Mailinglist Archive: opensuse-gnome (71 mails)

[Jim Sublette <jim.sublette@xxxxxxxxx>]

On Sat, 2011-04-09 at 15:25 +1000, Basil Chupin wrote:
> On 08/04/11 22:49, Nelson Marques wrote:
> > On Thu, Apr 7, 2011 at 8:12 AM, Basil Chupin<blchupin@xxxxxxxxxxxx>  wrote:
> > > I just installed 11.4 with the gnome DE on a test-bed to see what it is 
> > > like
> > > in anticipation of using gnome 3 (which my current distro, Ubuntu, Â will 
> > > not
> > > be adopting).
> > >
> > > I installed 11.4 from the DVD, and it is the 32-bit version. (The
> > > installation is a stock-standard installation with all the latest upgrades
> > > as of a few hours ago.)
> > >
> > > I have 5 questions which I would be pleased to have answered
>
>
> [pruned]
>
> I'll take the opportunity to thank everyone - Nelson, Dominique, Atri - 
> in this one message so as not to repeat myself :-) .
>
> Following the kind instructions given, I have 'solved' all 5 niggly 
> bits: I have a clean workspace/desktop; the icon cache has been rebuilt; 
> the background wallpaper is in perfect focus (I had downloaded the wrong 
> pix-es: I accidentally grabbed the thumbnails on the site rather than 
> the actual pix-es sized for my monitor); all running apps showing up on 
> the one and same workspace was solved by disengaging the Desktop Effects 
> (so the compiz bug is still there I guess - and see also a post from me 
> to follow this one dealing with Gnome #3); and the bit about the most 
> efficient mirrors for upgrade downloads is still open: earlier today I 
> saw this 'mirrorbrain' at work and it picked some unknown site somewhere 
> in the world, I not know where, as the most effiicient when I have one 
> sitting only 'just around the corner' from me which I have been using 
> for quite some time.
>
> So, the bottom line is: thank you all.
>
> (But now to have a rant about Gnome #3........ :'( .)
>
> BC
>
> -- 
>
> "I believe what I am programmed to believe."
>                      A robot in Futuruma

The compiz plugin place will allow you to specify an application always
starting on a specific desktop (viewport).

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