[ubuntu-uk] Annoying stuff about Ubuntu Unity

Paul Tansom paul at aptanet.com
Wed May 2 13:01:32 UTC 2012


** J Fernyhough <j.fernyhough at gmail.com> [2012-05-01 14:36]:
> On 1 May 2012 14:33, Grant Phillips-Sewell <dcglug at cornwall-it.co.uk> wrote:
> > Why should an application that isn't provided by Ubuntu, or even in the
> > repositories, be required to create a .desktop file?
> 
> It's not that it should - it's that you should be able to switch to
> that task using the Unity launcher.
> 
> On 1 May 2012 14:12, Alan Lord (News) <alanslists at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Anyone got any workarounds/suggestions for this scenario?
> 
> Does Alt-Tab work to select the minimised window? Does the window show
> up in Expo (Super-W)?
** end quote [J Fernyhough]

If it's not a silly question, what is Super-W supposed to do? It does nothing
on my machine, although this may be because by running dual screens I seem to
be forced into Unity 2D - some suggest you should be able to run 3D on 2
screens, but I've had no luck so far :(

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