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Possible to have different desktop folders for different workspaces? (startrek.website)

submitted 9 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I am a "messy desk" person and like to have a big open visual space for all the pseudo-temporary files belonging to whatever project I'm working on at a given time. It would be nice to have a workspace specifically dedicated for "work" and still be able to create a fresh one when needed, without having to "put all the work stuff away" first. I've found GNOME extensions that allow different wallpapers, which is great, but I would love to have an actual separate desktop, not just windows.

Bonus points if I could change the dock applications and GTK theme too.

Running Ubuntu 22.04, btw.

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[–] [email protected] 31 points 9 months ago (2 children)

You should be able to do this on Plasma with Activities.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 9 months ago

+1 for Activities, it can do this (and more). https://www.datamation.com/open-source/11-activities-for-kde-plasma/

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago (3 children)

Would this mean switching to Kubuntu? (still kinda new to this world)

[–] [email protected] 15 points 9 months ago (1 children)

It can mean that, but you can also install it on normal Ubuntu.

[–] djehuti 6 points 9 months ago

For the whole enchilada, sudo apt install kde-full

[–] [email protected] 3 points 9 months ago (1 children)

No. You can just do sudo apt install kde-minimal or sudo apt install kde-full. If you see a popup asking you to select SDDM or GDM, select GDM for GNOME to still have the screen lock function.

Then log out, click your user, click on the ⚙️ and select Plasma. Now just log in and you can do this again if you want to go back to GNOME.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 children)

Ah very nice, I appreciate the explainer, thank you.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 9 months ago

Hey just a heads up. Installing gnome and kde side by side can result in a lot of weirdness like fonts messing up. It would be better to save your home partition and move to kubuntu or another kde specific platform.