How many workspaces do you have?

[vishzilla]

Workspaces are something unique in Linux, some use them and some dont. If you use them, how many do you have on your desktop?

[bobbocanfly]

Four:

One - Firefox, Pidgin, other random stuff
Two - Thunderbird
Three - Songbird
Four - uTorrent Under Wine

[n3tfury]

four:

1) FF

2) Amarok

3) Pidgin

4) other: a VM if i'm not running seamless, gimp, OO, etc.

[Darkhack]

Under KDE I use 4 and keep them in a box but under GNOME I have three lined up horizontally. The number of workspaces I have is actually more cosmetic in how it looks on the toolbar than for functionaliy. Having the four in a box looks better on KDE while the three lined up looks better under GNOME.

I keep one open for general stuff (terminal, browser, media player). If I programming I'll use a new workspace for that since I'll typically have a lot of windows open. Sometimes I'll also use multiple workspaces for porn.

[smartboyathome]

Four, one is for my internet browsing and for guides, two is for school, three is for image editing, and 4 is an overflow for any of the other workspaces.

[Epilonsama]

I use two cuz I dont see the need to have more work spaces, on a separate note, i prefer GNOME and XFCE version of the workplace than KDE's cuz it doesn't mix the windows list of all workplaces

[AbredPeytr]

Er, I have four, but usually just use one. I just like to make the cube spin sometimes when I'm bored :-)

I have used up to 3 when I had a lot of terminal windows open with other programs. But that is rare.

[sumguy231]

I use two cuz I dont see the need to have more work spaces, on a separate note, i prefer GNOME and XFCE version of the workplace than KDE's cuz it doesn't mix the windows list of all workplaces

As with nearly everything in KDE, there is a preference to change that.
Right-click on panel, click 'configure panel', click 'taskbar', uncheck 'show windows from all desktops'. And that is why KDE is better than GNOME could ever hope to be. :)

Oh, and I have six virtual desktops. (What are workspaces? ;) ) I don't assign any particular use to any of them, I just use them as I go.

[smartboyathome]

And that is why KDE is better than GNOME could ever hope to be. :)

Please don't turn this into a GNOME vs. KDE thread.

[vishzilla]

oops! i forgot to mention, i use 4 workspaces
1: Firefox/Pidgin
2: Documents
3: Gimp
4: Reserved space

[mthei]

I don't really need more than two. If I'm working, one for OpenOffice, the other for web browser. Most other things stay in the notification area (Audacious, Pidgin). Most of the time though, one is for full screen apps, the other is for smaller windows.

[dizee]

Four, typically the first for the web browser, the second for the music player, and the others for anything else.

[Epilonsama]

As with nearly everything in KDE, there is a preference to change that.
Right-click on panel, click 'configure panel', click 'taskbar', uncheck 'show windows from all desktops'.



O rly, didn't know that, I should try that one day,

[eentonig]

4, but I usually only use two of them.

[Acglaphotis]

I use 6:
1: Firefox, virtualbox, ocassional nautilus, amarok.

2: When 1 is too clutered i use this one.

3,4,5,6: Ditto.

I use them sporadeously, mostly because i like rotating the cube.

[junior aspirin]

i used to use 4, but since i seem to have 2 or more bits of work open at the same time i just upped it to 6

1. Evolution & Pidgin
2. Rhythmbox
3. Downloads > Deluge/nicotine+
4. Uni work a
5. Uni work b
6. Non work stuff.

working well so far, especialy with a hot corner setup for compiz expose and another for scale.

[happy-and-lost]

Two, one especially for the Gimp and its many windows :)

[hessiess]

4, not for anything spasifick, just dump windows to outher wrkspces when the one im using gets to full

[red_Marvin]

Usually four or six, but right now only two.

1 - web browser/chat/documentation
2 - editors
3 - consoles
4 - file managers

[BuffaloX]

I have 3, because the cube in Compiz looks awesome when its triangular and transparent, I can see the backside of windows on the other desktops.

[argie]

Four on unprivileged user, two on admin. Just two because I'm scared I'll leave something half-done if there are too many workspaces. Sort of irrational, yeah.

