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4:39 pm
February 6, 2012


tshandy33

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I don't understand the "activities" feature of the desktop. I have been playing with it, and now I seem to have three distinct desktops, with different wallpapers but otherwise functionally the same. Is there a manual somewhere to which I can refer?

5:36 pm
February 6, 2012


starbuck

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Hello tshandy,

there is a simply introductory video here:

 

Maybe one could think of it as having 4 different users, each having their own desktop with settings, but you needn't to log in and out smile

7:27 pm
February 6, 2012


tshandy33

New Runner

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Thanks, Starbuck.  It's a lot simpler than I feared it might be.

2:55 pm
February 10, 2012


huw

Codeslinger

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Post edited 2:55 pm – February 10, 2012 by huw

I'm going to have to watch that vid.  I never really saw a need for Activities until recently when I started working from home; I thought it'd be good to have separate "work" and "play" activities.  I couldn't really get my head around it though.  And as usual, there's bugger all in the KDE handbook!

7:38 pm
February 10, 2012


deck

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It's a neat thing. I'm still bound to good old workspaces (which, btw, can have different widgets and wallpapers, making the difference between them and activities even smaller), but that "stop" and "resume" feature is really nice. Very nice.

7:27 pm
February 20, 2012


tshandy33

New Runner

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Another question: In fooling around with the feature, I added several activities areas that I don't use. How do I delete an activities area?

4:31 pm
February 21, 2012


deck

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Post edited 4:33 pm – February 21, 2012 by deck

What do you mean by "activity area"? If you mean an activity itself, then, first look at top right on the icon of an activity, there is a "Stop" button. Press it. After the activity is stopped, you'll see a small red "X" which is actually the "Delete" button. Press it and the activity will be deleted.

5:05 pm
February 21, 2012


tshandy33

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Thanks. I should have seen that myself.

5:19 pm
February 21, 2012


deck

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tshandy33 said:

Thanks. I should have seen that myself.

It's not the most intuitive way to hide "delete" button behind another button. Kinda reminds me of the issue with closing Banshee on Ubuntu: if you want to close the player completely, first you have to stop currently playing song, and then close the app. If you do not stop the song first, you cannot close Banshee in any obvious way (there's always Terminal, but still).
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