Questions tagged [desktop]
Desktop is a set of unifying concepts used by graphical user interfaces to help users more easily interact with the computer.
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How to achieve persistent quicklaunch behaviour with Gnome on Ubuntu?
I'm new to Ubuntu.
I wanted to configure the taskbar panels so I can see individual running programs as tabs at the bottom of the screen (as in windows), and I was able to achieve that by using Dash ...
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KDE Plasma: some file extensions not visible on the desktop
I can see all the file extensions in the Dolphin file explorer, and some on the desktop as well: .pdf, .txt, .exe.
But others like .desktop and .flatpakref don't show up.
Is there a way to make them ...
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Does Linux have a generic way to dynamically open ports? (Desktop)
By generic, I mean, mostly standard, i.e. not dependent on ufw or firewalld. What I am asking is if there is something akin to what you have on Windows, where if some game wishes to "Open to Lan&...
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How can know the exact size of icon called in the menu?
My system: debian12 + lxde (desktop) + pcmanfm (file manager).There are many sizes for the same icons:
ls /usr/share/icons/hicolor
128x128 192x192 22x22 256x256 32x32 40x40
48x48 56x56 ...
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macOS: list all Users with Admin privileges
How can I get the list of all Users with Admin privileges, on all selected Macs, in Apple Remote Desktop?
I have tried:
dscl . -list /Groups/admin GroupMembership
But this does not list anything, not ...
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How do I stop my Ubuntu desktop computer from "sleeping" when nobody is logged in?
In short - I have an issue where my Ubuntu Desktop computer seems to "sleep" when no user is logged in, and I would love to prevent this.
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Pre-emptive apology if something I ...
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How to change font size on Desktop icons in KDE Plasma 6?
Can somebody tell me how to adjust the font size of the font on the desktop? I don't want to change the other fonts across my system, only those on the desktop. Also is there a way to decrease the ...
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Prevent dialog windows from opening on a different X server
Frequently this scenario happens when I'm logged in in more than one X session on the same machine, for example locally (:0.0) and remotely through RDP.
If a desktop application (like the Chrome ...
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Ubuntu GNOME desktop freezing randomly
I'm running Ubuntu with GNOME with following software and hardware configurations:
$lsb_release -a
No LSB modules are available.
Distributor ID: Ubuntu
Description: Ubuntu 24.04.1 LTS
Release: ...
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gnome3 desktop application show up in activities overview but not in default applications
I have two identical systems running both debian bullseye with gnome3 (3.38.5) and I wanted to add bettebird as my default application for mails. I've created a desktop file in ~/.local/share/...
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How to restore desktop color settings?
OS is Debian 12. Video driver is Nvidia 525.147.05.
I'm trying to play an older game via wine that uses DirectX (Diablo 2). I launched the game in windowed mode, but when I did so, the colors of the ...
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Multiple desktop files using the same system wide /usr/share/application desltop files
I have an application in which I have created a /usr/share/application/foo.desktop from my dpkg.
I wish to have multiple instances of LINK types on my ~/Desktop/ which vary only the Name and Exec. It ...
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Why is Weston recommeding to run an almost empty .target file at system service?
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I'm trying to get Weston up an running at startup. So far, I have only success to open Weston with root user. I have followed this manual: https://wayland.pages.freedesktop.org/weston/toc/...
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Create a minimalistic Linux similar to a Chromebook [closed]
I want to create an ultraligthweight system that only runs a browser. Similar to a Chromebook but using Firefox. Initially I though of installing barebones Xfce, Hyperland or i3wm, and then just ...
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Is POWER9 Ready for End-User Usage in 2024? [closed]
I'm in the process of upgrading my desktop/server setup and am considering using POWER9 architecture.
However, I'm a bit concerned about the level of support it receives from GNU/Linux distributions ...
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