I've installed Tor Browser and I can run it buy the command:  ./start-tor-browser.desktop    This command works as long as the Tor icon(the globe icon) is in : /home/user/tor-browser_de/ and I am also there in  ~/tor-browser_de.  When I want to set the shortcut Super+T, I use the command ./start-tor-browser.desktop, but it does not work. I copied the Tor icon to /home/user, but the problem still persists. How can I fix this problem?
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From what I can gather, .desktop files are shortcuts that allow application's settings to be customized. For instance, I have lots of them in my /usr/share/applications/ folder.   If I open that folder in nautilus, I can run these applications just by double clicking its associated file, e.g. double-clicking firefox.desktop runs Firefox. However, I can't find a way to do the same thing via terminal.   If I do gnome-open foo.desktop it simply opens foo.desktop as a text file. If I make it executable and then run it in bash it simply fails (which is expected, it's clearly not bash script). EDIT: Doing exec /fullpath/foo.desktop gives me a Permission denied message, even if I change ownership to myself. If I make executable and do the same command, the terminal tab I'm using simply closes (I'm guessing it crashes). Finally, if I do sudo exec /fullpath/foo.desktop, I get an error reporting sudo: exec: command not found.  That's my question, how can I run a foo.desktop file from the terminal?
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I am using Terminal version 2.5, where I have two requirements:  I need to be able to type the Meta key. I need to be able to type the # character, too (Option+3 for the UK keyboard layout)  How can I satisfy both of these? By default, (2) is satisfied, but (1) is not. I can then turn on &quot;Use Option as Meta key&quot;, which satisfies (1), but breaks requirement (2). How can I have both? (It shouldn't be so hard for me to just be able to type.) Edit: what I'm looking for, for example, might be a way to just &quot;Use Option as Meta key&quot; for the left/right Option key, or a way to override the &quot;Use Option as Meta key&quot; for the sole exception of the # character.
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I want Ctrl+Alt+B bring up a browser.  Ctrl+Alt+Delete is handy.  Can I set up Ctrl+Alt+B to bring up a browser (either default or specific)?
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I've upgraded two laptops to Ubuntu 20.04 LTS.  On one of them pressing Super (aka the Windows Logo key) opens the Activities overview.  On the other one it doesn't, and I have to use Super+S, or Alt+F1.   The main difference between the laptops is that one uses Ubuntu on Wayland (where Super works fine), and the other one uses Ubuntu on Xorg (where Super doesn't work).  How do I make Super work on both laptops?
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Firefox starts when I use sudo in the terminal, but not from the launcher. All the other apps work like a charm, just not Firefox. How can I fix this?
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When I am in my home folder there is a padlock on my Desktop icon. In properties there is written that root is the owner of Desktop and consequently I can't put anything on my Desktop.  I have recently installed this Ubuntu 14.04 and I would like to know why does the desktop icon belong to root while it wasn't so in Ubuntu 12.04 that I used earlier.  I know how to change the owner of a file using the command "chown" (or maybe this won't work for Desktop?) but I am afraid that it could somehow impair my security so first I would like to know the reason of this default setting.
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I tried to install Tor on my new version of Ubuntu, but it seems that Tor is not available in the repositories.  How else can I install and use Tor?
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I'm using Ubuntu 16.04  I want to open multiple terminal tabs, run commands and set title. I can open multiple tabs with this command:  gnome-terminal --tab -e "command1" --tab -e "command2"   but cannot use --title option as it is not available in this version.   I know mate-terminal can do this, but I want to use gnome-terminal.   I've applied solution posted  and it worked but when i run  gnome-terminal --tab -e "bash -c 'set-title 99;ping 192.168.7.99'"   It shows:  bash: set-title: command not found PING 192.168.7.99 (192.168.7.99) 56(84) bytes of data. 64 bytes from 192.168.7.99: icmp_seq=1 ttl=128 time=0.425 ms 64 bytes from 192.168.7.99: icmp_seq=2 ttl=128 time=0.353 ms 64 bytes from 192.168.7.99: icmp_seq=3 ttl=128 time=0.335 ms   I also applied   I've also read this post  but the accepted answer did not solve my issue in 16.04 os or gnome-terminal version 3.18.3 and other solution provides to use other terminal xterm and I want to use gnome-terminal.
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I want to create a shortcut for a command in terminal. Like for a command  "ssh user@123.45.7.123", I just want a command "user" and the above command will run. Is this possible, and if so how can it be done?  Thank you!
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I had a look at the .desktop files on my 12.04 Ubuntu system, and many of them do not have a full path specification for their icon file.  It is rather something like:  Icon=anjuta   or  Icon=vlc   or   Icon=application-x-clementine   Is there a common path where icons can be stored so that this can work ? If not, how does this work ? If I try to do the same thing with my own icons I have to specify the full path.  e.g.  Icon=/usr/local/share/my-icon.png   works fine, but  Icon=my-icon.png   will fail.  Any kind of help is welcome!
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I am using Gnome Terminal in Ubuntu 14.04 and I modified the profile preferences, setting it to start with a custom command instead of the default. I can't remember what that custom command was, but now when I launch the terminal, it instantly closes.   Is there any way to change the profile preferences in terminal without having it open?
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I switch back and forth between two computers constantly:   OSX Snow Leopard  Ubuntu 10.10    I'd like to be able to make Ubuntu use the same keyboard shortcuts as OSX System Wide, for the following keyboard sequences only (ie I don't want to make Ctrl act like Super)   Super+C -> Copy Super+V -> Paste Super+T -> Open a new tab in whatever browser I'm in.  Super+W -> Close a tab in whatever browser I'm in.    So in short, is there anyway for me to map just these keyboard sequences to the following, system wide ?   Super+C -> Ctrl+C Super+V -> Ctrl+V Super+T -> Ctrl+T  Super+W -> Ctrl+W   I know there are ways for me to do this for vim, and Firefox, and I'm sure specifically for most applications... but I would prefer to have to do this just once and have it work that way system wide!  I'm using a standard PC keyboard, that is "Generic 105 key (intl) PC" on Ubuntu. I'm also using the same keyboard on my Mac mini.
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I'm on 12.04 Desktop.  When browsing the file system, it's convenient to type Ctrl+L so as to get the file path "Location" to render as a string; I can then modify the file path or even paste something in and get redirected right where I want to go.  But often, after typing Ctrl+L, I find myself wanting to revert back to the normal way Nautilus renders the file path (as a series of buttons/links). What's the magical shortcut to "undo" Ctrl+L and go back to "normal mode"? Thanks in advance!
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I have a web app that launches from a shortcut on the desktop. I would like to have it spawn in a new instance of Chrome -- with its own pinnable task bar icon, etc. -- instead of grouped with the rest of my general web browsing activity. Is it possible to do this without running it in a different browser altogether?
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I'm having trouble with a web application I'm writing: The web application, which runs as user nobody, needs to launch an inkscape process to manipulate some SVG files. Because this runs as user nobody, there is no home directory. What I am doing is creating a temporary directory under /tmp and trying to set that as the home directory via export HOME=/tmp/someUniqueId. I then set a few things in that "temporary" home directory, like a symlink .fonts to the folder for the font files to use.  I know this works for finding the ~/.fonts directory. But when I launch Inkscape, all I get is a message that Inkscape could not create the .inkscape directory:    Doesn't $HOME set the location of my home directory? Why is Inkscape still trying to access / as my home directory?
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I just installed the Gnome Tweak Tool in order to change my icon theme to Faenza, but it seems to have installed some other program named Caribou, which I think is an onscreen keyboard program, with it. This is absolutely useless for me, and frankly, I hate the fact that it was installed silently and without my permission. When I go to uninstall it, it says that it's part of gnome-shell and requires the un-installation of that as well. What do I do?
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I want to create an internet shortcut within a specified folder in Ubuntu 12.04. How do I do this?