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Cannot install the original GNOME DE on my PC

A few months ago I really needed a way to arrange icons on my desktop (or something similar, I can't distinctly remember), but I was not able to do it on the original desktop. I searched a little ...
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The deepin theme is not recognized by Cinnamon because the "gtk-3.20" folder is missing

I use Ubuntu 20.04.3 LTS 64-bit with "cinnamon-desktop-environment" installed. The link to the theme is the following: https://github.com/linuxdeepin/deepin-gtk-theme/issues/20 Is there a ...
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"Correct" way to install with only Cinnamon and sddm

New laptop, I want to install linux on this machine. I've tried a couple of window managers in a VM and settled on Cinnamon as wm and SDDM as DM. I'd also prefer to have a Ubuntu like system as a base ...
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How do I add my script and desktop file so it's configurable as a preferred application?

I'm trying to set up a URL router script that looks at urls and opens them with a different browser instance (firefox profile in my case) depending on the result of pattern matching performed against ...
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System Freezes for 5 Seconds Whenever a New Bluetooth Device or USB Device Is Connected

I'm using Ubuntu 20.04 with kernel 5.11.0-25. If I connect a Bluetooth device (e.g. my keyboard after going to sleep or a new USB device, but not SD cards) the system will freeze for around 5 seconds. ...
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Ubuntu cinnamon display settings doesn't run

I'm working on Ubuntu 20.04 with Cinnamon 4.4.8 desktop. Some time ago I started to have issues with my displays: they either aren't detected or the layout is reset to default one. I tried to access ...
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Desktop Freezes every second with AnyDesk client connected

I have a strange issue with AnyDesk. I can use it fine to connect to other PC's. If anyone tries to connect to me as soon as I hit accept it seems to freeze for a micro second every 1 second. The only ...
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Cinnamon Desktop Panel Launcher & Taskbar Problems

Something happened to my Cinnamon desktop. I no longer have the task bar or panel launcher functioning properly and now I have a group window instead. If I add a Panel Launcher from 'Add Applets to ...
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Can't install Skype in Cinnamon 19.3 , 32bit [closed]

I am very new at this. A friend gave me an hp mini Compaq notebook from 2001. I put Linux Mint 32 bit. I now want to install Skype. All the versions I find are for 64 bit. As I understand the last one ...
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Ubuntu 20.04 Server 64-bit - Raspberry Pi 4 - The network icon shows me disconnected while in reality I am properly connected to the internet

I have installed lightdm + cinnamon on Ubuntu 20.04 Server 64-bit for Raspberry Pi 4. The systray network icon shows me disconnected from the internet while in reality I am connected. None of the ...
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Ubuntu 20.04 with "cinnamon-desktop-environment". The drop-down menu opens on click but closes when I release the button

I have installed "cinnamon-desktop-environment" on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS Desktop 64-bit. I am attaching a video in which I open any dropdown menu. Any dropdown menu of any application suffers the ...
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Thunderbird portable with wine not starting from Cinnamon file explorer

With remote working, I work 50% at the office on a Windows 10 machine and 50% at home on an Ubuntu machine. I solved most of my portability issued with servers on VPN, git, copies at the end of the ...
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How to Run Cinnamon on XRDP With Ununtu Server 20.4 LTS

I want to access my headless server from my Windows 10 laptop using my default Cinnamon desktop on Server 20.4 LTS. Cinnamon runs fine from the console. XRDP is running fine from the laptop to the ...
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My Lenovo Ideapad S340 crashes randomly with Ubuntu 18.04 & Cinnamon

As the title says, my Lenovo Ideapad S340 (Intel Core i7, "10th Generation") crashes randomly using Ubuntu 18.04 and there is nothing I can do when this happens. So, the only option I got is ...
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lightdm change badge icon login for "ubuntu on wayland"

I have changed cinnamon login badge icon with: /usr/share/unity-greeter/custom_cinnamon_badge.png I would like to change the "ubuntu on wayland" badge (which is empty) in the same way, for ...
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The lightdm login screen is wrong

These are the steps I took to install lightdm: sudo apt update sudo apt install lightdm # I have set lightdm instead of gdm3 in the interactive menu sudo apt install slick-greeter sudo apt install ...
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Keyboard output reset

