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Custom session: Window does not capture full screen area by default. 12.04
I am trying to create a custom session by creating a custom.desktop file in /usr/share/xesessions folder. Remember this is not a gnome or some other session. I have created my own application for this ...
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Add a new custom session?
I would like to add a new session to the login screen (the thing where you select "Ubuntu, Ubuntu Classic, etc" to install a new GUI on. How can I do this?
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Running a webbrowser on the screen saver or login screen?
I would really like people to be able to use my locked computer to surf, so I would like some way to run a browser on login screen. So can I make GDM run Firefox in some way? It would be cooler if I ...
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How to run a Python script for a specific user log in?
I have written a python script and would like that to run for a specific user log in. The script has two images, one with the Windows logo and the other for Linux.
When the Windows logo is clicked ...
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How to shutdown the computer after Xsession ends?
I'm making a computer like an arcade machine with an academic game. I'm using Xsession to replace the desktop by an application. It's working fine. But when I go out from the game it returns to the ...
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Does Ubuntu's bootloader support native virtual machine booting?
I'm still fairly new to Linux and I was wondering if the Ubuntu boot loader can be configured to boot natively to a virtual machine similar to Windows7/Server 2008 "vhd with native boot" feature?
I'...
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How to create a user group that can only use one application?
I need create a special user group which is only allowed to login in to gnome and execute only one application.
How can I do that?
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How to replace my desktop with a full-size web-browser window?
I wish to replace my current desktop view with a web-browser view of a specified URL and still be able to open more windows of whatever application I so choose; how would one go about accomplishing ...
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Is it possible to set up a separate session with GNOME Shell built from source as default?
This post explains how to build GNOME Shell from source thus preventing Unity wreckage. There's also a line which sets Shell as the default window manager at startup. I was wondering, would it be ...
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how to change session when on MacBuntu theme?
Learning about the Xmonad session, I downloaded it, but as of now I am unable to change session due to Macbuntu theme as it has no such selection criteria in Login screen, is there anyway to change ...
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Require admin Password to open firefox on user account Ubuntu [duplicate]
My siblings have a user account on my ubuntu computer, and they aren't allowed to use the internet. I need to block firefox on their account.
In order to open firefox on their user account, I would ...