Hey Y'all,
Does CentOS have a desk top switcher similar to what you find on Fedora?
A friend of mine want's to be able to switch between desktops. I've only got Gnome installed on my machine so I don't switch. A search of Google turns up reference to CentOS 4 for desktop switcher but I don't see anything for CentOS 6.3.
On 11/02/12 8:51 PM, Mark LaPierre wrote:
Does CentOS have a desk top switcher similar to what you find on Fedora?
A friend of mine want's to be able to switch between desktops. I've only got Gnome installed on my machine so I don't switch. A search of Google turns up reference to CentOS 4 for desktop switcher but I don't see anything for CentOS 6.3.
its built into gnome, you can enable as many virtual desktops as you like, and move windows onto any of them. they should up as little boxes to the right end of the bottom toolbar (taskbar?). I forget if it comes up with 1 or 2 configured.
I forget offhand how you configure them, but its not hard to find.
On 3 November 2012 14:09, John R Pierce pierce@hogranch.com wrote:
On 11/02/12 8:51 PM, Mark LaPierre wrote:
Does CentOS have a desk top switcher similar to what you find on Fedora?
A friend of mine want's to be able to switch between desktops. I've only got Gnome installed on my machine so I don't switch. A search of Google turns up reference to CentOS 4 for desktop switcher but I don't see anything for CentOS 6.3.
its built into gnome, you can enable as many virtual desktops as you like, and move windows onto any of them. they should up as little boxes to the right end of the bottom toolbar (taskbar?). I forget if it comes up with 1 or 2 configured.
I forget offhand how you configure them, but its not hard to find.
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You can enable it via Desktop Effects, it is located under System | Preferences | Desktop Effects. I believe it only works with 3D graphics card which is pretty much standard these days, however if you are using NVIDIA Optimus cards with bumblebee installed you will only get two compared to four desktop/workspace.
Yep, built into GNOME. Either use the workspace switcher applet on the lower panel _or_ the keyboard shortcuts [0].
Ctrl + Alt + left or right arrow by default for GNOME2. Recent versions of GNOME (version 3) use Ctrl + Alt + up or down arrow by default.
[0] http://www.novell.com/coolsolutions/tip/2289.html
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On Sat, Nov 3, 2012 at 2:09 AM, John R Pierce pierce@hogranch.com wrote:
On 11/02/12 8:51 PM, Mark LaPierre wrote:
Does CentOS have a desk top switcher similar to what you find on Fedora?
A friend of mine want's to be able to switch between desktops. I've only got Gnome installed on my machine so I don't switch. A search of Google turns up reference to CentOS 4 for desktop switcher but I don't see anything for CentOS 6.3.
its built into gnome, you can enable as many virtual desktops as you like, and move windows onto any of them. they should up as little boxes to the right end of the bottom toolbar (taskbar?). I forget if it comes up with 1 or 2 configured.
I forget offhand how you configure them, but its not hard to find.
-- john r pierce N 37, W 122 santa cruz ca mid-left coast
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Am 03.11.2012 07:09, schrieb John R Pierce:
On 11/02/12 8:51 PM, Mark LaPierre wrote:
Does CentOS have a desk top switcher similar to what you find on Fedora?
A friend of mine want's to be able to switch between desktops. I've only got Gnome installed on my machine so I don't switch. A search of Google turns up reference to CentOS 4 for desktop switcher but I don't see anything for CentOS 6.3.
its built into gnome, you can enable as many virtual desktops as you like, and move windows onto any of them. they should up as little boxes to the right end of the bottom toolbar (taskbar?). I forget if it comes up with 1 or 2 configured.
I forget offhand how you configure them, but its not hard to find.
The OP is for sure speaking about
https://admin.fedoraproject.org/pkgdb/acls/name/switchdesk
Not switching between virtual desktops but pre-login selection between various desktop environments.
Alexander
On 11/03/2012 09:21 AM, Alexander Dalloz wrote:
Am 03.11.2012 07:09, schrieb John R Pierce:
On 11/02/12 8:51 PM, Mark LaPierre wrote:
Does CentOS have a desk top switcher similar to what you find on Fedora?
A friend of mine want's to be able to switch between desktops. I've only got Gnome installed on my machine so I don't switch. A search of Google turns up reference to CentOS 4 for desktop switcher but I don't see anything for CentOS 6.3.
its built into gnome, you can enable as many virtual desktops as you like, and move windows onto any of them. they should up as little boxes to the right end of the bottom toolbar (taskbar?). I forget if it comes up with 1 or 2 configured.
I forget offhand how you configure them, but its not hard to find.
The OP is for sure speaking about
https://admin.fedoraproject.org/pkgdb/acls/name/switchdesk
Not switching between virtual desktops but pre-login selection between various desktop environments.
Alexander
CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Yes, this is what I'm referencing. Virtual desktops are common to all Unix/Linux GUI environments that I've seen. The switchdesk application is available for Fedora but does not seem to be available for CentOS.
"*"*"*" nux@li.nux.ro wrote:
Hi,
You can do it from GDM itself, at login time you can choose the language and the desktop environment to log in to. See image. http://img.nux.ro/3mM-el6gdm.png "*"*"*"
This image is of the Stella GDM not CentOS but it does demonstrate what I'm talking about.
To clarify my original posting, I only have the Gnome desktop installed on my machine. I do not have KDE, or any other desktop, installed, just Gnome. I do not see a session selection on my systems GDM panel.
What I want to know is this:
If I have multiple installations does CentOS also support the same session selection option on the GDM panel as is shown on the screen shot of the Stella GDM?