Ubuntu 20.10 groovy (x86-64) Kernel: 5.8.0-43-generic Cinnamon: 4.6.7 Problem: Keyboard output reset My Belgian Keyboard output (layout is ok), resets every time and I have to use the sudo setxkbmap ...
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Lightdm + Cinnamon: Missing System Tray Icons

If I use gdm3, the problem does not appear, instead if I use lightdm, the problem appear until I restart cinnamon: How can I solve the problem? EDIT: I have installed these two in the following ...
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Ubuntu 20.10: Change from gnome to Cinnamon on the login screen and not just after login

With this command and after login desktop choice: sudo apt install cinnamon-desktop-environment I am able to use the Cinnamon interface after login. But after terminating the session or restarting ...
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Keyboard shortcut to select full file name including extension

Is there a shortcut to select the full name of a file when copying or renaming using a graphical interface? F2 only select the file name excluding the extension.
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howto to build nemo extension nemo-seahorse version 4.4.0 without libgnome-keyring-dev

I use Ubuntu 20.04 desktop and install afterwards a Cinnamon deskstop. Because Cinnamon Nemo filemanager did default not have nemo-seahorse support, I want to build nemo-seahorse extension for Nemo ...
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How can I switch back from KDE to Cinnamon modifying some Ubuntu configuration files [closed]

I've installed KDE full on my Jetson Nano, but I made a huge mistake. On the screen I see the error failed to start kernel modules and it gets stuck before to show the login screen (I'm using an HDMI ...
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How can I install Cinnamon without the extra apps?

I want to run Cinnamon, just not all the time. So, I would like a package that has the bare minimum of applications. I've tried to search for such a thing but all my searching has been fruitless thus ...
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^PgUp, ^PgDn, ^End, do not work, in Groovy

All keys work fine without a modifier key. In all applications I have tested, Ctrl-PgUp, PgDn, and End are null--no effect on any program. Contrary to various answers I've found in searches, this is ...
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Can you have two or more .wine installs or wine .desktops?

I would like to run an app twice or more. It is to host a game server for an old car game. Example is: wine desktop 1 = game server with sports cars mod wine desktop 2 = game server with 1967 cars mod ...
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Inverting network status using rfkill on ubuntu + cinnamon

Im using ubuntu with cinnamon and im tired of not having a bluetooth switch, and having to use rfkill to turn BT off. For now, i use blueman to turn BT on and manage devices and connections, and I use ...
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Using super+space rotates through apps in bottom

I use super+space to switch languages, but recently it started showing me the app previews (or whatever they are called) in the bottom panel How can I toggle this off and only use the shortcut for ...
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Cursor size and selection issue [duplicate]

Booted up to a weird issue. My cursor size and selection change when I mouse over from desktop to browser. https://i.stack.imgur.com/rXpj3.jpg I didn't change anything in themes, nor mouse pointers ...
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Ubuntu 20.04 theme with higher contrast title bar for active vs background window

I'm using Ubuntu 20.04 (Focal Fossa) with Cinnamon desktop. The problem I've got is that it's hard to tell which window is active and which is in the background. I'm running Adwaita theme for Controls ...
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How to change the Cinnamon system theme from the command line?

How can I change the Cinnamon system theme from the commandline?
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How can I install latest version of Cinnamon in Ubuntu?

My computer's OS and desktop environment are: Ubuntu 20.04 (focal) 64 bit Cinnamon Desktop 4.4.8 Here is a screenshot of my system (sorry, it's French, it's ok if you don't know french to see it): ...
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IBus not working in Cinnamon

I have configured these 3 languages in IBus while I was using Gnome desktop-- English (US), Bengali (Avro-Phonetic) and Hindi (KaGaPa phonetic). Recently I have installed Cinnamon and I haven't found ...
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Unable to set Terminator as default Terminal in Ubuntu with Cinnamon Desktop

I installed Ubuntu 20.04 from the official website and installed terminator using APT and It worked! Ctrl+Alt+T started terminator. Then I installed cinnamon desktop, rebooted and Ctrl+Alt+T came up ...
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Replaced screen for my laptop, now can't control brightness (16.04)

