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GNOME is a desktop environment/graphical user interface that runs on top of a computer operating system, most notably Linux and the Java Desktop System which is part of Solaris.

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Debian slow start after upgrade - Gnome/Wayland issue ? (Debian GNU/Linux bullseye/sid - Gnome 3.34.1)

After upgraded my Debian testing few weeks ago, I realise that my boot take 1 minute more to show login screen. 1 minute is a timeout during boot. I did'nt notice that before because I always use ...
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Gnome Keyboard shortcut for Cut/Copy/Paste commands?

I do want to create a global command for Cut/Copy/Paste commands using the AddNewShortcut (+ button) from the bottom of the "Keyboard Shortcuts" of the Settings app of the Gnome shell, and I can't ...
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Gnome 3 notiofication about suspend when suspend is disabled (Debian)

I've disabled all kinds of suspension with sudo systemctl mask sleep.target suspend.target hibernate.target hybrid-sleep.target. After a while I'm getting Gnome 3 notification: Automatic suspend ...
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Access Gnome''s webdav share from Windows

I have the same problem as this question, but the listed answers on that question are not working for me, so it appears my situation may be different, or perhaps things have changed since then, so I ...
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How do I get out of full-screen mode?

I'm using LibreOffice 4.2.4.2 (Calc) in debian wheezy. In an attempt to hide the window title bar I have enabled full-screen mode, which has hidden both the window title bar of Calc and the menu bar ...
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tmux ctrl-a stopped working after upgrade to Ubuntu 20.04

I have had my tmux prefix set to c-a for as long as I can remember. Immediately after upgrading to Ubuntu 20.04, ctrl-a no longer works. My terminal (gnome and xterm) simply display ^A. If I change ...
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Lenovo X1: How to get 100% scaling on the external monitor and 200% on the primary monitor?

I'm using Debian Bullseye with Xorg and Gnome on a new Lenovo X1 Carbon 7th w/ a 4k display. Gnome scales the primary display to 200% which works but it applies the same scaling to the external ...
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Black screen when trying to run (Tiger)VNC with Gnome under Fedora 30

I have seen variants of this issue logged all over the place, but none of the reported solutions seem to work for me. I am running Fedora 30 as a client under VMWware ESXi and want to access the ...
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What tools and kernel features some desktop environments use, to monitor battery level

I have noticed some strange behavior of battery charge indicator in Gnome and Cinnamon. When you plug charger into laptop, it updates battery charging status(charging/discharging) only when battery ...
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Patched fonts not showing up on gnome-terminal

I installed the patched font "Source Code Pro" from https://github.com/ryanoasis/nerd-fonts#option-3-install-script on my Ubuntu 18.10 box. I can see the font showing up on the Fonts program (as ...
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How to debug problems with Wayland on Fedora 32

I have recently performed massive cleaning of my Fedora 32 system, which included high amount of packages being removed from the system, by the way removing desktop environment I was using. Before, I ...
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Ubuntu 19:10: Second GUI Session on another TTY

I can already open a Gnome-Session on TTY2 by default but I also want one on TTY3 to quickly switch between different user sessions. I googled this topic and got a plethora of solutions. Some were ...
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How to manage password in GNOME keyring

Using GNOME 3.36. I'd like to store some passwords in a way which is scriptable but at the same time whenever any process tries to access one of these passwords, I see a confirmation dialog and have ...
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Can't install software using gnome-software on Fedora 29

I have recently installed Fedora 29 on HP ProBook 420 G2, previously Windows 7. The installation completed with no known issues, however now when I try to use gnome-software to install any software, ...
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Unable to activate GNOME screen sharing

As the title says I'm unable to activate screen sharing over the settings menu. The button it there but I am unable to toggle it, it just does not respond. A had screen sharing running and working on ...
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How to remove the top left black transparent box in firefox? (Gnome/Centos7)

