Large numbers of virtual desktops

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cant u increase desktops without installing a package? like from the
internal settings?

On Sat, Dec 19, 2009 at 11:34 PM, Johnny Rosenberg
<gurus.knugum at gmail.com>wrote:

> 2009/12/19 Johnny Rosenberg <gurus.knugum at gmail.com>:
> > 2009/12/18 Alistair Cunningham <acunningham at integrics.com>:
> >> I'm currently using Debian with fvwm2. I'm about about buy a new laptop,
> >> and am considering switching to Ubuntu.
> >>
> >> I work on large numbers of remote machines, with SSH windows to each. I
> >> have 16x16 fvwm virtual desktops. Yes, that's 256 in total. At any time,
> >> I'm using perhaps 100 to 200 of them. In each virtual desktop is a
> >> maximized xterm. I have a mental map of which one points to which remote
> >> machine. I can switch rapidly between them using CTRL-arrows. I much
> >> prefer using the keyboard to the mouse, which I find slow and clumsy.
> >>
> >> Does anything like this exist for Ubuntu? If so, you probably have a
> >> convert!
> >
> > I use Compiz Fusion for this. Currently I use 4×4 desktops which is 4
> > cubes with 4 sides each (you can not have a desktop on the top and
> > bottom sides). To see all the desktops at once I hit Ctrl+Alt+↓, but I
> > am not sure if I configured this myself or if it is a default setting.
> >
> > I have tried to have 32×32 desktops, which is 1024 desktops, and it
> > worked, but the miniatures are so small that it's hard to see what is
> > on each desktop when viewing them all at once. I found that 4×4 works
> > for me, but I rarely use more than 1×4, sometimes 1×4 + 1 or something
> > like that.
> >
> > But if you need 16×16, you can do it with Compiz Fusion, that's for sure.
>
> By the way, Conpiz Fusion comes with Ubuntu by default these days, but
> you need to install ccsm (Compiz Config Settings Manager) manually, I
> think. It's probably as simple as ”sudo apt-get install ccsm”.
>
> There is also a ”Simple ccsm” but I didn't try it myself.
>
> Johnny Rosenberg
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