2009/10/3 Andrew Jensen <[email protected]>: > On Sat, Oct 3, 2009 at 12:57 PM, Johnny Rosenberg > <[email protected]>wrote: > >> 2009/10/3 Andrew Jensen <[email protected]>: >> > On Fri, Oct 2, 2009 at 1:55 PM, Mark C. Miller <[email protected] >> >wrote: >> > >> >> On Wed, 30 Sep 2009 09:13:52 +0300, Lars Nooden wrote: >> >> >> >> > jonathon wrote: >> >> >> On Mon, Sep 28, 2009 at 02:25, Matthew McGowen wrote: >> >> >>> implements tabbed 'browsing' in Office. ... >> >> > >> >> > >> >> > The way I find useful to manage multiple projects is to make use of >> the >> >> > system's virtual desktops and give a desktop to each project. That >> way >> >> > I can have as many windows open in as many programs as needed and only >> >> > the ones related to that project are on the particular desktop. >> >> > >> >> >> >> not to be smarmy, but you could get exactly what you want by moving to >> >> unbuntu >> >> >> >> >> > >> > >> > Yes - or staying with XP (free) or moving to Win 7 or the Mac or... >> > >> > Multiple desktops....kind of old-school at thsi point isn't it. >> > >> >> It doesn't have to be bad just because it's old. I find it very useful >> anyway. I use 16 desktops with Compiz-Fusion. That's 4 desktops per >> cube and it works very well. Easy to find every application window by >> looking at the cube from above (for example), in case I forgot on >> which side if which cube I left it. >> >> For fun I tried to have 1024 desktops (32×32) but after a short time >> experimenting with it I found that 4×4 desktops is perfect for me. >> For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] >> >> > You are correct - it isn't bad. I just meant that one need not acquire > Ubuntu ( which I use and like ) in order to make use of it, That's all. The > idea of arranging document windows on different windows by project is one > good way of organizing work. > > > Drew > Well, you don't need to, but it's there by default (with or without effects) so you don't have to install anything extra to get it, which you need if you have XP. Maybe Windows 7 has it by, I don't know. And I never used MacOS X, so I don't know about that either.
Not only Ubuntu comes with multiple desktops. I have seen it in every distro I tried so far. I am not sure if this is an X thing or a desktop environment thing, but I've seen it in Gnome, KDE and Xfce, and I think I saw it in LXDE too. Normaly, at least in Gnome, there are two desktops by default but changing that is only 3 clicks (+ entering new values by clicking or by keyboard) away. And everywhere where I say ”desktops” I mean ”virtual desktops”, I guess… J.R. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected]