1. Firefox and Liferea
2. Shares on other computers/Music Player
3. Office/GIMP/...
4. Whatever carries over.

[maduranga]

I Use four.

1.) FireFox
2.) for doing compiles and other stuff with FileMagager and Terminal
3.) Messenger and Thunderbird.

[x0as]

Normally six unless I need more room.

1. vnc, xterm x 3, pidgin
2. xterm x 3
3. xterm x 2
4. currently empty
5. vmware console
6. xmms, alsamixer.

[23meg]

As with nearly everything in KDE, there is a preference to change that.
Right-click on panel, click 'configure panel', click 'taskbar', uncheck 'show windows from all desktops'. And that is why KDE is better than GNOME could ever hope to be. :)

It's also configurable in GNOME, in the Preferences window of the Window List applet.

[maduranga]

I Use four.

1.) FireFox
2.) for doing compiles and other stuff with FileMagager and Terminal
3.) Messenger and Thunderbird.
4.) try to keep it free, cos when i got to do something new while i'm in the middle of my works, it is confsing to minimize all open windows and come to the Desktop. so I keep 1 free.

Ahh! sorry for making two post, its my mistake

[the.dark.lord]

I use two...

Just wondering who uses "None"

[habtool]

4 workspaces:

Resolution 1920x1200

1. Flock browser, Amarok, terminal and skype
2. Akregator and swiftfox
3. Evolution mail client and Mozilla sunbird syncing with google calender
4. Anything else that i need to open. Gqview, digicam games etc etc

[High Camp]

Just wondering who uses "None"

None would be for those weirdos who prefer a text based login, which I do about once a month when I screw my desktop up.

I have 8 on two computers using Synergy

Computer 1:
1: Misc.
2. High Camp
3. Other work
4. Personal

Computer 2:
1: Misc.
2. High Camp
3. Misc.
4. Personal

Now I only wish there was a way in Synergy to map workspaces to each other so if I go from workspace 3 on computer 1 I get workspace 3 on computer 2. If that makes any sense.

[p_quarles]

1. Konsole
2. Swiftfox & Thunderbird
3. Akregator & Miro
4. Free space

Kopete and Amarok live in the system tray.

[Epilonsama]

This workspace thread had me thinking, who was the one that invented the system to have multiple desktop or workplaces?

[vectorslave]

I use 2:

1.Firefox/Thunderbird/messenger

2. Office

[p_quarles]

This workspace thread had me thinking, who was the one that invented the system to have multiple desktop or workplaces?
I did a little looking in Wikipedia, and the idea goes at least as far back as HP's VUE (Visual User Environment), an X window manager from the early 90s.

[ryno519]

I have 2

1) Personal (pidgin, firefox, evolution, pretty much anything)
2) Development (Ajuta, Glade, a couple of consoles, Dia, openoffice writer)

[zekica]

I have four of them, but use only two of them often:

1: Web, Amarok, IM...
2: Work...
3 and 4: when I have to finish something quickly and other two are full...

[ryanVickers]

Poll question: How exactly can you have none? :p

[siralphred]

Three
1. General
2. XP under virtualbox
3. School related stuff

[Compucore]

I have a total of 8 open depending on the day that I need all 8 to work with. The order goes like this for my laptop.

1) Openoffice
2) Web apps like firefox and instant messaging.
3) Ajunta, eclipse programming
4) looking at videos
5) video animation like blender or Qcad
6) configuration for linux and patches
7) spare for something I might need
8) Same as 7.

Compucore

[TeraDyne]

I use 8:

1) Web browsing using SeaMonkey, Drivel for my LiveJournal and Blog, and Kopete

2) Kontact is always here and is always maximized.

3) KWord\OpenOffice and usually Dolphin. it's my Writing workspace.

4) DigiKam, GIMP, and KFlickr. I do all my art stuff here.

5) Amarok, always maximized, and sometimes Audacity when I'm needing to record something, and KAudioCreator if I'm ripping a CD.

6) Web Development. Konsole, Quanta, Dolphin, and Konqueror

7) Games. Blobwars, Patience, KMahjongg, KMines, KSudoku, I love em all.

