[ubuntu users] How to get more work spaces--Question 1

[David Fox]

On Tue, Sep 29, 2009 at 7:30 PM, Ted Hilts <thilts at mcsnet.ca> wrote:
> I want to increase the workspaces on Ubuntu vs 8.04 (from 7 to 10 work
> spaces -- 7 has been set as the limit) as well as Ubuntu vs 9.04 (from 2


Are you indicating that it is set to a hard limit of 7 and that it
can't be changed? Have you tried the method described at this site:

http://www.techotopia.com/index.php/Customizing_the_Ubuntu_GNOME_Desktop_Panels#Changing_the_Number_of_Ubuntu_Desktop_Workspaces

(sorry about the line wrap - I'll tinyurl it

http://tinyurl.com/yl424ma

It would seem that all you'd need to do is to up the number of
workspaces in the described preferences dialog, but it could be that
you're running up against an aesthetic or usability "feature" that is
somewhere buried in Gnome and it's not possible to go above 7.

I mostly use compiz & kde. 36 workspaces should be enough for anybody.
:) But I don't know the gnome environment that well.



> to 5).  Apparently the manner of doing this is different on 8.04 than on
> 9.04 unless one uses the command line which I tried unsuccessfully for
> 8.04.  A few weeks ago I stumbled on what was supposed to be the command

Easiest way - in Gnome, go to Applications ->Accessories and bring up
Terminal. Voila, instant command line. (KDE alt-F2 is nice too).



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