I replaced the broken screen on my laptop (System76 Gazelle 11, rebranded Clevo W60RZ1, running 16.04) with one I ordered from a replacement screen site and I can no longer control the brightness from ...
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Program Open/ Save As Dialogue No Bookmarks No Places

I thought I had solved this before but can't remember what I did. I use Qpdfview for my PDF viewer. The Save As/ Open dialogue does not have any bookmarks or places like the default file manager (...
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Help identifying orphaned or redundant system apps

Trying to streamline my existing Ubuntu Studio Cinnamon 20.04 experience. I know I could just start over rather than strive to clean things up from various distros and apps over time, but I would love ...
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can't encrypt files with cinnamon nemo file manager

I upgraded succesfully my Ubuntu 18.04 default amd64 distribution to Ubuntu 20.04 amd64. On both Ubuntu 18.04 and Ubuntu 20.04 I was able to encrypt files with gpg from the default files filemanager ...
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How can I safely remove desktop environments from Ubuntu Studio login screen?

I have been using Ubuntu Studio several years now. Seem to have a bunch of redundant offerings for apps, etc. listed as installed. While I have logged onto the Xfce interface for emergency Cinnamon ...
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Bluetooth not working in 20.04 - fine in 19.10

I have a Dell Laptop with an Intel AX200 WiFi/Bluetooth adapter. This combo was working fine in 19.10. But any attempt to connect now claims to connect but does not. I'm using Cinnamon as a desktop....
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Pin dropbox to ubuntu cinnamon 20.04 panel

Does anybody know how to pin a dropbox folder into Ubuntu cinnamon panel at the bottom? I pinned nemo, but it keeps opening "home" by default. Maybe changing the default launcher properties of nemo (...
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How the clipboard works

Sometimes I have different contents in the clipboard if I do ctrl+v and paste with right-click and past, I get different output. For example if I copy a secret from my bitwarden app then that comes ...
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Remove both thunderbird and evolution email cinnamon ubuntu

I have installed the cinnamon desktop environment using sudo apt-get install cinnamon-desktop-environment on my Ubuntu machine. I noticed there was a lot of applications pre-installed that I was never ...
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How does one immediately start shutting down withouth menu cinnamon?

Most Linux desktops show you a menu, after choosing shutdown, which is quite weird. Is there a way to make cinnamon go immediately shutdown after clicking the logo and not show any window or menu? I ...
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My cinnamon desktop environment on Ubuntu uninstalls itself randomly?

I was running ubuntu with cinnamon desktop environment. This problem started yesterday after I installed python3. I uninstalled python by using the command sudo apt remove python too. My cinnamon ...
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Why does Ubuntu slow down after 5 minutes of working with it?

I am new to Ubuntu (18.04) and lately I am having problems with it, it turns out that when I start working on the computer everything is fine, terminal, shell, Firefox, Brave-Browser, folders will ...
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Nvidia GTX 1660 - which driver do I have to install [duplicate]

I have just ordered a GTX 1660 OC edition 6GB GDDR5 and I have Ubuntu 18.04 x64 with Cinnamon UI. I would like to know which driver do you advise to install for that GPU? E.g. do you think I should ...
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ubuntu 20.04 cinnamon font problem

I just upgraded ubuntu 18.04 to 20.04 with cinnamon desktop environment. Then, it seems that fonts do not display properly in applets. Basically, I just see white boxes instead of letters, as in the ...
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AttributeError: module 'PIL.Image' has no attribute 'VERSION' python2 pip

When trying to run cinnamon-settings python2 I see the following error: hutber@hutber:~$ cinnamon-settings python2 Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/share/cinnamon/cinnamon-settings/...
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Cinnamon desktop runs only in software rendering mode on raspberry pi 4

Downloaded and flashed, Ubuntu Server 19.10.1 , to a 32GB SD card. Installed xubuntu desktop. Cloned that to a couple of other sd cards. Installed Ubuntu Mate on one. https://itsfoss.com/install-mate-...
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Clipit won't launch

Ubuntu 18.04. Had trouble with an installed version of Cinnamon desktop and installed the latest version of Ubuntu desktop MATE. Discovered that Clipit wasn't with the MATE package and installed it ...
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