8) Spare workspace. Anything that doesn't fit in another workspace, or if I need more room in one of the others, will go here.

[Celegorm]

I use ion as my wm, so I just add a new workspace on the fly whenever I need it. Typically I will have two or three open at a time. On my desktop, I'll have one for firefox and music, one for instant messaging and random stuff, and one (or two) for programming if I have a project I'm working on at the time. Oftentimes I'll do the programming on my laptop, and use one or two workspaces for that.

[angkor]

6

[thisllub]

2.

With 3 screens that gives me 6.
With e17 I can move them separately.

[RAV TUX]

4

[Old_Grey_Wolf]

With Ubuntu and Compiz I can have 4 desktops with each having 4 virtual desktops on each side of the cube. Therefore 16 desktops.

WOW, I really use only one most of the time.

:guitar:

[PartisanEntity]

At the moment I am up to six +2:

X Screen 0:

1. Evolution
2. Firefox
3. Pidgin & Skype
4. Text Editor (for php / html / css)
5. Gimp
6. Usually open folders / misc

X Screen 1:

1. Amarok (in GNOME)
2. KTorrent (in GNOME)

I really love this feature :)

[FuturePilot]

I have 4:)

[Calash]

In Compiz Fusion I have 4, 2 stacked on 2. I use Expo and Desktop Wall to move bewteen them. Use to use the cube but I needed a change :)

[betweenthetines]

Er, I have four, but usually just use one. I just like to make the cube spin sometimes when I'm bored :-)


Ha, I do the same thing sometimes and just find myself watching it spin around...

1. Firefox
2. Amarok
3. Any terminal windows and such I am using
4. Extra/overflow

[LookTJ]

I have 3 workspaces, but I don't use them. Just one. ;)

[RAV TUX]

4Just changed mine to 4x2:

Enlightenment Configuration>Virtual Desktops(Smoke Theme, Circuit animated background) e17 on Xubuntu 7.10
http://cafelinux.org/OptickleArt/albums/userpics/normal_snapshot56.png (http://cafelinux.org/OptickleArt/displayimage.php?album=lastup&cat=0&pos=0)

[Sayers]

Two, I barely use the seccond unless I have something running in the background indefenitly [email / bionic]

[D-EJ915]

On my laptop I use 3 but really only use 1, the other two are for extraneous things (like gimp and terms).

On the desktop I have dual monitors, so I never use anything but my main workspace even though I have 2 in most wms.

[sp0onman]

i have 4, but usually use 2,
1:firefox
2:amarok, pidgin
3:thunderbird

[aninaiian]

I have four, but I usually use three of the four.

Here's the usual set up:

1) terminal or multiple terminals
2) firefox and sometimes vlc
3) whatever music player I'm using and whatever volume control thing I'm using
4) whatever else I working on at the moment

I used 6+ workspaces in the past, but I realized I only used 3-4 of them most of the time. I really can't use 1-2 workspaces as it feels way too cluttered.

[beercz]

12 minimum - sometimes more

[EdThaSlayer]

I use 5, just to make sure that after being behind my pc for hours there is still some space left over to store the irrelevant stuff. :)

[Old_Grey_Wolf]

I don't know if this is normal; however, I have Ubuntu 7.0.4 running with Compiz Fusion. Ubuntu is set for 4 virtual desktops. Compiz allows me to have a cube with 4 virtual desktops per Ubuntu desktop. Therefore, I have 16 desktops available. I only use 2 of them most of the time.

[w7kmc]

Just two...any more than that and I get tempted to 'check' the other windows...ie...I'll start to lose track of work...and start to stray...better to stay focused at the task at hand....

[maduranga]

I use two...

Just wondering who uses "None"


I used none once my gdm was crashed and I was trying restore it without a luck for about few days :lolflag:

[RyanZec]

i use 2(because i have dual monitors so it is like 4) but how can you use none? don't you have to at least use 1 or you i'll not see anything.

[montres]

I use four desktops:

1. DC++
2. Internet Browser
3. File Management + Music Player
4. Word Processing

[Darkagentx]

Two, I do most of my stuff in one, then everything I don't need to watch in the other, utorrent, exaile, gwget, and so on.
And of course installed 3ddesktop ;3

[go7Ul1ai]

Currently I have 6 and I use each one for a different purpose.