How to remove that glitch from Firefox in gnome with Centos 7? This box appears only when the window is maximized.
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Install Gnome on top of KDE

I am running Debian 9 (stretch) with KDE Plasma 5.8.6 and I am having some issues with Plasma. Can I, on top of KDE install Gnome DE and then delete KDE? A beginners question: If I can do it, then my ...
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How to monitor CPU and system load in GNOME

I'm running Debian 10 Buster with GNOME. I'd like to know how to set up some sort of display that shows me the current system load. In the old days and even in MATE, I can add a System Monitor to my ...
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Ubuntu/ Gnome : Open an application in a specific workspace

How do tell an application to open in a specific workspace? More info: I like to have my C++ IDE in workspace 2, my Java IDE in workspace 3, and my email, browser and miscellaneous in workspace four....
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Fedora 20 Gnome session over X11 forwarding not working

In previous Fedora/CentOS distributions I was always able to run "gnome-session" over SSH with X11 forwarding. However, in Fedora 20, I instead get a window with a sad-face graphic that says "Oh no! ...
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How to change focus-mode: mouse's delay?

How can I change delay before focus when having focus-mode: mouse in gnome 3? I am used to this behaviour from my previous WM (awesome), but I decided to give a Gnome another try (last used was ...
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In Gnome how to have multiple full screen areas on one screen?

When working on big screens I often use Gnomes "snap window to left/right border" by dragging a window to the left/right side of the screen. This results in a partially maximized window which I find ...
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CentOS 7 Gnome excessive window title bars

I am running virtual machines hosted in CentOS 7 with VM VirtualBox. Gnome has an Apple-esque top bar that contains some menu items, followed by application specific items. Though in general no ...
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Ubuntu 18.04 Mouse button mapping

I'm difficulty programming button mappings for my anker A7851 mouse which has multiple non standard buttons, not all of which are recognized. So far, I have tried using the standard gnome settings, ...
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How to change copy/paste shortcut on linux system (GNOME)

I would like to change shortcuts of copy, past, cut, etc.. on kali linux. Trying to set it more like OSX. I found some shortcut options in settings and by command "gsettings" in terminal. But these ...
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How to install farsi language in gnome centos

I dont find Farsi or persian language in list of languages for add to keyboard layout. How to add farsi or install it?
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Turn off line wrap in Gedit

I've been using kwrite for a long time and love the way I can turn on/off line wrapping easily. Now I'm running Ubuntu with GNOME, trying to avoid any KDE at all on this particular machine. Gedit ...
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NetworkManager not listing wifi

A few days ago my computer(Arch Linux + Gnome) suddenly couldn't connect to the network, NetworkManager couldn't scan any wifi connection. systemctl status wpa_supplicant output ioctl[SIOCSIWENCODEEXT]...
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arch linux booting stops on [ ok ] Started Accounts Service

When I'm trying to start my archlinux system I see following image: [ ok ] … [ ok ] … . . . [ ok ] Started Authorization Manager. [ ok ] Started Accounts Service. and now system freezes. Gnome ...
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Gnome (Ubuntu): how to bring a program window to the front using a command line from the terminal?

I have a certain work environment with dozens of open Windows. How can I bring to the front a window with a known name/title programatically or using the command line?
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Ubuntu 19.10 - Changing default lock screen background

Regardless of what my lock screen background is configured to be, the default lock screen background is still the default eoan ermine. My own lock screen only shows up when I explicitly lock my ...
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How do I remove the white border for a gnome image

When Gnome renders an image for preview (by replacing the icon with a small version of the image itself), such as when the image is on the desktop, it adds a white border to the preview. How do I ...
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How do I install Krita on Debian Xfce lightly?

I want to install Krita on Debian Xfce but I am worried that installing Krita will also install all the Kde related stuff and will bog down my system. Installing Kde components is not an issue, ...
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How to change qt5 color scheme permanently?

