In KDE I could set windows from some applications to be 'Always on Visible Workspace' permanently after restarts.   How do I do this to some applications  like Slack in latest Ubuntu 18.04 with GNOME shell?
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I use pidgin as my chat client on ubuntu lucid. Whenever I have a chat window open, I like to mark it as "Always on visible workspace" as it's just more convenient.  Is there a way that I can force chat windows to already be marked as that when they open up? So, if someone started a conversation with me on gtalk (for instance) the window would automatically be on all workspaces, and I wouldn't have to mark it manually.
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In regular Ubuntu (Unity/Gnome), I use gksudo to run GUI programs with root privileges. I'm trying out Kubuntu (or KDE) now -- what do I use?
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How do I launch Windows'  with certain path located, like "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\VisualStudio\8.0", so I don't have to do the clicking?  What's the command line argument to do this? Or is there a place to find the explanation of RegEdit's switches?
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I'm on Ubuntu 16.04.1 at the moment, and system windows like the Files window, Terminal or System Software open behind the Unity launcher, which means they are partially hidden behind it. I can move them with Alt+F7, but I'd like a more permanent solution to this problem.
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How do tell an application to open in a specific workspace?    More info:  I like to have my C++ IDE in workspace 2, my Java IDE in workspace 3, and my email, browser and miscellaneous in workspace four. I also use a shell script that executes upon log in:  #!/bin/bash gnome-terminal &amp; # WS 1 netbeans-6-9-1 &amp; # WS2 qtcreator-2-0-1 &amp; # WS 3 firefox &amp; # WS 4 thunderbird &amp; # WS 4   Of course currently it all opens in the current workspace... Is there a way for me to specify which workspace each command should start in?  Thanks in advance!
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How can I disable the Windows key (or Super) from showing the GNOME Shell Activities overlay?
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I'm using Ubuntu 17.10 with GNOME 3. How can I show all open windows of a certain application using the sidebar (aka Ubuntu Dock)? Right now I have to right-click and select "all windows" to see my other open windows.   Is there a quicker way to do this?
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When I launch certain programs from the command line like eclipse and document viewer in 11.10 it spews a load of information that seems inconsequential.   Also when they are run in the background they sometimes continue to produce output to the terminal which I am currently working on, which is irritating.  I would like them just launch and keep the background stuff in the background. My reasoning is that if you launch these programs through the GUI (eg double clicking on an icon) these messages are never shown to me, so I don't need them in the command line.
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In order to automatically configure fresh installations, I need a way to unlock the default applications from the launcher bar. Don't know where this information is stored, may be editing/substituting the file would be the easiest way.
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Occasionally, I get part of an application lingering behind on my desktop:    This is part of a context menu for an application. It is always top-most, meaning that it is always on the screen, and I cannot click on it (it just clicks through it). It has happened before, sometimes with whole windows. It remains on screen even if the application it originated from is no longer running.  How do I get rid of it without rebooting?
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I use spaces with 10.9. I run a few applications in full screen mode. While focused on an application in full screen mode every minute or so I switched back to the first space. This happens with no input on my behalf.   I suspected it was an application in the background taking focus. I shut down all applications that do this and have also disabled space switching on application focus. After a reset the issue persists.   I noticed that the tool bar glitches out after the switch happens. It feels like a bug because when the application is not in full screen mode the icons on my desktop will disappear for a split second and then reappear. This seems to be happening with the same frequency as the space switching issue. Has anyone en-counted this? Is there a fix? It's driving me nuts!
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I have disabled the global menu and want to put the classic Application/Places/System menu in its place. How would I go about doing that in Ubuntu 12.04LTS?  (Note: I do want to try keeping unity as well as the dock launcher around for now to see if I can get used to that)
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How do I disable "Workspace dock" (a bottom panel with the list of open windows and a workspace indicator-cum-switcher), the one that is over "Plank" in the screenshot below?    I'm using Ubuntu 17.10.
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I just installed Kubuntu 15.04 and I can't find a single place with systematic description of all available desktop configuration settings. For example, I was setting Screen Locking Timeouts and I found by experiment that setting Lock screen after to 0 is the way to disable it. Another example is Edit application-specific settings: what is the difference between Apply initially and Remember options? Is there a single piece of documentation explaining these issues?
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How can I set up desktop defaults, much like most distributions do, for every new user? (ex. default wallpaper, apps, etc)
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I guess I cannot do that with every program, but I expect that Chrome and LibreOffice can be "preloded" when the system starts. How to do that?  I have checked in Chrome settings Google Cloud Print and ~"after close stay in background as a service". It does not apply since when I close Chrome, there is none chrome-like process running in gnome-system-monitor. Chrome has been installed from Google website, not Software Center.  EDIT: Chromium installed via Software Center also do not start with a system or stay in the background when closed nor as a process or a service.
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I have a dual monitor setup, and I recently played around with the positioning settings, and some of my single window applications do the favour of preserving where they were last closed, and opening in the same position later. Unfortunately, that now places them out of the viewable area of my screens!  Is there some way to force a particular window into the viewable area?