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How can I add an application to the Favorites section of the Applications menu in CentOS 7?

August 7, 2022 by Magenaut

I have created a custom application entry in the applications menu for Eclipse as follows in a file /usr/share/applications/eclipse.desktop as follows [Desktop Entry] Version=1.0 Name=Eclipse Exec=/usr/local/eclipse/eclipse Terminal=false Type=Application StartupNotify=true Categories=X-Red-Hat-Extra;Application;Development; X-Desktop-File-Install-Version=0.15 Icon=/usr/local/eclipse/icon.xpm This now appears fine in the Programming section of the Applications menu. How can I add it to the Favorites section? Answers: Thank … Read more

Mouse clicks stop working after random time, using Awesome WM + Gnome

August 7, 2022 by Magenaut

I’m using the Awesome Window Manager together with Gnome in Linux Mint. I experience the following problem several times a day:

Why does F10 in gnome-terminal open the right-click menu?

August 7, 2022 by Magenaut

I am running Fedora 17 gnome (shell) 3 and gnome terminal 3.4.1.1.

Why doesn’t pressing the “PrtScrn” button open Gnome’s screenshot window?

August 7, 2022 by Magenaut

There’s a pretty detailed set of instructions for how to take screenshots under debian online. The first paragraph suggests that debian supports an inbuilt screenshot facility:

Enable remote desktop for Gnome from command line?

August 6, 2022 by Magenaut

I am trying to set up some automation scripts to set up a Linux environment. I would like to enable remote desktop sharing without the user having to actually use the GUI to do so. My plan is to write a batch script that maybe edits some file to do this automatically, if possible.

How to do a print screen or capture an area of the screen

August 6, 2022 by Magenaut

Is there an equivalent of the Window’s Print Screen + Paste (or better yet the Mac OS Cmd+Shift+4, Space) in Gnome?

Safely uninstalling GNOME desktop environment on Fedora 29

August 6, 2022 by Magenaut

This question is similar to What is secure to remove from GNOME Desktop => GNOME (but not a duplicate).

How do I determine the number of rows and columns in a gnome-terminal window while resizing?

August 6, 2022 by Magenaut

I’m running Fedora 21 which comes with gnome 3.14. In older versions, when I resized a terminal, a little box would appear that showed the dimensions of the terminal (in columns and rows, not pixels; defaulting to 24×80). Now when I resize the terminal, this box doesn’t appear. How do I re-enable this feature, or … Read more

Gnome3+: How do I remove favorites from Dash via terminal?

August 6, 2022 by Magenaut

I’m guessing I need to edit one of the schemas available in gsettings but I don’t know which one. and when I listed all the schemas, there’s just too many of them.