Workspace 1: Firefox
Workspace 2: Pidgin (and sometimes, Skype), all other IM applications etc
Workspace 3: Banshee (and VLC for DVD's)
Workspace 4: Transmission (and sometimes the flickr uploader, but I don't use that much)
Workspace 5: Nautilus, pointed at my Home Folder (Quick access). I use this for data management (Transferring files)
Workspace 6: I am increasingly using the Terminal as I grow to learn how to effectively use it, I put the Terminal on Workspace 6 so I can quickly switch to it from Workspace 1 (Which I use most).



Soon I may have to add another workspace, strictly for Graphics.

Lee Jarratt

(Copied partly from my thread in http://theubuntuforums.org)

[Lod]

Just one, I never got the hang of changing desktop with keyboard commands, and I try to avoid the mouse as much as possible.
Alt-TAB however is something I remember.

[original_jamingrit]

For a while I was using EIGHT, just because I'd have multiple terminal windows, for xchat, pidgin, either amarok or audacious, thunderbird, firefox, and maybe a few other apps all left running. It was cool in a way, but it was way to inefficient switching between them (I mainly switch between them using Ctrl+Tab). So I cut it back down to four.

Only a compulsive multitasker really needs eight anyways.

[Chame_Wizard]

I have always 4 :guitar:

[ntowakbh]

I have four on Fluxbox. However, I don't have a set use for them, I do most of my stuff on one, however, when I started getting several apps open, I use the other workspaces. In particular, I dot that with GIMP, I commonly flip workspaces when using it.

[doorknob60]

I use one, why is none on there :lolflag: Last I checked you need at least one workspace to be able to do stuff :P

[init1]

None right now. I'm in TWM, which doesn't support them. VTWM does though.
Edit: Yeah, perhaps "none" and "one" should be merged. Seems like they're both the same thing.

[elmer_42]

I use four workspaces. Usually that is enough, but there have been times when I have gotten overwhelmed in apps. That's usually only the case when I am making somebody something in GIMP, have FF open so I can see what they need, Nautilus to keep track of all the new images I'm making, etcetera etcetera etcetera.

ONE: Everyday stuff (Firefox, Nautilus, Thunderbird, etc)
TWO: Nothing. Can be used when others are filled for more organization.
THREE: Rhythmbox
FOUR: Pidgin + Deluge (+ XChat sometimes)

[cardinals_fan]

Nine. A holdover from my tiling days :)

[SilverDragon]

I use 4 but I could probably use 3. I like the cube :)

Workspace 1: Pidgin/Facebook IM
Workspace 2: Firefox
Workspace 3: Totem if I'm watching something or Nautilus
Workspace 4: Rhythmbox

[Swarms]

1, never adjusted to control more. :)

[y-lee]

I have 7


3 for firefox all with multiple tabs, one of the firefoxes is for this forum with other tabs open for reference
1 for liferea
1 for xchat and or other chat programs (pidgin or aMSN)
1 for a terminal probably with multiple tabs open
1 for whatever else I want to open, Amarok for example or gvim.


I think i need a couple more actually :lolflag:

[Neon612]

I use 8 now but probably could use more.
1 firefox window in each. When I have to go back to Windows I miss the multiple workspaces so much I need to find a way to put them into Windows.

[Barrucadu]

I have 10 - Opera, XChat, Sonata, terminal (with rTorrent open), terminal (with Folding@Home monitoring script running), and then whatever else I need. Often GIMP, Fyre, Nautilus, Emacs, and another terminal.

[spupy]

4!
1 - Only Firefox, fullscreen
2 - Email, RSS, else
3 - Else
4 - IM, Music

Btw, didn't we already have a thread like this one? Or am I posting here again? o_O

[SpaceMaster]

four.