On Sat, 3 Nov 2012, Mark LaPierre wrote:
*snip*
Yes, this is what I'm referencing. Virtual desktops are common to all Unix/Linux GUI environments that I've seen. The switchdesk application is available for Fedora but does not seem to be available for CentOS.
I'm not sure about Centos 6.3, but for 5.8 it's in the base repo:
Available Packages Name : switchdesk-gui Arch : noarch Version : 4.0.8 Release : 7.el5 Size : 137 k Repo : base Summary : A graphical interface for the Desktop Switcher. License : GPL Description: The switchdesk-gui package provides the graphical user : interface for the Desktop Switcher.
HTH
Keith
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On 11/03/2012 04:52 PM, Keith Roberts wrote:
On Sat, 3 Nov 2012, Mark LaPierre wrote:
*snip*
Yes, this is what I'm referencing. Virtual desktops are common to all Unix/Linux GUI environments that I've seen. The switchdesk application is available for Fedora but does not seem to be available for CentOS.
I'm not sure about Centos 6.3, but for 5.8 it's in the base repo:
Available Packages Name : switchdesk-gui Arch : noarch Version : 4.0.8 Release : 7.el5 Size : 137 k Repo : base Summary : A graphical interface for the Desktop Switcher. License : GPL Description: The switchdesk-gui package provides the graphical user : interface for the Desktop Switcher.
HTH
Keith
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That's my issue. I don't see switchdesk
[root@mushroom ~]# yum install switchdesk* Loaded plugins: fastestmirror, refresh-packagekit, security Loading mirror speeds from cached hostfile * base: mirror.umd.edu * elrepo: mirror.symnds.com * extras: centos.supsec.org * rpmfusion-free-updates: mirror.us.leaseweb.net * rpmfusion-nonfree-updates: mirror.us.leaseweb.net * updates: mirror.es.its.nyu.edu Setting up Install Process No package switchdesk* available. Error: Nothing to do [root@mushroom ~]#
[mlapier@mushroom ~]$ name CentOS release 6.3 (Final) Linux mushroom.patch 2.6.32-279.11.1.el6.i686 #1 SMP Tue Oct 16 14:40:53 UTC 2012 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux [mlapier@mushroom ~]
Can I assume that I will not be able to select my chosen environment from GDM if I have multiple environments installed to choose from?
On 03.11.2012 20:45, Mark LaPierre wrote:
What I want to know is this:
If I have multiple installations does CentOS also support the same session selection option on the GDM panel as is shown on the screen shot of the Stella GDM?
Yes. If you do a "yum groupinstall 'KDE Desktop'" (or any other DE/WM that adds an entry into GDM - e.g. windowmaker, icewm etc) next time you use GDM it will offer you that selection dialogue.
On 11/03/2012 05:54 PM, Nux! wrote:
On 03.11.2012 20:45, Mark LaPierre wrote:
What I want to know is this:
If I have multiple installations does CentOS also support the same session selection option on the GDM panel as is shown on the screen shot of the Stella GDM?
Yes. If you do a "yum groupinstall 'KDE Desktop'" (or any other DE/WM that adds an entry into GDM - e.g. windowmaker, icewm etc) next time you use GDM it will offer you that selection dialogue.
Thank you for the clear and meaningful response Y'all. I really appreciate your help.
Wait ... what do you mean by desktops?
Workspaces or Desktop Environments? Your reference to only having GNOME on your machine is unclear.
---~~.~~--- Mike // SilverTip257 //
On Fri, Nov 2, 2012 at 11:51 PM, Mark LaPierre marklapier@aol.com wrote:
Hey Y'all,
Does CentOS have a desk top switcher similar to what you find on Fedora?
A friend of mine want's to be able to switch between desktops. I've only got Gnome installed on my machine so I don't switch. A search of Google turns up reference to CentOS 4 for desktop switcher but I don't see anything for CentOS 6.3. _______________________________________________ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
On Sat, 3 Nov 2012, Clive Hills wrote:
To: CentOS mailing list centos@centos.org From: Clive Hills discordianuk@gmail.com Subject: Re: [CentOS] Desktop Switcher
I'm confused as are you. Gnome3 is unavailable for CentOS at present. Clive
To choose which desktop GUI system to run, use:
Name : switchdesk Arch : noarch Version : 4.0.8 Release : 7.el5 Size : 7.6 k Repo : installed Summary : A desktop environment switcher for GNOME, KDE and AnotherLevel. License : GPL Description: The Desktop Switcher is a tool which enables : users to easily switch between various : desktop environments that they have installed. : The tool includes support for KDE, GNOME, XFce4 : and twm.
In a particular desktop GUI environmet you can set how many virtual desktop sessions you want to run, and under XFCE you can run the xfce4-panel command, to give you a nice set of virtual desktops to switch between.
HTH
Keith
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I was comparing GNOME2 usage to GNOME3. I'm aware it is not currently an [official] CentOS package.
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On Sat, Nov 3, 2012 at 9:16 AM, Clive Hills discordianuk@gmail.com wrote:
I'm confused as are you. Gnome3 is unavailable for CentOS at present. Clive _______________________________________________ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
On 03.11.2012 03:51, Mark LaPierre wrote:
Hey Y'all,
Does CentOS have a desk top switcher similar to what you find on Fedora?
A friend of mine want's to be able to switch between desktops. I've only got Gnome installed on my machine so I don't switch. A search of Google turns up reference to CentOS 4 for desktop switcher but I don't see anything for CentOS 6.3.
Hi,
You can do it from GDM itself, at login time you can choose the language and the desktop environment to log in to. See image. http://img.nux.ro/3mM-el6gdm.png
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