GNOME is a popular desktop environment for Linux, Solaris and other UNIX operating systems.
GNOME is a popular desktop environment for Linux, Solaris and other UNIX operating systems.
Questions tagged [gnome]
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How do I know what processes are using the network?
Sometimes I can see heavy usage of network in my Gnome System Monitor. I wonder what process is downloading/uploading data. Is there any tool which can show me:
what processes are using the Internet
a dynamic real-time view of the download/upload…
Forrest
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Is installing a GUI on my CentOS server a good idea?
I have a new dedicated server that I'm going to create a couple of VMs on. OS will be CentOS 6.5, for the host and the VMs.
Does the GUI on the host (Gnome etc) give any real benefit when it comes to handling the VMs? Or is it just sucking up…
Codemonkey
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Ubuntu login page: where to specify users list shown
Using Ubuntu 10.04.1 Desktop (Latest)
After the boot process, GDM shows the graphical login screen along with a list of users that can log in. Clicking a name will ask for its password.
I would like to modify that list and show only a restricted…
Déjà vu
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Applying systemd control group resource limits automatically to specific user applications in a gnome-shell session
Having seen that GNOME now launches apps under systemd scopes I've been looking at a way to get systemd to apply some cgroup resource and memory limits to my browser.
I want to apply a MemoryMax and CPUShare to all app-gnome-firefox-*.scope…
Craig Ringer
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How can I remove the GUI bits from a Red Hat Enterprise Linux install?
I am looking at a farm of RedHat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 5.3 servers, which all have GNOME and Xorg installed, none of which need them. They were deployed by a 3rd party from a VM template, and I don't know all of their history. What I do know is…
crb
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How to list logged-in users on Scientific Linux (RHEL clone)?
I used to be able to check which users were logged into a machine running Scientific Linux (CERN) using w (or users or who) but this no longer works unless the user has a terminal open. Anyone who has logged in and is running a Gnome session with…
Ben
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x11vnc on Ubuntu 16.04 Gnome with systemd
I am having troubles to start x11vnc service on Ubuntu server 16.04 Gnome.
It used to work just fine under 14.04. Not sure if related to x11vnc itself or the systemd.
Here is the systemd service file :
[Unit]
Description=Start x11vnc at…
M-Jack
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"git init" via "gio mount" on samba: fatal: could not set 'core.filemode' to 'false'
I want to push my repository to a Samba share mounted via GNOME's Nautilus. I believe it uses gio mount under the hood. However, when I try to run git init in a mounted Samba share, I get the following error:
error: chmod on…
ivarec
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How can I retrieve screen unlock times in gnome?
The last command only retrieves the login times. I'm interested in the times that the screen was unlocked. Any indirect means of getting this are also welcome.
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windows equivalent of linux ssh -X server command
I have a linux server, and from my linux client I run a graphical app on the server issuing on the client
ssh -X server command
command is a gnome app
Is there a way to do the same from a windows client?
Thank you for your help!
Paolo Benvenuto
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What is the best graphical terminal/console for Linux?
Well, I'm often tired of the basic functionalities of terminal provided as is when installing a new distribution.
What is the best console in a graphical mode?
For now, all I want to is:
Tabs management
Easy copy/paste (^C/^V support)
UTF-8…
Boris Guéry
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Good file manager replacement in Linux / Windows?
I like to use Windows and Linux (Ubuntu) and I'm constantly disappointed at the lack of power in the file managers.
What uber-powerful all inclusive awesomesauce solution do you use?
/yes, I know about the terminal
//yes, I'm lazy
MathewC
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Is access to the GNOME desktop required to be a system administrator?
I’m a blind programmer with limited system administration experience doing things like setting up development servers. There’s been a lot of complaints about Oracle firing the main accessibility developer for GNOME. In my experience Linux servers…
Jared
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Is it possible to limit the number of previous users on login screen in centos?
I'd like to customize the login screen on CentOS to limit the number of users displayed? I know how to disable the user's list by customizing the dconf gdm db but I wonder if I can set a limit value...
jeromes
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"Unable to open display " "" error on VNC Server
I'm trying to run a GUI for my CentOS 6 server. I've installed VNC, and I have followed this guide through to the end - http://wiki.centos.org/HowTos/VNC-Server
Once the VNC server is started, I try to access it through the command:
vncviewer -via…
