KDE environment distro show black screen in my system
I fresh install Fedora with KDE in my desktop computer with ASRock motherboard and AMD Ryzen 5600G with iGPU and i made the bootable USB using balena etcher. When i update via terminalsudo dnf...
View ArticleHow do most popular DEs handle external monitor connection?
I've recently moved from using Cinnamon desktop environment to i3wm (quite a leap, I know). The first thing I've immediately noticed is that i3 doesn't handle external monitor connection automatically....
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Find the lightest desktop environment
A high-votes answer here for the question "What's the lightest desktop" which actually tried to quantitatively assess memory use relies on a Wikipedia page which quotes 2011 data. The newest article I...
View ArticleGNOME: Bottom task bar is missing/blank after upgrade
I am running kali linux, which has gnome. I just updated with apt-get update && apt-get upgradeand that completed without incident, only a little while after did I realise that my bottom...
View ArticleCan not change desktop environments
I am trying to check out different desktop environments, so I installed Debian 12.4 and included several of the desktop environments during the installation. Immediately after installing, I am using...
View ArticleAre there any Linux Distros /DEs that support independant workspaces on multi...
I am Looking for behaviour similar to a Mac's DE.I want to be able to switch workspaces independantly of the monitors. A lot of people have suggested setting workspaces-only-on-primary to false...
View ArticleHow to revert rpm-ostree reset?
For debugging reasons, I executed rpm-ostree reset and booted into the new deployment. But how do I revert that?I can obviously boot into the previous old deployment. However, if I upgrade or so, I...
View Articlegtk-launch only works when present working directory is Desktop
I just figured out how to manually create a .desktop file which allows a program to be launched by issuing the command gtk-launch [program.desktop]. Problem is it only seems to work if my present...
View ArticleHow can I get the list of available desktop environments?
Suppose I'm on a Linux machine, in a shell session, and I want to obtain the list of options I would have if I logged in graphically and had to choose a desktop environment / session type. I expect a...
View ArticleHow to install CDE on Debian?
According to Wikipedia, the Common Desktop Environment was released under the GPL and at one time was ported to Debian. But searching through Debian's software repository, I was unable to find CDE. Is...
View ArticleHow do I take screenshot in hyprland?
How do I take screenshot in Hyprland? I went through the Hyprland Wiki but I am not able to get to take screenshots in my archlinux.How do I solve this?How do I screenshot?For a more complete utility,...
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How to programmatically set KDE Plasma desktop wallpaper to a colour?
Like this similar question about image wallpapers asks:How do I set the KDE desktop wallpaper to a .JPEG file from the command line?...except that I want to set it to a colour rather than an image,...
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Move "Properties" higher up the 'Right-Click' menu
I use the "Properties" option a lot for file information and it annoys me that it's right at the bottom of the Right-Click menu. I know how to create 'Custom-Actions' and that they can be moved UP or...
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Create new "Properties" Custom-Action
I use the "Properties" option a lot for file information and it annoys me that it's right at the bottom of the Right-Click menu. I know how to create 'Custom-Actions' and that they can be moved UP or...
View ArticleForgot to install the desktop environment while installing debian 12
I forgot to install the desktop environment while installing Debian 12.I'm stuck in tty1 when installing, no GUI, only text. I've asked on a Facebook group, and people there say I forgot to install the...
View ArticleLinux reboots by itself after reaching login screen
After deleting Windows 11, I installed Nobara Linux, but my laptop reboots itself after 5 seconds in login screen. And it doesn't matter if I managed to enter password or move to tty, cause it reboots...
View ArticleHow to Change Avatar Picture on Fedora Linux Hyprland?
I'm using Fedora Linux with the Hyprland window manager, and I'm trying to change my user avatar picture. In GNOME, there's an easy GUI way to do this, but I can't seem to find a similar option or tool...
View ArticleHow to run script on XFCE4 logon and logoff?
I'd like to run a shell script each time a (specific) user logs in to his XFCE4-session, as well as run another script each time that user logs off.So far, I was able to create a script at...
View ArticleHow can I boot around a alleged gdm problem into a GUI on RHEL9?
I ran RHEL9 on VMWare and it was working fine. There was a power outage that ocurred when I was not at the machine, and after that, at bootup, I got the error message:Oh no! Something has gone wrong....
View Article"Failed to read display number from pipe" when running SDDM on Arch linux ARM...
I wanted to try Arch and as I have an M1 Mac, I need to use the ARM version of arch or otherwise my Arch is slow as fuk because it's emulated.I'm using UTM as my virtual machine (for those who don't...
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