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Unity is an interface for the GNOME desktop environment developed by Canonical Ltd for its Ubuntu operating system.

Founded in 2010, the Unity project started by Mark Shuttleworth and Canonical has gone on to deliver a consistent user experience for desktop and netbook users alike. Putting great design at the heart of the project, Unity and its technologies such as Application indicators, System indicators, and Notify OSD, have strived to solve common problems in the Free Software desktop while optimizing the experience for touch, consistency and collaboration.

http://unity.ubuntu.com/

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Sublime text in Ubuntu-Unity. Open file in current workspace

I have four workspaces (call them "spaces" or "desktops" if you like) in Ubuntu, with Unity on. I have multiple Sublime Text 2 windows open in each of them. If I open a new file from Nautilus in desktop 1, the file may be opened in any of the other…
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How come that PyQt's icon isn't as sharp as it should be?

I'm using Python 2.7 with PyQt. I'm setting a QtGui.QMainWindow() icon by using self.setWindowIcon(QtGui.QIcon("icon.ico")) Whenever I run my program, the icon looks very blurry, or pixelated. This is not what I want. I want the icon to be as sharp…
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How do I get an extended title bar in Ubuntu Unity?

Applications such as Mozilla Firefox and Ubuntu Software Center are able to extend the title bar gradient down into their toolbar area. Example follows: How can I achieve the same effect in my application?
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Adding menu items to GNOME menu or Unity

I want to add a menu item of my application to the GNOME menu. I had created a desktop file for it and placed it in /usr/share/applications, but the menu item is not appearing in the GNOME menu. Below is my desktop file which I created in the name…
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Ubuntu Unity: Integrating with global menu bar

Where can I begin investigating on how to add menu bar integration for a non-Gtk app when running under Ubuntu Unity? A few quick Google searches with keywords like "ubuntu unity menu bar integration" did not reveal anything interesting. This is…
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wx.TaskBarIcon on Ubuntu 11.04

There is no tray in Unity under Ubuntu 11.04. How can I make icon appear somewhere in Unity? wx.TaskBarIcon is not appear anywhere. Thanks
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Android emulator window stays on top after Alt+Tab

I'm running Ubuntu 16.04 with the default window manager. When using Android Emulator, I sometimes switch to it using Alt+Tab and then out of it in the same way. When I switch out, its window stays on top, even if the window I switch to becomes…
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Is it okay to use desktop or gui interface while using cuda?

I am trying to use CUDA with GTX 570. I am using Ubuntu 14.04 and CUDA has been installed successfully. I think I should use desktop or gui interface with on-board VGA and run GTX 570 solely for CUDA, but seems not working well. (I set up on-board…
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Reload Unity Launcher to show icon correctly after installation

After installing my own Debian package on Ubuntu using Ubuntu Software Center, instead of my icon it will show a question mark will shown in the Unity-Launcher. After the system was rebooted the icon will shown correctly. But how can i update or…
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What is the function of the .desktop file in desktop Linux distributions?

I have the following situation: I have to modify a .desktop file that is into the package of an application of which I am working. I have a strange problem that happens when I try to open the content of the file. If I click on it and then I try to…
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Change colour of individual window in Ubuntu

Is there a way to change the colour of an individual pre-existing window (border and/or title-bar) in Ubuntu 12.04 using the Unity desktop? For example, switching a specific gedit instance to have a green border. A quick Google didn't give me much,…
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How to make a Matplotlib window (i) transparent, (ii) not having a window title bar (at least with Ubuntu/Unity)

I want to plot a graph with Matplotlib and to keep updating it (reading values from a file as the file grows). I am using code based on this answer to dynamically read data from the file and it works. Now I have two questions: I would like to make…
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Pyglets Window.on_key_press and Window.on_key_release affected by key repeat on ubuntu 12.10 with unity

On pyglet's documentation it is stated that The Window.on_key_press and Window.on_key_release events are fired when any key on the keyboard is pressed or released, respectively. These events are not affected by "key repeat" -- once a key is pressed…
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can i apply gsettings without relogin?

I want my program's icon in Unity system tray. I do gsettings set com.canonical.Unity.Panel ..., but I want the changes to be applied without relogin, is it possible?
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Ubuntu unity cannot work, reinstall didn't fix

I am using OdroidXu4 armv7 board, ubuntu 16.04. Dont know why my all menu disappear, but the files on desktop can still be operated. I followed https://itsfoss.com/how-to-fix-no-unity-no-launcher-no-dash-in-ubuntu-12-10-quick-tip/ to reinstall…
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