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Bash script via .desktop save to variable external filename with fullpath
ok i try to make the most resumed the points i want to do. Sorry for the repetions i don't know how make this question more objectively
The first i am making a script for launch "mupen64plus"...
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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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How to change the font COLOR for Linux Mint XFCE desktop
Using Linux Mint XFCE 20.2 and a while back I installed a KDE Plasma desktop to try it out. Ended up not liking it and just stuck with this one.
For some reason, while I was switching between KDE and ...
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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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(How to) customize the active window/program icons shown in the desktop panel
Driving me nuts!
For quite a while I'm searching for a possibility to customize the active/opened program icons shown in my horizontal panel. I'm using xfce4.
Most of the program icons using my ...
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how to change yocto desktop to gnome,xfce…?
I'm new to Yocto project. I can build image for intel-corei7-64 (UEFI and Legacy). Now, how can I change default desktop? I found meta-gnome , meta-xfce layer in openembedded layer index, I know how ...
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How to pin desktop to primary display with multiple monitor setup
I have a vertically placed external monitor while the primary monitor is laptop. Both of similar resolution. The vertical screen is not always connected, but only when I am in office.
The headache is ...
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What is the Xfce desktop manager - given it's not Thunar? (What is the Xfce equivalent of nemo-desktop)?
Trying to make Nemo take over the desktop in Mint Xfce I found that very difficult, even if Thunar is uninstalled. Therefore, it is not Thunar by itself that handles the desktop (the icon desktop I ...
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Make Nemo handle the desktop in (Mint) Xfce
For the purpose detailed below uninstalling Thunar is not a solution. The behavior described below stays the same if Thunar is uninstalled. So, it is not Thunar as such that handles the Xfce desktop....
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xfce4: how to override Debian wallpaper?
After upgrade from Debian10 (buster) to Debian11 (bullseye = current testing) and rebooting, xfce4 shows a blueish wallpaper with a "debian^10" logo.
I should be able to override this choice from ...
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Changing the default position of new desktop items
In Xubuntu and most other similar environments newly created files, folders and shortcuts on desktop appear below each other, filling the desktop space one column at a time from top to bottom and left ...
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My desktop does not show up on my monitor on Debian 9
I've had Debian 9 for a while now with Xfce4. Recently the desktop has stopped appearing after I log in. It's just grey. How do I get my desktop back on my monitor?
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Copy-pasting image files into LibreOffice Writer doesn’t work from the Xfce desktop
I want to copy-paste image files into LibreOffice Writer.
It works fine when copying the files within Thunar:
the image appears in the document.
It doesn’t work when copying the files from the Xfce ...
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How to obtain a trash can icon on the dektop (Xfce)
On the desktop in Xfce 4.10, the trash can icon seems to be replaced by a pdf icon.
How can I replace it by a trash can icon?
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Make program start on second virtual desktop (XFCE)
Probably the reason I can not find it on the web might be that it is so obvious, but I still can not figure it out:
How can I configure XFCE so that a specific program window always automatically ...
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