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Pantheon is a desktop environment originally written for Elementary OS.

Pantheon is a desktop environment, written for the distribution of Linux. It uses the Gala window manager, which is based on .

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How can I disable single-click to open on Pantheon/Elementary?

Elementary's default file manager, Files, has single-click to open enabled by default. For those who prefer double-click to open, how can this setting be disabled?
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How to add custom script to plank (dock) in Elementary OS Freya

I am using Elementary OS Freya. I want to add custom bash script to plank (dock). How can I do it ?
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Google Chrome stopped working and won't open

I'm using Elementary OS 0.3.4 Freya 64 bits. I was just doing okay, but all of a sudden google chrome stopped working. I tried opening again but it just won't work. I uninstalled using sudo apt-get purge google-chrome-stable and installed it again…
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Elementary OS different wallpapers on each monitor

I have a dual monitor setup and I'd like to have a different wallpaper for each monitor. I found two programs in this post: http://www.webupd8.org/2012/10/ubuntu-multi-monitor-tweaks-full-screen.html Neither of them work for elementary OS. Does…
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Change the color/styling of the window bar based on the application

I've been heavily customizing my elementary os desktop to look more to my liking, and I would like to know if it's possible to change the color of the bar above each window, based on the application that's being run. It seems like it would be…
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Manually edit startup application for session?

I'm running elementary OS Freya Beta (under the hood: Ubuntu 14.04) and I need to edit the startup of a certain application to prevent it from running. The startup applications GUI window is still under work, it seems, so is there a way for me to…
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Pantheon weird font behaviour

All of a sudden my fonts are rendered like the image below. I cannot seem to find a solution; I have already tried reinstalling pantheon but this does not fix it. Chinese characters seem to be rendered correctly.
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How to add custom script in Elementary OS file manager context menu?

do you know if there is possibility to add custom script as element in context menu? I've seen similar threads related adding "open folder as root" and "make executable/run" entries, but still I'm not able to make such element in context menu work…
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Strange behaviour of the dock after opening a maximized window

I have tried Elementary OS through a DVD and when I had a window (not maximized) after I maximized it and closed it then when I re-opened it there was a weird jumpy behaviour in the dock. The window was like colliding for a moment with the dock and…
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US International Keyboard Layout not behaving as expected?

Perhaps my question is related to this one. I use to use the English US International Keyboard with Alt-Gr Dead Keys (as far as I remember. This layout allowed me to write é by pressing R-Alt+' and then e. I migrated to EOS Luna and now, no matter…
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Installing Pantheon Desktop Environment under Debian

I'd like to install the Pantheon desktop environment (and ideally the elementary OS software suite) under a fresh install of Debian 11 (11.6.0 stable). There are several guides online, and a few similar questions here for older releases, however all…
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Mount partitions read only in pantheon-files on ElementaryOS

I've currently dual booted my laptop with windows 8.1 and ElementaryOS Freya. As I've enabled the fast bootup feature in Windows, I can only mount the NTFS Windows partition on ElementaryOS as "read-only". I'm able to mount as read only via…
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How to add 'Make executable' and 'Run' entries to Elementary OS file manager context menu?

I know this is to be done by creating a .contract file in /usr/share/contractor. For example, one like this will add a menu option to open a folder as root. [Contractor Entry] Name=Open folder as root Icon=gksu-root-terminal Description=Open folder…
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Changing themes and hot-corner settings from command-line

I want to change the elementary tweak themes and hot-corner settings on my Elementary Luna (built on Ubuntu 12.04 "Precise") from the commandline. With what command can I do this? I know how to make the changes from the GUI. Is there a way to…
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Having trouble using pantheon-greeter-bzr and pantheon-session-bzr on virtualbox with ArchLinux

I am trying to test ArchLinux with Pantheon on a VM on VirtualBox. I am able to install ArchLinux and pacman -S the following packages…
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