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I want to build a high performance web server. I will use Ubuntu Server 9.04.
It would be convenient to install the GNOME desktop, but I could manage by command line only.
How much does the GNOME Desktop slow down the performance of the web server or ...
Started by Chris Altman on
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GNOME loves to pre-cache memory, so if you're running the GNOME Desktop, you that there's a difference....
I can't imagine that the GNOME desktop would slow things down in any appreciable way, except
at the console prompt.
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I would like to access the desktop menus for Applications, System, etc. via my keyboard instead of my mouse.
Edit: ctrl-alt-tab only lets me choose amongst the windows I have opened. There is no option to choose the desktop menus. Nothing happens with...
Started by Ingen on
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Shortcuts
By default in my Gnome-under-Ubuntu installation:
Alt+F1 pops the Applications menu open.
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This is the opposite of this question . Basically I've been using Ubuntu for a while but decided to give KDE a shot so I went through the process of getting the latest KDE installed. I'm very impressed with KDE and the Kwin window manager seems like a...
Started by codeLes on
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I'm not 100% but I'm fairly sure the equivalent meta package is gnome-desktop
I think the simplest kubuntu-desktop sudo apt-get --purge remove ubuntu-desktop
You can also just uninstall gnome-desktop-environment....
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I just installed Xubuntu, which came with Gnome. Is it possible to move the application toolbar to the top of the Desktop, mimicking the behavior of Mac OS X?
I'm talking about the toolbar "File Edit View History Bookmarks Tools Help" that appears in ...
Started by Tom on
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by 3 people.
Answer Snippets (Read the full thread at superuser):
I think what you are looking for is globalmenu . .
You can just click and drag it I believe.
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In GNOME and KDE, (and from what I hear, OS X aswell), you have a feature called multiple desktops. It allows you to have multiple screens of apps running, without having the same number of monitors. Does such a program exist for Vista?
I'd like around...
Started by Macha on
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by 6 people.
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Virtual Desktop Manager
Features
Full screen desktop/window manager/preview with full drag and drop managing Desktop switch indicator An infinite number of desktops Watch the windows move in real for each desktop Per....
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I’m a blind programmer with limited system administration experience doing things like setting up development servers. There’s been a lot of complaints about Oracle firing the main accessibility developer for GNOME. In my experience Linux servers don’...
Started by Jared on
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by 5 people.
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You should be able to SSH into any box and do .
I use platforms don't require X, let alone GNOME or any other WM.
Running a full blown desktop manager before; always assumed the tech who installed it was clueless.
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I have a cross platform program that runs on Windows, Linux and Macintosh. My windows version has an Icon but I don't know how to make have one for my Linux build. Is there a standard format for KDE, Gnome etc. or will I have to do something special for...
Started by KPexEA on
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For Gnome and Kde, you would probably want to include a desktop file with your app that defines how with your app, you would probably want to have it generate this desktop file and put it in the right regardles of the platform (windows....
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I've installed Ubuntu Server in to a VirtualBox virtual machine. I've been able to get the GNOME desktop environment setup on it ( The default Ubuntu version ). This is an educational LAMP server, so I'm not concerned about the performance cost.
I'm trying...
Started by Frank on
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Answer Snippets (Read the full thread at superuser):
Just use sudo vim /etc/apache2/sites-available to modify the....
The default user which sudo uses if you don't specify another one is the root user .
As you have already recognized is the sudo command used to execute commands with the rights of other users .
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Hi,
On CENTOS I went to System - Preferences and then Remote Desktop. There I checked "Allow other users to view" and "Allow other users to control". The same dialog box said "Users can view your desktop using " vncviewer name.server:0. Using UltraVNC...
Started by 3D1L on
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This a permanent feature, do not forget to turn off the built-in desktop sharing as it will develop a port for normal desktop: # unset SESSION_MANAGER # exec /etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc [ -x /etc/vnc/xstartup vncconfig -iconic & xterm -geometry....
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Now that the Gnome 3 Desktop developement is stable and apps are being actively developed for it, what do you think of its usability ?
Would you consider using one of the Gnome 2 forks if you are not happy with Gnome 3 ?
What about going to a alternate...
Started by sankt on
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by 4 people.
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I think if we give unity and am using Gnome 3, but ....
I think both Unity and Gnome 3 show promise.
Ubuntu 11.10 is very usable.
You've got to look at where driver.
I think both Unity and Gnome 3 are very, very beta.
And functional.
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