Linux Workspaces - A Feature So Good Microsoft is Copying It - Chris Titus Tech
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99% of people don't run out of space anyway also I find it easier to click on the app in the taskbar and it opens than use 3 key shortcut to switch between desktops ( since it takes both hands if you're multitasking with lots of mouse movement it's simply not comfortable and not efficient, talking about Windows 11 here, ofc you can use AHK script for a different shortcut or mouse/kb macro but it will interfere with other apps ).
W11 even doesn't do it like 6:44 ... When you come back the game is minimzed, Alt+Tab is still better in W11 :D
Date: 2022-03-21
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GrowMap
Linux relies too much on geeks having great memories. Those of us who don't and hate using 3 combination hot keys prefer to make the Workspaces visible so we can just click on them to move between them. That is possible in Lubuntu and also in Mint. Probably a way to do it in most if not all distros. What I want to know is whether there is some way to make FireFox separate in each workspace so I can set different start pages for each workspace. I haven't found a way to do that, yet, so I guess I need to find 3 more browsers that actually work. I use Chrome in one workspace and usually use FireFox for everything else -- but want different start pages in different workspaces.
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Linux relies too much on geeks having great memories. Those of us who don't and hate using 3 combination hot keys prefer to make the Workspaces visible so we can just click on them to move between them. That is possible in Lubuntu and also in Mint. Probably a way to do it in most if not all distros. What I want to know is whether there is some way to make FireFox separate in each workspace so I can set different start pages for each workspace. I haven't found a way to do that, yet, so I guess I need to find 3 more browsers that actually work. I use Chrome in one workspace and usually use FireFox for everything else -- but want different start pages in different workspaces.
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Poe
Thanks for showing us this. Can you make a video about Panels and how they work? I used them some to modify my Mint environment for compiling stuff in a class. But, be nice if you covered how to move desktop all around, add some panels, and a global overview of how they work, where to find them, etc. I did it, and I added some extra functionality to taskbar or to a layout panel (if I remember correctly). But, now, I wouldn't have clue, unless I was working in it on daily basis. Again, thank you for all these videos. These will help people move to Linux. I'm thinking about it now -- more than ever.
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Thanks for showing us this. Can you make a video about Panels and how they work? I used them some to modify my Mint environment for compiling stuff in a class. But, be nice if you covered how to move desktop all around, add some panels, and a global overview of how they work, where to find them, etc. I did it, and I added some extra functionality to taskbar or to a layout panel (if I remember correctly). But, now, I wouldn't have clue, unless I was working in it on daily basis. Again, thank you for all these videos. These will help people move to Linux. I'm thinking about it now -- more than ever.
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SubRose
Nice video, Chris! Being using workspaces for many years and I've never needed multiple monitors for this awesome feature (I use five workspaces and for me it's perfect). I've used it in the past on Mac osx too and was amazing for audio editing work. The windows 10 implementation of workspaces it's absolutely horrible. (In Plasma you can click and hold the tittle bar of a window and then with the -switch to workspace X- shortcut, switch to that workspace with the window included, for me that's so convenient! )
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Nice video, Chris! Being using workspaces for many years and I've never needed multiple monitors for this awesome feature (I use five workspaces and for me it's perfect). I've used it in the past on Mac osx too and was amazing for audio editing work. The windows 10 implementation of workspaces it's absolutely horrible. (In Plasma you can click and hold the tittle bar of a window and then with the -switch to workspace X- shortcut, switch to that workspace with the window included, for me that's so convenient! )
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Silver
In the single-monitor low-resolution days of the 90s, I found virtual desktops to be a huge help on Windows. There was a bunch of really good choices in those days, much better than the Apple approach of 'Here it is, like it or leave it.'
I haven't needed it since I started using 2-3 monitors with higher resolutions. If there's a solution out there which will allow a custom set of app icons for each desktop which crucially will survive a reboot, please reply-that would interest me.
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In the single-monitor low-resolution days of the 90s, I found virtual desktops to be a huge help on Windows. There was a bunch of really good choices in those days, much better than the Apple approach of 'Here it is, like it or leave it.'
I haven't needed it since I started using 2-3 monitors with higher resolutions. If there's a solution out there which will allow a custom set of app icons for each desktop which crucially will survive a reboot, please reply-that would interest me.
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World
I was going to say that this feature looks amazing for Gaming (specifically, streaming on Twitch), but then you effectively covered that. Although, if these -tiling window managers- are what I think they are, from hearing the name, then that might be even better. Being able to see chat without blinding yourself to what's happening in-game, on a single monitor, sounds really useful. But that's only if the thing is what I suspect it is-
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I was going to say that this feature looks amazing for Gaming (specifically, streaming on Twitch), but then you effectively covered that. Although, if these -tiling window managers- are what I think they are, from hearing the name, then that might be even better. Being able to see chat without blinding yourself to what's happening in-game, on a single monitor, sounds really useful. But that's only if the thing is what I suspect it is-
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Gornius
Win 10 Workspaces suck balls. Not only using it steals focus which doesn't bring it back after switching back, hotkeys require nav cluster and require you to press 3 buttons.
Seriously? And you can't change them (unless using autohotkeyaroos workarounds).
I stopped using it because I thought it was unintuitive, and then moved to Linux, Xfce, and it works just as you would expect it.
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Win 10 Workspaces suck balls. Not only using it steals focus which doesn't bring it back after switching back, hotkeys require nav cluster and require you to press 3 buttons.
Seriously? And you can't change them (unless using autohotkeyaroos workarounds).
I stopped using it because I thought it was unintuitive, and then moved to Linux, Xfce, and it works just as you would expect it.
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Master
Also, there CTRL-ALT-F1 thru F6 for a whole new terminal login. To get back to the windows manager CTRL-ALT-F7. This is what sold me on Linux before all the window manager craze. I could be logged in tty1 and doing a long compile of the kernel, then switch to tty2 (CTRL-ALT-F2) to do some file management or some other thing while the compile is going on....
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Also, there CTRL-ALT-F1 thru F6 for a whole new terminal login. To get back to the windows manager CTRL-ALT-F7. This is what sold me on Linux before all the window manager craze. I could be logged in tty1 and doing a long compile of the kernel, then switch to tty2 (CTRL-ALT-F2) to do some file management or some other thing while the compile is going on....
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Inventor
my volumeter shows me your natural voice has big dynamic range, i recommend editing with cubase 5 with added waves 9 then use cla2a compressor or similar, i never had any problem after getting it for free and it's everything we'll ever need to manipulate sounds, the equivalent of photoshop in image, it's my tip. victor from spain.
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my volumeter shows me your natural voice has big dynamic range, i recommend editing with cubase 5 with added waves 9 then use cla2a compressor or similar, i never had any problem after getting it for free and it's everything we'll ever need to manipulate sounds, the equivalent of photoshop in image, it's my tip. victor from spain.
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