Use this tag if your question is about a program's Graphical User Interface (GUI) and how to use it.
Questions tagged [gui]
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How to install Desktop Environments on CentOS 7?
I have recently installed CentOS 7 (Minimal Install without GUI) and now I want to install a GUI environment in it.
How can I install Desktop Environments on previously installed CentOS7 without reinstalling it?
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GUI for GIT similar to SourceTree
Is there a similar piece of software to SourceTree, a GUI for git, for Linux? I know about Giggle, git cola, etc. I'm looking for a beautiful, easy to use GUI for git.
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How do I split a flac with a cue?
I've got a full album flac and a cue file for it. How can I split this into a flac per track?
I'm a KDE user, so I would prefer a KDE/Qt way. I would like to see command line and other GUI answers as well, but they are not my preferred method.
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What is D-Bus practically useful for?
dbus is supposed to provide "a simple way for applications to talk to one another".
But I am still not sure what it is useful for, practically. I have never seen a situation where dbus is useful, I only see warnings that some dbus component has…
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Is there any (good) SQLite GUI for Linux?
I'm looking for a SQLite graphical administration utility for Linux but I can't seem to find any (I found an extension for Firefox I'm not a user of that browser).
Is there any that you know of?
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Why can't I run GUI apps as root: "No protocol specified"?
I installed Debian onto my machine last night. Now, I don't understand why I can't run GUI apps from a terminal when running as root.
For example:
sudo -i
glxgears
Generates the following output:
No protocol specified
Error: couldn't open display…
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Show address bar w. full path in Nautilus instead of breadcrumbs bar
Unfortunately, Gnome's nautilus address bar is not showing the full path in its top bar. How can I change this behavior?
I'm looking for a solution to display a editable text field instead, like in the good old days.
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How do I change the number of available workspaces in Cinnamon?
I am used to four workspaces in Gnome, but now that I have Cinnamon installed I only have two. Can I increase the number? If so, how?
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How does a linux GUI work at the lowest level?
I'm basically trying to figure out how one would go about making a GUI from absolute scratch with nothing but the linux kernel and programming in C.
I am not looking to create a GUI desktop environment from scratch, but I would like to create some…
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Is it possible to retrieve the active window process/title in Gnome?
I need a solution for getting the current active (focused) window information on a Gnome 2 desktop. I'm mostly interested in the process running that window and window title.
Is it possible?
SOLUTION:
Getting window title:
xwininfo -root -children |…
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How to resolve 'No protocol specified' for su user
I am trying to use an alternate user (non-admin) to execute graphical software on my system. This alternate user has been named and given a UID and GID to match a remote system user of the same name. The UID is 500 so I believe that makes the user a…
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How does the power button shut the computer down without root permission?
When I try to shutdown the computer from a command line or terminal I must have root privileges:
amy@amy:~$ shutdown now
shutdown: Need to be root
and
amy@amy:~$ halt
halt: Need to be root
but when shutting down using the graphical user interface,…
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Anyone know a good gui to MariaDB?
I'm using MariaDB instead of MySQL in Slackware 14.1, and I need a graphic manager like MySQL Workbench. Can anyone suggest me something?
I tried using MySQL WorkBench but it could not connected with MariaDB.
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Opening current directory from a terminal onto a file browser?
My current directory is buried deep in multiple subfolder layers from my home directory. If I want to open this directory in a gui-based file browser, I have to double click folder after folder to reach it. This is very time consuming. On the…
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How do I work with GUI tools over a remote server?
I have an Ubuntu server running on EC2 (which I didn't install myself, just picked up an AMI). So far I'm using putty to work with it, but I am wondering how to work on it with GUI tools (I'm not familiar with Linux UI tools, but I want to learn).…
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