Hiyall,
there is a blue square in the panel separated into 4 distinct areas and labelled 1,2,3,4.
What is it?
The next question will obviously be what is it used for? but perhaps the answer to the first question will be self-evident.
[SOLVED] Blue box in panel
[SOLVED] Blue box in panel
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2011 ASUS Eee PC, 1011PX, 32-bit, Atom N455, 1667MHz, 2Gb RAM, 240Gb SSD - [color=red] BionicPup 32-bit [/color] frugal + USB stick install
Without a picture, you only leave anyone to guess.
My best guess is that is the desktop switcher.
You have 4 different desktops (configurable to however many you like)
You can run different apps or programs on each desktop, without getting in the way of the other ones.
Particularly handy for playing games at work on desktop two, but switching to desktop one with spreadsheets etc when the boss is around....
My best guess is that is the desktop switcher.
You have 4 different desktops (configurable to however many you like)
You can run different apps or programs on each desktop, without getting in the way of the other ones.
Particularly handy for playing games at work on desktop two, but switching to desktop one with spreadsheets etc when the boss is around....
here's the screenshot.
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2011 ASUS Eee PC, 1011PX, 32-bit, Atom N455, 1667MHz, 2Gb RAM, 240Gb SSD - [color=red] BionicPup 32-bit [/color] frugal + USB stick install
Yep, that's the desktop switcher.
Depending on the setup, if you use the scroll wheel on your mouse on the desktop, it can go through each desktop. Or, just click into each section of the switcher and you'll move between each desktop. Or, ctrl alt right/left arrow
To test it out, open a browser window, then click the next desktop, open a word processor, click the next desktop, open terminal, click the next one and open the music player.
There you have it, running 4 things at once, but only one thing visible on each screen.
Depending on the setup, if you use the scroll wheel on your mouse on the desktop, it can go through each desktop. Or, just click into each section of the switcher and you'll move between each desktop. Or, ctrl alt right/left arrow
To test it out, open a browser window, then click the next desktop, open a word processor, click the next desktop, open terminal, click the next one and open the music player.
There you have it, running 4 things at once, but only one thing visible on each screen.
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@ fjd:-
This is one of the 'secret' advantages Linux has had over Windoze fpr nearly 30 years. In fact, the 'X' windowing system, on top of which the many and varied WMs (window managers) run, pre-dates Linux by something like 15 years - late 70s/early 80s.
With Windows, if you have half-a-dozen items open, you're constantly having to minimise/maximise stuff to get to the one you want, since everything used to be crammed onto a single desktop. I say 'used to', since I believe Windows 10 finally has this option.....but it is still an 'option'. However, as far back as XP, it used to be available as one of the famous 'Powertoys', developed by some of the Microsoft devs in their spare time.
It just lets you keep multiple items spaced out, as p310don says....and you switch between them as & when you want them.
You think Windows has got all the eye-candy? Think again, brother; until you've seen the near-legendary Compiz desktop 'cube', in action, you ain't seen eye-candy!
You want some inspiration, take a look at this; this'll knock your socks off, mate, I tell ya.....
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vKp9WvZv7J8
This video has been available on YouTube from as far back as Ubuntu 9.10 'Karmic Koala', back in 2009.....featuring docks, widgets, special effects, 'wobbly windows', and of course, the 'Cube'. And lots of stuff that is no longer available, due to the maintainers not being able to keep the code current, so some has inevitably fallen by the wayside. It does, however, give some idea of just what Linux is capable of.
It's not all terminals and the command-line, y'know..!
Mike.
This is one of the 'secret' advantages Linux has had over Windoze fpr nearly 30 years. In fact, the 'X' windowing system, on top of which the many and varied WMs (window managers) run, pre-dates Linux by something like 15 years - late 70s/early 80s.
With Windows, if you have half-a-dozen items open, you're constantly having to minimise/maximise stuff to get to the one you want, since everything used to be crammed onto a single desktop. I say 'used to', since I believe Windows 10 finally has this option.....but it is still an 'option'. However, as far back as XP, it used to be available as one of the famous 'Powertoys', developed by some of the Microsoft devs in their spare time.
It just lets you keep multiple items spaced out, as p310don says....and you switch between them as & when you want them.
You think Windows has got all the eye-candy? Think again, brother; until you've seen the near-legendary Compiz desktop 'cube', in action, you ain't seen eye-candy!
You want some inspiration, take a look at this; this'll knock your socks off, mate, I tell ya.....
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vKp9WvZv7J8
This video has been available on YouTube from as far back as Ubuntu 9.10 'Karmic Koala', back in 2009.....featuring docks, widgets, special effects, 'wobbly windows', and of course, the 'Cube'. And lots of stuff that is no longer available, due to the maintainers not being able to keep the code current, so some has inevitably fallen by the wayside. It does, however, give some idea of just what Linux is capable of.
It's not all terminals and the command-line, y'know..!
Mike.
