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Tagged with desktop window-manager
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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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in KDE, can I create a rule that makes a new window appear in the desktop of the app that created it?
This has been asked before: How I can make new pop up windows to appear in the same desktop of their app?, but it was for a different WM, and there are no answers. Maybe there is an answer for KDE?
I ...
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How to transform a CLI linux into a GUI one? Or at least how to run a gui app like firefox in CLI linux? Installing x windowing system?
I just want somebody to walk me through the steps of switching a command line interface linux box into a gui based one. I know this has to do with the X Window System but I don't exactly know how to ...
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How to use ssh as a xsession
I have two computers running Kubuntu 18.04.
From the client, I connect to the server with ssh, all is going well:
ssh -X $SERVER_IP 'export $(dbus-launch); plasmashell'
I'm able to interact with ...
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Window manager with search feature?
If many windows are open, cycling through them can get highly annoying.
Which window manager has the ability to search through the windows by typing in the title or text inside the application?
For ...
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Terminal only as "Desktop"
Is it possible to have a terminal only desktop in Linux (Mint)?
I want to boot normally, meaning I want to be able to start GUI programs (IDEs, Browsers etc.), but I don't want anything on the ...
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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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What is desktop manager of Mint?
What is the desktop manager in Linux Mint? I mean the program which handle icons on desktop, wallpapers, etc. -- I don't mean DE.
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custom maximised windows-size in opensuse 13.2 (KDE)
Is there a way to maximise a window in openSUSE (KDE) to a custom size?
There are obviously ways to fully maximise, or use a full quarter or half of a screen quickly. What I'd like however is using ...
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Openbox isn't loading correctly
I'm on Crunchbang 11, 64 bit, it is a Debian Wheezy distro.
This morning Openbox isn't loading correctly
All the programs and shortcuts are working correctly. Conky is
loading ...
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Application launcher with grid like hotkeys
Is there a desktop enviroment or tool wich can provide the following functionality?
If I press a self defined hotkey, a menu of self defined shortcuts/launchers is shown somewhere on the screen where ...
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Arch Linux, Openbox and Desktop
I' m installing Arch with OpenBox, I' ve done everything but when I type
openbox-session
I have this error
Failed to open the display from the DISPLAY environment variable.
What's the problem?
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Kde: how to bind permanently an application to a desktop/activity?
Im pretty new to Kde 4.8 and I can not figure out how to get this behaviour that I used to have in Gnome:
Desktop 1: developer/misc (browser, editor/ide, diff, etc..)
Desktop 2: virtual machines (...
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Assigning awesome keybinding for more than 9 tags
I'm using the awesome WM and the nine default tags (or "virtual desktops") are not anywhere near enough for me: I've got a lot of VMs and remote VNCs etc. In the past I've used window managers with ...
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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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