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GNOME is a desktop environment, composed entirely by free and open-source software. Mostly used on Linux, but also supported by BSD derivates. GNOME Shell is the official user interface to the desktop environment.

Developed by the GNOME Project, under GPL and LGPL Licenses.

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javafx application name on gnome

I help to develop an application with JavaFX for linux and OSX. On Linux, we cannot have the application name on the gnome top bar. We have the entry point for JavaFX. The window have the good name but on gnome we have something like…
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Qt Creator toolbar doesn't appear

I can't see the file, edit, Build, Debug, Tools, Window and Help buttons in Qt's IDE, and I dont know why. Maybe there is a key combination like ctrl + (a letter or number) to show it, or maybe a problem with the installation. Specs/other: Ubuntu…
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I need to remove add-apt-repository gnome3 on Ubuntu

I have installed the following repository: sudo add-apt-repository ppa:gnome3-team/gnome3 How do I uninstall it now? Thanks.
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How to make python window run as "Always On Top"?

I am running a little program in python that launches a small window that needs to stay on top of all the other windows. I believe this is OS specific, how is it done in GNU-Linux with GNOME? [Update - Solution for Windows] Lovely, I think I got it…
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Looking for an OSD supporting align attribute, multiple span or div elements, multiple columns

Please let me know if there is an OSD on-screen-display program or techinque for Xorg/Linux platform which can render XML in a much richer way than pango, at least support align attribute, and multiple span or div elements, so it can display…
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How can I get the thumbnail that nautilus uses for a given file?

Nautilus shows me a thumbnail of a file, if its an image it will show me a preview, if its a video it will show a frame from the video, if its a document it will show me the application icon. How can I access the image? I see they are cached in…
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subversion client encrypted password via gnome-keyring for ssh (only) client

I want subversion to encrypt my passwords on a Fedora server without the gnome desktop running. However I did start in the gnome GUI for a sanity test and did the normal mods to: ~/.subversion/config password-stores = gnome-keyring store-passwords…
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rpm installing an icon to the desktop

In Fedora Gnome... Using a .desktop file in my rpm, I have successfully put my gui software into the gnome application menu. I am wondering if there is a way to also put the icon onto the gnome desktop when installing the rpm? update: Now I can get…
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Gnome 3 - dconf / gsettings - how to assign multiple keybindings?

Goal: Assign both the Super_L or Super_R keys as triggers for the overlay menu. Environment: Gnome 3.26.2, Fedora 27, Dell XPS 9550, Kinesis Advantage2 Why: For work I use a laptop either by itself or in conjunction with external monitors, keyboard,…
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How to properly start a Gnome-Shell extension via command line?

After copying myexentension@me.com folder to .../gnome-shell/extensions/ I'm executing this command on the terminal: gnome-shell-extension-tool -e myexentension@me.com Then, I restart my session with Alt + F2 and execute r, and everything works…
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Can GNOME Shell extensions move the pointer? If so, how?

I want to write an extension that does the opposite of the "focus-follows mouse" setting in GNOME Shell: I want to make my pointer move to the center of the currently focused window. Can this be done in a GNOME Shell extension? I see some GNOME code…
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Ubuntu meld: No GSettings schemas are installed on the system

This is a vanilla Ubuntu 16.04 LTS, based on Xubuntu core to be exactly. So I need to install packages myself. All went well except meld, on starting which, I'll get: (meld:4188): GLib-GIO-ERROR **: No GSettings schemas are installed on the…
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Do Qt Applications require KDE?

Do all Qt applications require KDE to be installed? Is it enough if the Qt runtime is installed along with GNOME? Can I make a Qt application look exactly like a GTK application under GNOME? Could anyone please point me to some article detailing the…
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How to set a PNG file in a Gnome Shell extension for St.Icon

My Gnome Shell extension has a folder 'icons' and there is an icon file called 'MyIcon.png' inside. I want to take it as a parameter to an St.Icon object. let icon = new St.Icon({ /* I need what to code here*/ }); Thanks for any help. Selcuk.
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Playing Sound in Perl script

I'm trying to add sound to a Perl script to alert the user that the transaction was OK (user may not be looking at the screen all the time while working). I'd like to stay as portable as possible, as the script runs on Windows and Linux stations. I…
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