With the recent talk about developing a lightweight KDE desktop, the KWin maintainer, Martin Gräßlin, is talking out to try to clarify whether the compositing window manager is lightweight…
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Are Compositing Window Managers Lightweight?
May 6, 2013 by Leave a Comment
Ubuntu dumps X window system, creates replacement for PC and mobile
March 6, 2013 by Leave a Comment
The X window system has served numerous Linux- and Unix-based operating systems well over its nearly three decades of life. But Canonical is ready to move on from X, saying a new display server is necessary to power the Unity user interface in Ubuntu as the OS expands from desktops to tablets and phones.
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How To Get Unity Launcher Window Dodge In Ubuntu 12.10 Or 13.04
February 1, 2013 by Leave a Comment
The patch that adds the old window dodge autohide behaviour for the Unity Launcher hasn’t been updated for Ubuntu 12.10, but an old script that implements the same behaviour, with some limitations, now works with Ubuntu 12.10 and even 13.04.
A Proposal To Fix The Full-Screen Linux Window Mess
October 25, 2012 by Leave a Comment
Ryan Gordon, the well-known Linux game porter and developer of SDL and other open-source projects, along with Sam Lantinga, another key SDL developer and recent hire for Valve’s Linux team, have proposed a window manager change to work out the full-screen X11 window mess…
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How to custmize KDE’s window titlebar buttons
July 5, 2012 by Leave a Comment
If you are using the latest KDE edition of your favorite distribution, your window titlebar could be missing a button or two that you most certainly need. That is definitely the case on Sabayon 9 KDE. The titlebar could also be sporting spacers that you do not need, as is the case on Kubuntu 12.04.
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Unity Window Quicklists: Switch Between Open Windows Via Quicklists
June 15, 2012 by Leave a Comment
Unity Window Quicklists is a python script that adds a feature to Unity which many Ubuntu users have requested: quicklists that let you switch between open windows of the same application.
`Window Applets`, Finally Available For GNOME 3 (Classic / Fallback)
February 17, 2012 by Leave a Comment
Window Applets is a pack of two GNOME panel applets that lets you put the window title and buttons on the top panel. Since GNOME 3, Window Applets stopped working but today, a new version has been released with support for the GNOME 3 classic / fallback panel.
Linux 3.3-rc1 Released, Merge Window Closes
January 20, 2012 by Leave a Comment
Linux for Users: Animation with X Window System Icons
January 13, 2012 by Leave a Comment
Linux desktops can display as much movement, graphics, and assorted eye candy as any other operating system. These two programs, ibanner and iclock, demonstrate how to do it easily.
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Introduction To The Enlightenment 17 Window Manager For X (Ubuntu 11.10)
January 9, 2012 by Leave a Comment
This tutorial is supposed to show some features of the Enlightenment window manager as an alternative to the often used Gnome and KDE managers. I will install Enlightenment on a desktop computer with Ubuntu 11.10 installed. Apart from the login screen however, all of the controls shown on the screenshots should be the same for every installation of enlightenment, whatever distribution you install it on. Enlightenment is already included in the Ubuntu repositories, therefore Ubuntu users and those of any Ubuntu derivatives won’t have any problems installing it. It is also available for download for most other distributions though.
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Introduction To The Enlightenment 17 Window Manager For X (Ubuntu 11.10)
January 6, 2012 by Leave a Comment
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Introduction To The Enlightenment 17 Window Manager For X (Ubuntu 11.10)
This tutorial is supposed to show some features of the Enlightenment window manager as an alternative to the often used Gnome and KDE managers. I will install Enlightenment on a desktop computer with Ubuntu
11.10 installed. Apart from the login screen however, all of the
controls shown on the screenshots should be the same for every
installation of enlightenment, whatever distribution you install it on.
Enlightenment is already included in the Ubuntu repositories, therefore
Ubuntu users and those of any Ubuntu derivatives won’t have any
problems installing it. It is also available for download for most
other distributions though.
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