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Linux Mint Essentials

By : Jay LaCroix
Book Image

Linux Mint Essentials

By: Jay LaCroix

Overview of this book

A task-oriented look at Linux Mint, using actual real-world examples to stimulate learning. Each topic is presented in an easy-to-follow order, with hands-on activities to reinforce the content. If you are starting out with Linux from a different platform or are well versed with Linux Mint and want a guide that shows you how to exploit certain functionality, this book is for you. No previous Linux experience is assumed.
Table of Contents (17 chapters)
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Index

Utilizing Activities and Virtual Desktops

Another of KDE's extensive features is known as Activities. You may be familiar with Virtual Desktops (also known as Workspaces), which is a concept used in practically every Linux desktop environment. With Virtual Desktops, you can have completely separate screens running different applications. KDE allows you to utilize Virtual Desktops as well, but the feature is disabled by default. In System Settings (KDE's configuration tool), you can click on Workspace Behavior and then Virtual Desktops and enable Virtual Desktops by changing the number of available desktops to any number greater than 1. To switch between Virtual Desktops, you can add the Pager Plasmoid to your panel to easily switch between them. After enabling it, the concept works the same here as it does in other environments. However, KDE actually takes this a step further.

Activities is a concept very similar to Virtual Desktops, but it offers additional features. With Activities...