Desktop 1: Browser
Desktop 2: Discord
Right monitor (set to show on all desktops): Youtube/Steam
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I got a 3x3 grid and now I swim accross them so naturally, visually and intuitively that I cannot stand anything else, 1 for spotify/system properties, 2 for firefox, 3 for thunderbird, the rest thematic for ocassional folder and dedicated programs, any one (two for diagonals) shortcut away from any other (win_key+arrows, with ctrl and shift combinations for window movement/fitting)... I will never comply back to anything else
I use Super Key + A and S instead of the arrow keys to be able to do it with one hand.
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Desktop 1 - terminals Desktop 2 - browser Desktop 3 - files Desktop 4+ whatever programs I'm using
I don't even remember them. And KDE also has this activity whatever thingy that I don't know what the hell it does.
Activities let you change the desktop layout, panels, wallpapers, etc.
Virtual desktops keep the desktop settings
Thank you, but why? Why do I do that? It sounds like a whole separate desktop session then?
It can be useful if you want a different desktop layout for different use cases
I set up a Personal activity, and a Work activity, with different backgrounds and different apps pinned to the taskbar. That helps maintain a "virtual" separation of work and personal life, and helps me not screw off on discord as much
Well, it would if i actually used it
Now I know what it is for. Thank you.
ehm.. i have a grid of 20.. per monitor, and 3 monitors.
yes i usually fill more than half of them. yes most of the opened apps could be closed after a while.
but is really convinient because i have mouse and keyboard shortcuts to move around and move windows around.
i use a tiling vm btw*
*not a real tiling vm, kde with a tiling plugin
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Desktop 1: The things I need to do (applying for jobs) Desktop 2: The other things I should do (building relevant career skills) Desktop 3: The things I actually do (random hobbies & volunteer work) Desktop 4: I have no fucking clue, maybe reddit?
I sometimes use virtual desktops if I have a lot of stuff going on at once. Though, with a duel monitor set up, I hardly need it. My commands are a simple Ctrl+Alt+Left/Right Arrow Keys
- where I put all the shit I'm currently working on and totally forget about it.
For me it's:
- Workstuff
- Games
- Main browser for mail, etc.
- All the messenger apps
Music player lives in yakuake dropdown terminal.
shit dude, I've got more than 4.
- comms(chat/email/tickets)
- remote desktop access
- terminal/editor
- primary local development browser/console
- primary research/notes/documentation
- project 2 research/notes
- project 3 research/notes
- project 4 research/notes
- infrastructure migration project lead by PM
- browser for stupid shit/music
- Browser, other main stuff
- Games, games never leaves 2
- Terminal, ide, file manager
- Blender, libre office, teams, cad, lmms, davenci resolve
- Virtual box, vmware, virtmanager
- Moonlight, parsec, vnc, rdp.
7-9 when I run out of space in my other desktops - Music player, obs, uget, qbittorrent, xclicker, discord
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At work I tend to have like 3 workspaces just for stuff I need to be doing. Different projects. My second monitor tends to be reserved for the documentation etc that I need for that project. Then there are multiple workspaces with terminals for ssh, screenshares, and other terminal hackeroni. And one for messages etc.
I prefer to use i3 or away for this but unfortunately not every workplace lets you have that
friendship ended with workspaces/virtual-deskltops, now tags are my best friend