Large numbers of virtual desktops

[Johnny Rosenberg]

2009/12/19 TopBot . <topbot5 at googlemail.com>:
> cant u increase desktops without installing a package? like from the
> internal settings?

Yes, but you can't have as many as if you activate Compiz Fusion
(which is installed by default on Ubuntu these days).
Right click the desktop icon in the lower panel and click Settings.
Select how many rows and columns you want.

Johnny Rosenberg



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