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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Matching bracket selection on gnome-terminal, like Mac OSX terminal
I have recently fallen for a (non obvious) feature of the Mac OSX terminal:
Given a display of some kind of deeply nested text with lots of matching brackets, parenthesis, or quotes (ie. JSON), the ...
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Ubuntu: gnome-open doesn't work for relative URL
If I type
gnome-open foo.pdf
it shows an error for me: Error showing url: Operation not supported. But if I give absolute path
gnome-open ~/what/ever/foo.pdf
it works fine.
Is this a known ...
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Launch files / directories using Gnome from command line
On Windows, I can launch an Explorer window from a command line via "start (dirname)". And this will also launch applications associated with a particular file extension, so I can do "start ...
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Twitter client for Debian Wheezy with API 1.1 support [closed]
On June 11th Twitter closed down their 1.0 API, which rendered my favourite Twitter clients on Debian Wheezy useless (Hotot and Turpial). Are there any good alternatives?
I am using Debian Wheezy ...
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How can I run Gnome or KDE locally in Cygwin?
Apparently it is possible to do this using cygwin ports, as can be seen in screenshots. I followed this how-to to get apt-cygports set up, and I used it to install gnome-session.
This how-to ...
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How to copy/paste tab characters via the Clipboard into terminal session on gnome / ubuntu
How do i copy text from a text editor, let's say gedit into a terminal session on ubuntu/gnome? I am on ubuntu 12.0.4 using gnome classic.
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Ubuntu: automatically shown popup dialog is annoying. Can I disable it?
When I choose 'copy link address' from context menu or just select URL text, following popup dialog is automatically shown.
It is annoying for me because this popup dialog grabs keyboard focus ...
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Gnome 3 “Oh no!” error on login
On Fedora 17, after instaling the Java runtime and (L)AMP (I do not think it is even related, I didn't restart for quite a while) and restart and login the "Oh no! Something went wrong." message ...
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Custom settings in gnome-screensaver .desktop files
I'm trying to run a xscreensaver application through gnome-screensaver engine with some custom options.
Since gnome-screensaver doesn't offer a simple GUI that would help to tweak a particular ...
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How to stream my GNU/Linux audio output to Android devices over WI-FI?
I want to stream my audio output over the network (Wi-Fi) to my Android devices. I'm not looking for a music/video streaming solution, but I would stream any audio output of my GNU/Linux desktop to my ...
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GNOME 2.16.0: desktop frozen (redhat 5.8)
I have a user whose desktop is frozen. We're running Redhat 5.8. Gnome version is 2.16.0.
Clicking the icons does nothing. The menus on the toolbar work. If I try to launch nautilus from the ...
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What does little lock on desktop icons mean?
I have a fresh installation of Oracle Solaris 10, when I login as user root, desktop icons all look fine.
I created a new user calledhoward and logged in using howard. All desktop icons have a little ...
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How to change terminal colors when connecting to SSH hosts
So you want to change terminal colors and resetting them back on exit? It's possible!
Thanks to .ssh/config, alias and setterm.
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Search Terminal Output
Using a default terminal and bash, there is no functionality to search the standard output of commands.
One can gain such functionality using other tools, like emacs shell or screen, but I am ...
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Mint 13 does nothing when laptop lid is closed
I have a laptop running Mint 13.
I have it hooked up to a 30" monitor and have no use for the laptop being open, so I put it on a shelf and close it. When I do that, the monitor goes blank. The ...
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Ubuntu RFID Screensaver lock-unlock
So, I have this el-cheapo RFID scanner and some RFID tags.
I thought to myself, You know what would be neat? Enabling and disabling the lock screen with this thing.
So the package arrived and I tore ...
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Gnome 3 - how to arrange multiple windows in row
I am using Gnome 3.4 and the feature I really miss is to arrange multiple windows in a row/column (Windows XP has this feature, for example). I tried google but couldn't find any answer. Does anybody ...
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Three fingers not detected and auto drag only using touchegg
I got touchegg working for my touchpad using evdev but now I am having two issues.
Moving the cursor is automatically seen as a drag, which means it auto selects text etc. instead of moving only the ...
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Disable KDE sounds in GNOME Ubuntu
I use kate (a KDE text editor) under GNOME in Ubuntu. Since Natty upgrade, it plays miscellaneous sounds on error and other notifications.
I disabled sound notifications in GNOME, but kate sounds are ...
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GNOME 3.8 on a dual screen setup freezes after lock screen
I recently installed Arch Linux, and with that GNOME 3.8.2 + GDM 3.8.1.1.
I have this on a Notebook with an Intel graphics card with the notebook LCD and an external monitor attached via VGA port. ...
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Blurred icons and no tab grouping Fedora 18
I'm using fedora 18, which I recently installed via a liveUSB on a ThinkPad T430
I'm having a strange issue, the icons (firefox, terminal, vlc) that I get when I do Alt+Tab are blurred and ...
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How to zoom the desktop under Gnome?
I want to use my PC from the couch, but from there, I cannot see what I'm clicking. I enabled Enhanced Zoom Desktop in CCSM and it looked like it does what I want. But when "Sync mouse" is enabled, ...
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Configure a trackball under Linux without editing Xorg.conf
Summary:
In this post, I explain how I configure my trackball through xorg.conf file and ask what I should do instead, knowing that xorg.conf is deprecated.
Long Introduction:
I've been using a ...
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Gnome-Shell, use the hot corner to display Application
I'm currently tweaking my new Gnome-Shell inside a VM before doing it on my current laptop and I would like to know how to display the application drawer when the mouse go on the hot corner instead of ...
