A window manager is the software component responsible for the tracking and placement of windows within a graphical interface. Examples: Metacity, Compiz, KWin
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StumpWM as window manager
How can I set up StumpWM to be my windows manager on Ubuntu 10.10? Right now I am using Compiz.
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How can I use Awesome WM with GNOME?
I followed the all the instructions I could find--the ones on the Awesome wiki, and the ones on the Arch linux wiki, but so far none have really worked. I usually get an error while trying to log in ...
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What happened to “Roll up” option in Preferences/Window/Title bar Action?
I like very much the option "Roll up" in Preferences/Window/Title bar Action but it is not there anymore in 10.10.
There are a way to get it back?
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Switching window manager/desktop environments?
In general what is the approach to switch the desktop environment or window manager on Ubuntu? The main difference between stock Ubuntu, Kubuntu and Lubuntu is supposedly the use of Unity vs. KDE vs. ...
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Clicking a window's decoration brings the window to the top, but clicking elswhere does not!
To bring a window to the "top" via the mouse (ie. to bring it above other overlapping windows), I need to click on the window decoration.
Clicking anywhere else in the window, activates the window, ...
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How can I set that Alt-TAB to switch windows only on the current workspace?
How can I set Alt-TAB shortcut to switch only between current workspace windows (not all windows on all workspaces) used Unity in 11.10?
I set a plugin for it in compiz manager, but it could not solve ...
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How to move windows to another workspace without switching workspace?
XFCE supports a hotkey to move a window to another workspace.
In fact this does two things:
It moves the window to the new workspace.
switches to this workspace.
I'm trying to disable this ...
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enable window 'snap' in 12.04 (window maximation on drag to edge)
I have recently updated to 12.04. The feature which maximises the window if dragged to the upper screen edge, taking the right half if dragged to the right edge and so on, is now missing. (I'm coming ...
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Remove windows borders (like in lxde)
I have a small screen (1280x800) and don't like to waste space.
Is there a way to remove a title bar and the frames of the windows themselves?
The buttons on the title bare are easily replaced by ...
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How to disable auto-maximize windows in GNOME?
Each time I open any application, it zooms to fill-up the entire desktop and so I am always forced to use "Unmaximize" using Alt+Space menu.
This is a feature that I must disable at any cost.
Please ...
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How can I change focus when a game locks it?
I am playing Wolfenstein: Enemy Territory, and when I play it in windowed mode, I can't change focus from the game to something else (Alt+Tab doesn't work).
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Can I use Unity with XMonad?
I've been using Fedora for a while, but I recently decided to upgrade my ubuntu installation from 12.04 to 12.10. While I was using Fedora, I found xmonad tiling window manager which I sort of got ...
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Disable joining multiple windows to one icon in unity panel
I don't want multiple open windows of the same program to be joined in one icon. How can I disable that to get one icon per window?
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Remember last window location
How can I configure my Ubuntu to start all program windows at the last window location?
In compiz I only can configure that all windows start in one corner, centered, etc.
Or I have to define rules ...
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Remove both unity and gnome?
TL;DR: Can I remove completely unity and gnome3 but keep compiz?
Long Version:
I really gave a go both to unity and to gnome3. I really did. I just can't bear them.
I need something that I can rely ...
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Alternative desktop managers
Gnome is a reasonable desktop manager, but it doesn't seem to match Mac OSX or Windows 7. Are there any alternatives for Ubuntu that focus more on usability?
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How do I eliminate the extra title bar?
I'm using Oneiric 11.10, Unity 2D, and compiz (modifying some ccsm settings); I've activated the effects plug-in on ccsm, and when I apply the changes by typing in the terminal compiz --replace, I get ...
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How to use mouse scroll to hide windows?
I used to set the mouse scroll to hide the windows when scrolling on the title bar: alas, I can't remember how I did that...
Can you please tell me how to achieve it?
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Windows 7 style live previews
Is it possible to get windows 7 style live previews of what a window is doing, when it is hovered over?
for instance, when i hover over a video player on windows 7, i can see the video playing in ...
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How do I install only the KDE desktop (and not apps) on Unity?
My question is pretty simple. I have Ubuntu 12.04 with Unity and I want to login with KDE.
I have seen recommendations to:
1- run the three commands:
$ sudo add-apt-repository ...
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How can I reset compiz to the default settings?
I've got a bug that is reoccuring (no window chrome close/minimize/maximize buttons) that is solved by changing the visual effects level (e.g. from none to normal).
Unfortunately, the desktop is ...
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What is the app, “compiz” responsible for on ubuntu 12.04?
When I open my system monitor and check the "processes" tab, I've noticed that regardless of what other apps I have running, "compiz" is always taking roughly 10% of my CPU. It might be a broad ...
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How do I focus an “urgent” application?
Sometimes applications will wiggle in the launcher and have a blue triangle. (See compiz config settings for Unity.)
How can I set a keyboard command to bring that application to the front in Ubuntu ...
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Different window managers on different screens?
Is it possible to run different window managers on different screens?
Example, I want to run a tiling window manager (such as awesome) on one screen, and then I would like to run a stacking window ...
