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zami
October 1st, 2008, 12:12 AM
1) gksudo nautilus?
Is there an XFCE equivilant to "gksudo nautilus"? Also, should that be "gksudo" or "gksu" or does it make a diference?
EDIT: I've found it's "thunar". Still curious about gksu vs gksudo.

2) mystery donut?
The default theme (for Xubuntu at least) has a little o at the top left of every window bar, that you can click and it visually fills, or empties. (As in biscuit, to donut.) What's it do?

3) blank run line?
Is it possible to set the "run program" box (Alt+F2) to open blank? Currently, it's opening with the last command entered.

Thanks for any help!

-zami

lifestream
October 23rd, 2008, 08:56 PM
1) gksu vs gksudo.
I believe gksu asks for the root password, but gksudo asks for your user password.
Since ubuntu doesn't have a root password, use gksudo. :)

2) mystery donut?
It makes the window stay in *ALL* workspaces.
A workspace is like having several desktops. Not sure if you have them? Try ctrl+al+left/right/up/down arrow keys.
The donut could be useful, say for a terminal, if you want to work on it from all workspaces.

3) blank run line?
Hmmm I'm not sure! Mine doesn't do that!
Then again a simple backspace will clear the entire word.


- lifestream