Workspace 1 -> Web browsing, games, general procrastination
Workspace 2 -> word processing, spreadsheets, slideshows, image editing, stuff that needs to be done
Workspace 3 -> updates, terminal, coding and compiling, package management, things that make me feel 1337
Workspace 4 -> music, videos, movies, video capture, ripping, general multimedia

[hotrod6657]

I use 4
1 for Pidgin and file directories since pidgin doesn't take up any space
2 for firefox (ususally multiple windows with multipule tabs)
3 for thunderbird
4 for exaile

I've been thinking about adding more, but then my cube turns into a pentagon and i just don't know if i really want to go there haha.

hotrod

[M_the_C]

I usually just leave it on the default (generally 4), but in my latest Ubuntu installation I just use 2.

1) What I am currently doing.
2) What I am using, but not at that moment in time. (e.g. updater)

[pofigster]

I have four workspaces - but really it's only so I can rotate the Beryl (Compiz) cube. I haven't really learned to use multiple workspaces yet despite years on Gnome.

[NoVista]

I have 4. (gotta have THE CUBE!).
I use two in everyday use.

1: Everything else.
2: Virtual machines.

[helliewm]

I have 6. I use about 4 but have 2 extra.

Helen

[Wa1k3rTXRang3r]

i have 4

1.Firefox, Pidgin (usually in the notification tray)
2.Thunderbird
3.Terminal, GIMP or whatever else im doing
4.anything else i need more room for

[Yownanymous]

Four workspaces in WINDOWS.

1)Firefox/MSN/Just about everything
2)Windows Media Player
3)Overflow
4)Overflow

[Tipped OuT]

Four is common because of the cube.

[stwschool]

I use 8 in my lovely curved expo, no specifics on what's in each box, just whichever thing I'm doing at the time goes in different boxes according to the job I'm doing.

[CrazyArcher]

Four, although I rarely use them all. Most of time only 1 or 2 have anything on them.

[Sand & Mercury]

One is all I have, one is all I need.

[billgoldberg]

Workspaces are something unique in Linux, some use them and some dont. If you use them, how many do you have on your desktop?

Workspaces aren't unique in Linux. Any OS has them (even Windows, not ootb but still).

I use 4.

And I do mean use, not have.

1 for browsing the interwebs
1 for music (I use nautilus and totem or banshee, depends)
1 for terminals
1 extra for whatever I plan to do

I can't stand having more than 2 windows on the same workspace.

I use the expo compiz fusion plugin binded to the top right corner to quickly switch workspaces.

[cespinal]

six. one for browsing, other for messaging, other for e mailing, and the other three for office workflow.

[donovan1983]

4 right now. Might increase it to 6 soon. 1 I use for web browsers and usually have a terminal open in it, too. 2 I use for multimedia stuff like a music or movie player, and also media management activities. 3 is for development stuff or graphics editing. 4 is for virtual machines. I have the Windows (Meta4) key on my keyboard plus arrow keys and number keys set to quickly switch workspaces. One thing I really wish I could do is to set up KDE so that certain programs always open in a particular workspace, which was my favorite thing about the Mac OS X implementation of workspaces.

[Frogs Hair]

4, use as needed

[gemmakaru]

4 here also. They get used randomly.

[lisati]

I have two, and manage to get by with using one of them most of the time.

[demuxer]

damn, this poll is >2years old, thats bad in some ways:

as new hardware/software becomes people must use less or more workspaces, will be great if you make another poll since Lucid Lynx, by 6monts or year, but not to collect that information with only 1 poll forever

[Mr. Picklesworth]

Infinite! :)

/close gnome-shell plug

[toupeiro]

I have 4, dual screen workspaces: Their use case will change depending on what I'm working on, and how many different things I'm working on at once. More often than not, it can look like this:


1-2: various terminals and casual browsing, casual applications use.
3-4: work with wine and associated terminals and browser windows.
5-6: VM's, VPN work, Citrix, Remote access etc etc.
7-8: Projects and hobbies (very light coding (not a programmer), scripting, Audio/Video, compiling, overflow tasks from screens 1 and 2)

I frequently use the expo and scale compiz plugins to manage the workspaces and windows within workspaces.

[Random_Dude]

When I started with Ubuntu I had 2 but only used 1.
Then I started using the 2 and later tried 4 for a while, but it got a little confusing since I kept losing track of what I was doing in each one. So now I'm back to 2 and it works for me. :biggrin: