Correctly setting environment
I’m using zsh and gdm to run gnome. Some time ago I discovered that variables are not set correctly. For example LANG/LC_ALL are incorrect ("" instead of en_GB.UTF-8).
desktop-environment
Windows Managers vs Login Managers Vs Display Managers Vs Desktop Environment
I posted a question and noticed people weren’t distinguishing correctly between many of these things: Windows Managers vs Login Managers Vs Display Managers Vs Desktop Environment. Can someone please clear this up, i.e. tell us the difference between them and how they are related perhaps?
Lightest way to run GUI applications in Linux?
I realized I can use a window manager without a desktop environment and don’t lose any functionality I care about. Applications still work fine, I can still arrange application windows as I please. This pretty much eliminates the need for lightweight desktop environments such as LXDE and XFCE for use cases like mine. I wonder … Read more
How to detect the desktop environment in a bash script?
I am writing a bash script that needs to know which desktop environment (XFCE, Unity, KDE, LXDE, Mate, Cinnamon, GNOME2, GNOME3,… ) is running.
Is there an “open with” command for the command line?
Does the command line have a way to get a recommended list of programs used to open a particular file, based on the file type? For example, a .pdf file would have an open with... recommendation using the programs Evince and Document Viewer.
Is there a way to retrieve the name of the Desktop Environment?
Is there a way to retrieve the desktop environment name (e.g. Gnome, Unity, XFCE, LXDE, KDE…) from the command line or using Python? Answers: Thank you for visiting the Q&A section on Magenaut. Please note that all the answers may not help you solve the issue immediately. So please treat them as advisements. If you … Read more
Understanding linux desktop
I use debian wheezy xfce and want to set up my desktop. But I read some settings are redundant. Hence I want to understand how everything works, but I am massively lost. Can someone please sort, complete and entitle the following list and explain me what uses what?
How can I disable the shutter sound of gnome-screenshot?
After a recent update of my LMDE, the gnome-screenshot tool started making an annoying camera shutter noise every time a screenshot is taken. This is both annoying and startling (especially if you happen to be wearing earphones when taking the screenshot).
How to set a single modifier key as a shortcut in openbox?
I want to have my super key start dmenu.
I have set it as a keyboard shortcut in my rc.xml as follows:
The most light-weight Compiz compatible environment?
I require Compiz for organizational reasons; I make heavy use of its window sorting features. But I like light-weight environments so that I can give as much of my system’s resources to the applications as possible.