file is displayed on and opened from the desktop as text ...
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RHEL 8 won't display icons with Gnome desktop extension active

I'm trying to get desktop icons to display in RHEL 8, and while I'm able to get the desktop entry files to display using Gnome Tweaks and enabling the desktop extension, none of the icons will display....
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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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What are the difference between SLED and RHEL WorkStation?

What are the difference between SLED and RHEL WorkStation? What are the advantages over community supported distros?
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how to add shortcut keys to custom.desktop in RHEL6?

i have created custom.desktop in the /usr/share/xsession directory for launching single application. i want to add one or two desktop shortcuts along with the single application.
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How to install GNOME 3 on RHEL6?

I am using Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6, it has Gnome GUI, but it is very simple and not like Ubuntu's GUI. I want to install/upgrade my GNOME Desktop Environment to its latest release. How can I do ...
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How to switch user if the Screen is Lock

Sometime when I have to do something on a server I find that the screen is locked and I don't know the password of that user to unlock it in order to switch the user. So I need to know how to switch ...
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How to change the properties of a desktop panel from the command line?

I use RHEL 6 as my regular operating system and for one of my user accounts I made one of the desktop panels as auto-hide and other as a fixed panel. I expected the hidden panel to appear above the ...
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Is there is tool similar to ShiftIt on OS X?

I'm looking for a keyboard controlled window sizing utility similar to ShiftIt on Mac OS X: https://github.com/fikovnik/ShiftIt
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