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jerry50
July 19th, 2015, 04:33 PM
I recently had Ubuntu 14.04 installed as a dual boot with Win. 7. As I'm learning the terminology for linux, I'm having questions. Like....which desktop environment do I have?
vasa1
July 19th, 2015, 04:43 PM
I recently had Ubuntu 14.04 installed as a dual boot with Win. 7. As I'm learning the terminology for linux, I'm having questions. Like....which desktop environment do I have?
Run
env | grep XDG_CURRENT_DESKTOP in your terminal.
jerry50
July 19th, 2015, 05:38 PM
Vasa1, thanks!! This is fun...when it isn't frustrating. Unity it is.
jerry50
July 19th, 2015, 05:42 PM
Now...how to I mark this as "Solved"?
Rex Bouwense
July 19th, 2015, 07:28 PM
At the beginning of your thread, click thread tools and choose mark as solved.
deadflowr
July 19th, 2015, 07:53 PM
It should be noted that in some releases of Ubuntu gnome-flashback may show up in the XDG_CURRENT_DESKTOP as unity.
fwiw
Reference thread here:
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2243854
CantankRus
July 20th, 2015, 03:22 AM
I have this handy command filed away that may help you understand things.
Requires wmctrl (90kb) to be installed.
Install via terminal....
sudo apt-get install wmctrl
Then in the terminal run....
echo -e "Session: $DESKTOP_SESSION\nDesktop: $XDG_CURRENT_DESKTOP \nWindow Manager: $(wmctrl -m | awk '/Name:/{print $2}')"
eg
glen@Trusty:~$ echo -e "Session: $DESKTOP_SESSION\nDesktop: $XDG_CURRENT_DESKTOP \nWindow Manager: $(wmctrl -m | awk '/Name:/{print $2}')"
Session: ubuntu
Desktop: Unity
Window Manager: Compiz
Tip: Keep notes in something like gnote as you learn.
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