Where is the path to the current user's desktop directory stored?
Sep 13, 2017 · Generally, in GNU/Linux (as in Unix), the user's Desktop directory can be specified with ~/Desktop. The shorthand ~/ will expand to whatever the home directory is, such as /path/to/home/username. I should clarify that most shells (e.g. bash, ksh, csh, etc.) will expand ~ to the home directory, but not all of them (e.g. rc).
Forwarding an entire desktop over SSH without third party tools
Mar 12, 2019 · Here I will show how to run the remote RPi desktop in the second virtual terminal (i.e., virtual terminal 8) via X11 forwarding. Your Linux desktop is running by default on the first virtual terminal, which is virtual terminal #7. Follow instructions below to get your RPi desktop to show up in your second virtual terminal.
What to do when a Linux desktop freezes?
I'm a Windows guy, dual booted recently, and now I'm using Linux Mint 12. When a Windows desktop freezes I refresh, or if I am using a program I use alt + F4 to exit the program or I can use ctrl + alt + delete and this command will allow me to fix the Windows desktop by seeing what program is not responding and so on.
How to remotely log in with full graphical desktop over X11
Dec 2, 2016 · then use a Remote Desktop (RD) client like Remina to connect to the local ssh proxy so; Connect>127.0.0.1:5900. Be sure to look into the security failures of VNC before you use it. VNC should be pretty safe to use if your tunneling it over ssh. This method will only work if you have an user logged in.
How to pass argument in .desktop file - Unix & Linux Stack Exchange
Oct 25, 2015 · Just tried today and -g=4536+76 and --geometry=4536+76 both worked equally well as arguments in .desktop exec line with or without sh -c wrapper in Ubuntu 16.04.6 LTS Unity Desktop. – WinEunuuchs2Unix
linux - Forgot to install the desktop environment while installing ...
Feb 5, 2024 · sudo apt install task-desktop That is it. When you are new to Linux, the default desktop is fine. It seems that Chris's excellent instructions got you logged in. Use the above command once logged in. I am a few decades since new, and found the default desktop fine. :) The other choices are just noise - when you are new.
Can I run GUI programs without needing a desktop environment?
Feb 5, 2024 · If the latter, assuming you run linux as your primary desktop, you can just ssh into the Rpi using the -Y option like so: ssh -Y user@rpi. Thereafter, just run the GUI executable. I find the "xeyes" package to be a good test (if not installed, run apt install xeyes). Just run xeyes after logging in and it should start on your own desktop. You ...
rhel - Why VNC not showing actual Remote Desktop - Unix
Jan 18, 2013 · I faced the same issue on solaris 11 and after a little search I found out the gnome desktop is not even installed. So I installed it using: pkg install --accept solaris-desktop Then killed the running vnc-server: vncserver -kill :1 and after running vnc again using this command. vncserver -kill :1 I was able to see the real desktop using vnc ...
x11 - How to scale the resolution/display of the desktop and/or ...
Linux display. This is detailed in depth on how does Linux's display works? QA. On most desktops system (like KDE or Gnome) there are settings available on their respective settings panel, this guide is for additional/manual settings that can be applied to …
How can I add an application to the GNOME application menu?
Dec 5, 2021 · In GNOME and other freedesktop.org-compliant desktop environments, such as KDE and Unity, applications are added to the desktop's menus or desktop shell via desktop entries, defined in text files with the .desktop extension (referred to as desktop files). The desktop environments construct menus for a user from the combined information ...