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Can I let maximized windows reach behind the gnome-panel?
My top gnome-panel is set to not expand and sits on the top-right of my screen. I just realized I wouldn't mind if maximized windows were able to get behind it (it wouldn't actually cover up ...
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How to move a window between monitors with Gnome Shell?
I see this question is "answered" by stating that there is no way to do this in GNOME:
How to move windows around and between monitors, using keyboard short cuts?
I have doubts that it should be ...
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Mutter: Global menu integration
Is it possible to have Mutter merge the title bar of maximized windows and the panel, like happens with Compiz and Metacity? I want to try to replace Metacity with Mutter in Unity 2D, and so far it ...
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Can I completely remove Gnome and leave xmonad?
I've installed xmonad. I'm trilled with it. I can now use it as my one and only WM. I'm just wondering is it going to work without problems if I totally remove Gnome.
I'm using Ubuntu 10.04.
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How to prevent launcher from influencing window placement?
As I understand it, in Ubuntu 11.04 setting the AutoHide setting on Compiz Config - Unity (see here) not only hid the launcher but prevented the launcher from influencing window placement.
However, ...
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How do I rebind “Initiate Window Move” to mouse button 10?
I am trying to use button 10 on my mouse to drag windows around. I have installed CCSM and changed the initiate button in the plugin "Move Window" to "Button10" (with no modifier, though adding ...
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Some windows aren't recognised by Unity
Some apps, including Transmission in particular, are not recognized by the Unity window manager.
I am not able to focus or select certain windows.
Curiously, I also can't drag it to the launcher.
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How to move the lock window on the lock-screen?
Is it possible to move the window where you input your password on the lock screen away from the center, e.g. at the lower edge?
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How can I define startup applications with the Awesome Window Manager?
I've been reading as much as I can online, but none of it seems to work (i.e. changing ~/.config/awesome/rc.lua).
I've installed awesome window manager from the repos, and I log into it via GDM, and ...
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Which window has current focus?
I'd like to know (programmatically) which window has current focus. Is there a window-manager independent way of discovering that?
Otherwise, how does one determine which window has focus in Compiz ...
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Shell command to bring a program window in front of another?
Does a shell command exist to bring a already started program in gnome in the front of another.
i.e.:
Gedit and Nautilus are started.
Nautilus is in the background and Gedit in the foreground.
How ...
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How to configure Ubuntu 10.x to use a different window manager?
I want to try switching to either Fluxbox or Blackbox as my window manager, but I'm not sure how to go about it.
What are the steps to configuring Ubuntu to use a different window manager?
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What is the default window manager in 12.04?
I don't know how to find the default window manager application name (executable file name and path). I need help to find the window manager.
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Is there a shortcut to tile windows to left or right side of the screen?
As Compiz Grid is not supported in ubuntu-2d, I am looking for alternative to tile windows.
This video shows that xfce4 and xfwm4 can snap windows to a part of the screen. I would like to do that by ...
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Make application always on visible workspace by default?
I want my calculator to always appear on the visible workspace. Right now, I have to right click its title bar every time I open it and check the option, but I know earlier versions of Compiz allowed ...
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How to have pidgin chat windows open up on all workspaces?
I use pidgin as my chat client on ubuntu lucid. Whenever I have a chat window open, I like to mark it as "Always on visible workspace" as it's just more convenient.
Is there a way that I can force ...
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How to disable closing a window
It might sound ridiculous, but I want to prevent closing a window in Ubuntu. I want to provide to my users a highly secure environment, without any desktop environment with just one window open. Now I ...
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Making gnome-shell default [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How do I change the default session for when using auto-logins?
Any way to make gnome-shell as default window manager other than adding
gnome-shell --replace' with in ...
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Resizing windows to a particular width and height instantly
For some reason, I wish to resize a window to a very large size, 4-5 times larger than my screen size. For now, I am doing it manually by moving the entire window but one corner out of the screen and ...
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Minimize windows without them going black and white
I recently updated to KDE 4.10. Now when I minimize windows, the task manager shows them being black and white. I find this very annoying since I tend to find windows primarily based on colors, not ...
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How to start xmonad?
I am under GNOME, and a Ubuntu 11.10 as virtual machine, which does not enable 3D accelaration.
I just downloaded xmonad via software center.
I guess the first step is to replace the current window ...
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Is it possible to place windows with keyboard shortcuts in Xfce?
With Compiz in Unity, I could press Ctrl+Alt+6 to place a window on the right-half of the screen, Ctrl+Alt+4 to place it on the left half, Ctrl+Alt+7 to place it in the top left quarter of the screen, ...
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How can I make a window unclickable?
I would like to be able to "click through" a certain window as if it was not there. How can I set this up?
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I3 WM with auto internet connectivity and a gnome panel
I wanna use I3 as WM with a gnome-panel on the bottom. But when i try to start the gnome-panel, I3 crashes. So how is it possible to run both?
Another question is: How can i connect to the internet ...
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How to install and use AwesomeWM alongside Unity? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How do I install and use Awesome WM?
How to install and use AwesomeWM in Ubuntu 12.04?
