I'm new to Linux and have a couple of questions: I am running Ubuntu 8.04, but have downloaded and installed the KDE desktop and kind that I like that a bit more than Gnome (my boot up now says Kubuntu).
1. I started with Gnome and there are a couple of things that I am missing, and I'm not sure if KDE doesn't have them, or I don't know where to find them:
- The real nice virtual desktop switching with the super key. It just happens on Gnome, but I'm not sure if it is one of the visual effects that I just haven't configured yet.
- When applications are on an inactive virtual desktop, I want them to not show up in the Taskbar, but there they are. This is probably a setting, but I don't know where to find it.
- The transparent window border when a window is inactive. I download the Crystal theme, but that's really not it.
2. One other question. I have a SpaceNavigator and it has a small application that needs to be running to translate what's coming from the device into commands an application can understand.
I have added udev rules so that this program can start with normal user permissions, but I can only seem to launch it from a command line. If I try to start it with a session start or a desktop icon, nothing seems to happen. I suspect that it may be because it is a Motif application.
Any information or insight into either of these areas would be greatly appreciated.
1. I started with Gnome and there are a couple of things that I am missing, and I'm not sure if KDE doesn't have them, or I don't know where to find them:
- The real nice virtual desktop switching with the super key. It just happens on Gnome, but I'm not sure if it is one of the visual effects that I just haven't configured yet.
- When applications are on an inactive virtual desktop, I want them to not show up in the Taskbar, but there they are. This is probably a setting, but I don't know where to find it.
- The transparent window border when a window is inactive. I download the Crystal theme, but that's really not it.
2. One other question. I have a SpaceNavigator and it has a small application that needs to be running to translate what's coming from the device into commands an application can understand.
I have added udev rules so that this program can start with normal user permissions, but I can only seem to launch it from a command line. If I try to start it with a session start or a desktop icon, nothing seems to happen. I suspect that it may be because it is a Motif application.
Any information or insight into either of these areas would be greatly appreciated.
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