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Everything in it’s Right Place 5: Toggles or Now you see it, now you don’t

This is the fifth and final post in a series on achieving an orderly desktop environment in GNOME 3, using no add-ons, only old school hacks. See also…

Post date April 4, 2015
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Why GNOME keybindings silently resist customization

Note: This relates GNOME Shell 3.10 in Ubuntu 14.04. Other versions may differ and YMMV. The keybindings of GNOME Shell can be changed using the system settings windows…

Post date March 29, 2015
Post categories In Desktop

Everything in it’s Right Place 3: Setting dedicated workspaces with devil’s pie

This is the third post in a series on achieving an orderly desktop environment in GNOME 3, using no add-ons, only old school hacks. See also the first…

Post date August 23, 2014
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Everything in it’s Right Place 2: Setting static workspaces

This is the second post in a series on achieving an orderly desktop environment in GNOME 3, using no add-ons, only old school hacks. See also the first…

Post date July 24, 2014
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Everything In It’s Right Place 1: My idea of a proper desktop

I’m working on polishing a collection of minor desktop hacks that will transform my Gnome Shell experience into something more palatable than vanilla. In preparation for an article…

Post date July 14, 2014
Post categories In Desktop

Gnome Shell: Three years on

The big battle of GNOME Shell has beeen pretty much fought out by now. I think the general consensus is that GNOME Shell lost but that there’s no…

Post date February 2, 2014
Post categories In Desktop