How can I set up multiple desktops (i.e. workspaces) in the new Ubuntu 18.04? I cannot find the "appearances" control that used to be in older versions.
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Any idea how to have more than 2 workspaces on Ubuntu 18.04.1?
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This has been bothering me very much. i have memory that Ubuntu 12.04 had this configuration? am i wrong? finally, is it possible for the login screen to have different wallpaper from the desktop? is this possible in Ubuntu 15.04? i would appreciate a stable understandable response. thanks :)  -ben
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I've just upgraded from Ubuntu 18.04 to its newest LTS version - 20.04. While it comes with some interesting changes, the Desktop icon system was messed up in my opinion. When you hover the mouse cursor over the icons, you see a huge space marked around them that cannot be violated (as you can see in the image below) so that they need to be placed very far apart from each other.  18.04 allowed you to place icons much closer to each other and didn't have that marked space around them. This new way leaves much less space on the Desktop to organize large amounts of icons - including folders, files and shortcuts. Is there a way I can significantly reduce the size of icons and their "spaces" or go back to the old system of organizing files? On "Settings", there is a tool to change the size of Dock icons, but not of Desktop icons.  Also, every time I move or delete something, the Desktop "flashes" and the icons seem to rearrange themselves automatically, nothing of which happened in 18.04. I also can't move anything directly to the Desktop; I need to move to the Desktop folder on Nautilus. This makes me start to think about downgrading Ubuntu back to 18.04.
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I just upgraded to Ubuntu 17.10 but all my desktop shortcuts are gone.  There is no longer a Create Shortcut option when I right-click either.   How do I add these now?
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I just installed Ubuntu 17.10 today, and noticed that a lot of desktop environment has now changed from Ubuntu 17.04.  I'm just wondering if there is a way to change the the setting of those desktop effect for example, Change the speed of the app drawer to appear when you click it.
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I am using Ubuntu 16.04, with Gnome 3.18. Using extensions I have gotten rid of the dash panel and only use the Applications Menu in the upper left-hand corner of the screen. (I don't have Unity.) What I can't figure out is how do you add a new program, move software around to different categories, and create new categories?  Also, any keyboard shortcut to access the Applications Menu?
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For you that have tested this, should we use Ubuntu and install different Desktop Environments (KDE/XFCE...) or we should install different distributions (Kubuntu/Xubuntu...). Are there any notable issues in performance / CPU consumption?  PS:  I know how to install them (already did), I wanted to know if anyone has any problems regarding the performance and what is better to install the desktop or to use the ditribution
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maybe this is a stupid question, but is it possible to run two sessions of a desktop envoirement at the same time (preferrably Cinnamon) and be able to switch between them like you can switch between terminal sessions with Ctrl + Alt + (F1,F2,F3) ?  I have a screen and a beamer and I want to either run the presentation on the beamer (notes on the mainscreen) OR the screen magnifier on the beamer (and the demonstrated program on the main screen). I can already do that with one session of cinnamon, but it requires a few clicks and that is somewhat unprofessional and I figured that I rather ask a dumb question than breaking my cinnamon by doing something dumb.  Thanks in advance!  EDIT: It's much easier than that. Just add the workspaces applet to your taskbar and you can switch between workspaces. I don't know why I hadn't thought about that earlier... I will not delete it in case someone else doesn't think of the workspaces.
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Sorry for being so simple but i'm finding it really difficult to work out how to split screens and then rejoin them.   so i grab the corner of a screen and drag it creates a new screen then i grab the corner again and sometimes it creates a new one and sometimes it merges them.   I'm a bit confused about the controls.  I looked on the 2.8 manual and I think its a bit out of date as it looks the same as 2.79.  Any help is greatly appreciated
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Since upgrading to Yosemite I've been having issue with OS X creating additional desktops on my main monitor for no apparent reason. I usually have 3 different desktops setup on my main monitor and just one on my second monitor. By the end of the day, OS X will usually have created 2-3 extra desktops automatically.  I can't find any setting or shortcut that might be causing this to happen. There also doesn't seem to be any reason for it since it can happen as soon as I boot up my computer.  Is there a way to set a maximum number of desktops so I can prevent this from happening?  Image from related question -
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So I had my perfect desktop and everything was running smooth, and then I decided to press one button on the Unity-Tweak-Tool Software and Booom, my unity-panel is gone, I can't access unity-dash and the themes don't apply correctly.    The button that messed up everything [Restore Defaults]:    My Desktop now (no Unity-Panel, Can't access Unity Dash, theme decorations to windows borders doesn't work):  I am running Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
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Can I install extra desktop environments without affecting my current environment?   I'm asking because I got mixed messages saying that it is no problem as well as those that say that the universe basically exploded when they switched temporarily.
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In the gnome-based desktop, which was introduced with Ubuntu 17.10, is it possible to have one button for each window in the dock instead of having them grouped by application?  For example, if I have two Firefox windows open I would like to have two Firefox buttons.
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I want to organize my Windows desktop icons by categories. Multimedia, system tools, editors, etc. I need to define rectangular areas of the desktop, then place the shortcut icons. They would stay locked into place forever in the category until I moved them. The standard windows desktop won't do this, and folders aren't going to do what I want either.   How can I set this up on my desktop on Windows?
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I got used to splitting my application windows on monitor into 4 sides top-left, top-right, bottom-left, bottom-right with key combinations like Ctrl+Alt+Key3 and so on. It no longer works with Ubuntu 18.04. Is there any alternative for that with Ubuntu 18.04?
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I recently switched to a new PC at work, one with two (identical, Dell 23") monitors. I'm running Linux Mint 15 64bit / Cinnamon. Is there a way to set it up in such a way that, instead of both monitors sharing the same huge workspace, they are on separate smaller ones? E.g. left monitor on workspace 1, right monitor on workspace 2, and I could switch either monitor to workspace 3 if needed?  Failing that, is there a way to duplicate the bottom panel onto the second monitor? Currently it is only displayed on the left one.
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Is there any way to move a window to another workspace by a key combination? For example, in Ubuntu I can do that by "Ctrl+Shift+->" if I recall correctly. In mac - only by mouse? It's not convenient.