I am trying to fix some colors in qt5 applications. I'm using a dark theme and some of the text colors are not bright enough on the dark background. However, I am very confused about how to achieve ...
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How to disable the "is not responding" message on Fedora

How can I disable the message : "your application" is not responding on Linux, Fedora ? When the message pop up I'm still able to play the game in the background
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How to remember last window position in GNOME 3?

Whenever I start a GUI application, the application window starts at the upper left of the screen. This is annoying, because I want them to appear at center. I pull them to the center but after ...
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Change default reminder times available in Gnome Calendar on Linux

Does anyone know how to change the default reminder times available in Gnome Calendar? The possible selections are: 5 minutes 10 minutes 30 minutes 1 hour 1 day 2 days 3 days 1 week I'd like to add: ...
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gnome-terminal geometry ignoring position

I like to add Ctrl+Alt+T as a shortcut to open the terminal, and I like the terminal to open in the bottom right corner of the screen. So, I always added the following to Keyboard Shortcuts on Debian: ...
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Linux Kernel 4.18.0 , 5.0.0 and above and GNOME 3.30.0 and above not loading , why?

I was trying to install KALI Linux 2019.3 on my laptop , it is of Kernel 5.2.9 and GNOME 3.30.2 from a bootable pendrive. This installations were very easy for me before (i.e. while installing Kali ...
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How to revert keyboard layout switching shortcuts after setting them with xkb's /etc/default/keyboard XKBOPTION in Ubuntu 18

I wanted to have two keyboard layouts (one for english and one for spanish), and add a shortcut for switching between them. The solution I chose was to set the following lines in my /etc/default/...
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How do I check whether I am using KDE or Gnome?

or maybe something else? I am using Redhat OS.
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What is a good KDE equivalent to gnome-do?

I'd like it to be seamless in regard to performance. Here's how I use gnome-do by hitting Windows + space I get a prompt and I start typing, it starts showing me programs to run using the characters ...
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Stop GNOME from randomizing window locations in its pop-out?

I'm working on Ubuntu 18.04, fully patched with dist-upgrade. I layout 4 terminals as shown below. The order of the favorite pop-out is top-to-bottom: (a) is (1) top left, (b) is (2) bottom left, (c) ...
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How do I type C-, on Ubuntu?

I'm an Emacs user, and I use it exclusively in the terminal. I'm trying to type C-c C-, because there's an important command bound to it. However, whenever I try and hit C-,, it comes through just as ,...
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How to use the alt-tab-menu to switch immediately to the last used window [GNOME 3.32.2 @ Manjaro]

If i pressed ALT + TAB on Windows, It just selects the last used window. On my gnome, it selects a random one (maybe sorted by application or so). I want the Windows behavior back. The first step was ...
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Debian Buster slow only on one terminal

Please: my main terminal is a HP Compaq LA1905wg and my other terminal is (an old) HP 1702. Applications are running normally on the main terminal, but if I drag any of them to the 1702 my whole ...
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Vinagre (Remote Desktop Viewer for GNOME) isn't working out of box(

I'm trying to use Remote Desktop Viewer to connect to remote server. I opened Remote Desktop Viewer, switched Protocol to RDP then entered my Host and my Username and clicked Connect. gnome-session: ...
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Unable to change text-scaling-factor on gnome 3.30.2

On debian (testing) with gnome 3.30.2 I am unable to change the text-scaling-factor to 1.25. Neither the tweak-tool nor using the gsettings command works: As you can see on the screenshot the plus ...
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disable bluetooth file transfer on ubuntu host for a specific user

I'm running ubuntu 18.04 and I need to keep bluetooth and the applet running as it's required but I want to disable file transferring via bluetooth for a known user or disable it system wide. I need ...
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I can log in successfully with ssh sert, even if I do not provide passphrase

My client OS is Ubuntu 18.04, server is Ubuntu 16.04. I created and uploaded new ssh certs, created ssh config. Cert has passphrase. When I try to log in via ssh in terminal, there appears Gnome ...

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