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Prevent GNOME from expanding windows
When I click on a GNOME window's title bar and drag it to the top of the screen and let go, GNOME expands the window to be full-screen. I don't like this---I just want the window at the top of my ...
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Enabling mouse in tmux conflicts with paste in X [duplicate]
This question is similar but not identical to tmux -- any way to enable scrolling, but not selection?
I'm using tmux within gnome-terminal. When I use setw -g mode-mouse on in tmux to enable ...
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Linux: automatically unlock SSH keys at login
Under Gnome2/Gnome3/MATE all my SSH keys/identities were automatically unlocked. Thanks to the keychain, I suppose.
Now I switched to Window Maker, a plain simple window manager. I already configured ...
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How to install GNOME desktop from DVD on CentOS 6 using the command line?
I have installed CentOS 6 in Virtualbox. Although I have chosen to install General Purpose GNOME Desktop, the GNOME desktop does not start. All I get is a black and white text prompt. I would like to ...
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VNC client for Windows with copy/paste?
I'm looking for a VNC client for Windows (XP/Vista) which supports clipboard transfer to a Linux/Gnome desktop running on the server side.
Any suggestions?
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Latin characters in a gnome terminal
In vi I type latin-1 characters like ö by doing ctlr-k o:
Can one do something like this in a gnome terminal?
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Gnome 3.4.2: How to display notifications a bit longer
I receive mails via Thunderbird (with extensions FireTray and GNOME Integration) and want to display the "New mail notification" a bit longer.
How can I increase the length of time notifications ...
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recovering a broken GNOME-desktop in debian wheezy
an hour ago I had a working gnome-desktop on my debian system (thinkpad x121e).
Then I installed compiz that crashed.
After a reboot the gnome-desktop no longer started.
Then I did some upgrades ...
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Red Hat Gnome menubar disappeared
I'm using Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.4, and the menubar has disappeared, as you can see from this screenshot. I'm not sure which setting I modified.
I've removed .gnome config from my home ...
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How to enable mobile broadband in networkmanager applet
I am using Gnome 3.8 desktop. as a previous Gnome 2 user i know that to enable mobile broadband by entering the context menu with Alt + right click.
However with Gnome 3 i am unable to do so .
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Gnome/Unity not working
I wanted to try the gnome 3.9 UI on ubuntu 12.04 LTS. So I installed the following ppa
add-apt-repository ppa:gnome3-team/gnome3
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get upgrade
Then I added the following ...
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How to automatically mount a file containing an encrypted file system, when a user login?
The file can be mounted manually via 'cryptsetup luksOpen' and 'mount /dev/mapper' but I would like it to be mounted automatically while logging in and by showing a GUI dialog for the passphrase just ...
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How do I alternate tabs in Linux GNOME terminal?
I like to open several tabs in GNOME terminal when I work. In Firefox, you can switch between tabs using Ctrl-Tab or Ctrl-Shift-Tab. How do I get the same functionality in GNOME terminal?
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How do I get X11 Forwarding to work on Windows with PuTTY and Xming?
I've always wanted to get X11 Forwarding to work with PuTTY, and the X Window System I'm using is Xming. When I have Xming running and I establish a new connection to my server, I receive the ...
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Application windows always open on the top left corner of the screen on Ubuntu
I find this a highly annoying "feature" on a wide screen monitor that my mostly used apps - terminal and gedit always open directly under the top-left corner of my screen and I have to drag them to my ...
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How do avoid context menu in opensuse to open on mousepress
I am using opensuse 12.1 via a virtual maschine. I'm using Gnome 3.2.1 and having this annoying problem, that whenever I want to open the context menu with the right mouse button it opens directly ...
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How to launch Ubuntu Software Center from GNOME Shell?
I have been playing around with GNOME Shell from Ubuntu 9.10.
I installed the preview which is available in Ubuntu 9.10 repositories using
sudo apt-get install gnome-shell
gnome-shell --replace
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How I can take a screenshot with current cursor in GNOME?
When I take a screenshot in Ubuntu 10.04 (Gnome) using application "Take Screenshot" I get a screenshow this a default mouse cursor, but when i take a screenshot, cursor of mouse was another, for ...
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No option to hibernate/shutdown in GNOME 3?
I have installed Fedora 15 Alpha with GNOME 3. Everything is working fine. However, I can't see any option to hibernate or shutdown.
In the top panel when I click my user name, I only have one option ...
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What is a good KDE equivalent to tilda on Gnome?
Or is tilda already KDE equivalent? Performance is important.
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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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How to install GNOME 3.8 on my ubuntu 12.04?
I just saw UI of GNome 3.8 and it is awesome. I want to have it, but I don't want to disturb my current setup of ubuntu 12.04. Please tell me if I can install GNOME 3.8 UI on my ubuntu 12.04 without ...
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Cinnamon vs. “System Settings” duplicate shorcut setting modules?
I'm running Linux Mint 14 with Cinnamon. I want to change some keyboard shortcuts, so I type "keyboard" in the search bar, and the "System Settings" -> All -> Keyboard menu shows up.
However, if I ...
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How do I make kate the default text editor in gnome?
I prefer the gnome desktop to KDE - but I prefer the Kate text editor to gedit - but gedit is the default in gnome.
How do I set it so that the default application when I double-click a file is Kate?
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focus changes when changing workspaces in gnome 3
When I change between workspaces in GNOME 3 (I use fallback mode) either by using a keyboard shortcut (Ctrl+Alt+arrow_key) or by clicking on the workspace icon in the taskbar, the window with focus is ...
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How to remove Lock Screen and Logout from the GNOME main menu in SLED11?
I have SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop v11 running on some computers that I need to lock down. I specifically need to remove the "Lock Screen" and "Logout" options from the main menu (below, on the ...
