Lightweight X11 Desktop Environment, a Unix desktop environment with minimal system requirements
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Does a ctrl+a in a folder select the hidden items as well?
Does CTRL + A in a folder select the hidden items as well? Will copying a folder containing hidden files also copy the hidden files?
These questions pertain to:
Windows Explorer-Win7
Nautilus - ...
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2answers
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Remove desktop environments cleanly
I'm using Fedora 15 Gnome 3 spin and I've installed awesome as a window manager. I want to completely remove installed gnome, lxde and xfce but not to damage already installed applications. How can I ...
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CPU usage according to lxde applet and task manager is different than top
The CPU usage in top (htop) appears normal but the task manager and lxde CPU applet don't. Here is a screenshot:
This is Lubuntu 12.04
Is this a bug?
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lxde “run” (alt+F2) doesn't have autocompletion
I have ubuntu 12.04, with lxde.
The screenshot below is taken from LXDE site. It shows the recently-launched items. In my computer, however, there's no autocomplete drop-down.
In addition, i'd ...
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LXDE startup, multi-terminal programmes
My LXDE startup at /etc/xdg/lxsession/LXDE/autostart
has this in it '@termit -e ncmpcpp' which starts ncmpcpp, a MPD
backend. Termit is a rather nice terminal with tabs that auto-resizes
to the name ...
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How do I take a screenshot on a Raspberry Pi running Debian Squeeze and LXDE?
How do I take a screenshot on a Raspberry Pi running Debian Squeeze and LXDE?
Shutter is not installed, print screen doesn't appear to work, screen grab is not installed etc.
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How to lock screen with keyboard on Linux Mint (LXDE)
I'm trying out Linux Mint 11 with LXDE. I'm used to being able to lock the screen with a keyboard combination (for example, Win+L on Windows) rather than tracking down a menu or clicking an icon.
Web ...
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2 monitors, 2 virtual desktops in lxde
My computer runs LXDE over Ubuntu (they call it Lubuntu) and I experience an interesting problem. I connect 2 screens to my computer so I expect that if I have 2 virtual desktops then one of them will ...
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Fedora 18 Disable Hibernate and Suspend
I recently installed the new Fedora 18, LXDE spin on a workstation (not a laptop).
I want to disable the hibernate and suspend functions, and remove them from the "Logout" menu in the UI.
In F17 and ...
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1answer
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How to align desktop icons to grid in LXDE/Openbox?
Where is the option or config file to align the desktop icons to a grid in LXDE/Openbox?
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Make openbox window border transparent
Is there any way to make the windows border/system chrome of a window transparent in openbox?
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Mint LXDE autostart doen't work
I need to autostart skype.
/etc/xdg/autostart/skype.desktop - not working
/etc/xdg/lxsession/Mint-LXDE/autostart + line @skype - start skype twice
/etc/rc.local + line skype - not working
Any ideas?
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How do I add startup applications in Lubuntu/Lxde?
I want to add Gnome-Do to my startup applications in Lubuntu 10.04 and the only reference I've found on the net is to edit /etc/xdg/lxsession/LXDE/autostart. But surely there must be a way to do this ...
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X Root window position changed without reason
I am on Archlinux with a nvidia optimus and bumblebee. Sometimes when I resume from the suspension I get an error and I have to power off my laptop because the screen freezes. This is a big problem ...
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How to change XFCE to LXDE?
I've just installed LinuxMint XFCE, which seems to be still a bit to heavy for my hardware. Thus, I'm thinking about LXDE installation and wonder if a new Linux installation is necessary/advised in ...
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I want to press a key combination in an EWMH compliant window manager and have a terminal appear below my resized Chromium window
This is one of those things that looks like it might have a simple solution but is rather time consuming once you start investigating PyTile, Xnee and the likes.
I know, I should just use a tiling ...
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1answer
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Turn off anti-aliasing in Lubuntu
I have an X setup with XMing on Windows 7 as X the server and X clients (for example lxterminal) started on a Lubuntu 11.10 running in a VirtualBox VM. This works well, but I don't really like the ...
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How do I change the font size in the root shell on Knoppix running LXDE?
The root shell's font is too small, and I have scoured Google looking for an answer. I can't find the settings for it, or a config file of some sort.
I'm using the latest version of Knoppix with ...
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.desktop shortcuts aren't working for java applications in LXDE
I just installed minecraft on my LXDE desktop/Lubuntu machine and I'm trying to create a .desktop file on the desktop that executes java -jar ~/minecraftlauncher.jar. The command works in bash scripts ...
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How can I add a LXDE shortcut to launch an application?
In KDE's menu editor, one can click on the "Advanced tab" and then set a keyboard shortcut to launch an application.
How can I emulate that functionality in LXDE?
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Linux — Display has red tint
My monitor seems to have a slightly reddish tint when using the DVI input (it's a LCD, not a CRT). On the VGA input I can adjust the colors, but not on DVI. On OSX/Windows what I would do is create a ...
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Flat, basic, minimalist window decorations with OpenBox or similar
I am currently customising my netbook's ArchLinux install. I really like the minimalist basic style of things like the ThinMC window borders in Gnome, and the FullFlat Firefox theme. What options are ...
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how to make LXDE hibernate the computer when the power button is being pressed
How to setup LXDE (a linux desktop environment) to hibernate a PC after the power button on the computer is pressed?
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Arch Linux - switch from KDEmod to LXDE
How could I switch to LXDE because it loads KDEmod at start?
(LXDE is installed like the wiki say ...)
Also, how could all KDE packages be removed easily afterwards without breaking something that I ...
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apt-get not adding to menu?
So I'm running Debian, with lxde.
apt-getting things I want, and I felt the strange urge top play kbounce.
so I used "apt-get install kbounce"
and it installed fine.
(I had the menu open at the time, ...
