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Index
A
Ambient, 15–16
Android, 14
Applet Online Radio, 143–144
Applications, Linux component, 3
Archive (thunar-archive plugin), 111
Arch Linux, 79–80, 146, 235
Artix Linux, 235
Atril, 130, 138–139
B
Binary lxqt-config-file-associations, 250
Binary lxqt-config-input, 250
Binary lxqt-config-locale, 250
Binary lxqt-config-monitor, 250
Blueberry, 214
Bootloader, 2
Brisk Menu, 145–146
Budgie 19.10, 177–178
Budgie Applets, 177
Budgie Calendar Applet, 179
Budgie desktop environment, 167–168
bug repair and cleaning, 180–181
features and development
Budgie Panel Dock Mode, 185–186
built-in security, 187
flexibility, 187
games, 187–188
Intellihide, 186
migration, 188
night light, 186–187
settings app, 187
GNOME 40 support, 181
Raspberry Pi, 180–181
Ubuntu Budgie (see Ubuntu Budgie)
upgrades, 181–182
using APT, 182–185
Budgie-indicator-applet 0.7.0, 179
Budgie Panel Dock Mode, 185–186
Budgie-remix 16.04, 169–170
Budgie-remix 16.10, 170–171
Budgie-remix 17.04, 171–172
Budgie Welcome, 182
Bugie Desktop, 16
Bulk Renamer, 111
C
Caja file manager, 136–137, 165
Calligra Suite, 35
CDM, 147
CentOS (Community Enterprise 
Operating System), 79
Cinnamon, 16. see also specific Cinnamon 
entries
Cinnamon applets, 204–205
Cinnamon control center, 194, 212–213
Cinnamon-desktop, 209
Cinnamon desktop environment
applications, 205
benefits, 214
audio enhancements, 216
consolidation, 215
discovery, 215–216
extension, 215
flexibility, 215
overview mode, 216
settings editor, 216
speed, 215
touchpad settings, 216
visible connector, 215
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core components, 210–213
features, 196–197
GNOME 3, 193–195
history, 194–195
improvements, 195–196
installing on Ubuntu, 206–207
libraries, 208–210
removing from Ubuntu, 208
software components, 196
user guide
Cinnamon applets, 204–205
Cinnamon panel, 202
Desklets use, 198
desktop wallpaper, 205
extremely customizable, 199–201
flexibility, 203
GUI, 197
integration, 198–199
multiple workplaces, 202–203
Nemo, 203–204
stability, 204
working process, 206
Cinnamon github project, 211–212
Cinnamon libraries, 208–210
Cinnamon-menus, 208–209
Cinnamon panel, 202
Cinnamon-screensaver, 211
Cinnamon-session, 210
Cinnamon-settings-daemon, 210–211
CJS (Cinnamon Javascript
translator), 210
Clutter, 209–210
Cogl, 209–210
Collapsed Run Mode, 113
Command-line interface (CLI), 1, 22–23, 
74–75, 112, 192–193
Common desktop environment (CDE), 16
Components, Linux application, 2–3
ConsoleKit, 110
Console TDM
installation, 148
tdmctl commands, 148–149
tdm sessions, types of, 147
texts, 148
Contour, Plasma, 28
Controls (widgets), 8–9
Cursor, 10
Custom Actions, 111
D
Daemons, 2
DBus API, 118
Debian, 79, 235–236
Desklets, 198
Desktop environment (DE), 2–3
collaborative elements, 10
command-line interface (CLI), 1
desktop metaphor, 1–2
examples, 14–15
GUI (see Graphical user interface)
history of, 11–13
in Linux, 3–7
structural elements, 7–10
types, 15–18
for X Window System, 11–13
Desktop Grid, 69–70
DigiKam, 34
Distribution, 190
Distros, MATE, 162–163
Dock Applet, 142–143
E
E16, 254
E17, 255
E21, 255
E22, 255–256
E23, 256
Ecrire-gitAUR, 155
ediAUR, 155
efbb-gitAUR, 155
elemines-gitAUR, 155
eliminance-gitAUR, 155
“--enable-buildin-clipboard,” 222
“--enable-buildin-polkit,” 222
“--enable-debug,” 222
“--enable-gtk,” 222
“--enable-gtk3,” 222
“--enable-more-warnings,” 222
Engram, 129, 133, 139–140
Engrampa, 131
enjoy-gitAUR, 155
Enlightenment, 17
Enlightenment desktop environment
history, 254
installing on Ubuntu, 256

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version, 254–256
Enlightenment display manager, 154
Entrance-Based EFL display manager
Basic Lighting Library, 155
EFL-based applications, 155
init script, 154
installation, 155–156
Lighting window manager, 155
login user, 154–155
systemd service, 154
themes, 156
EperiodiqueAUR, 155
Ephoto, 155
ephoto-gitAUR, 155
epourAUR, 155
epymc-gitAUR, 155
equate-gitAUR, 155
eruler-gitAUR, 155
Existing Interface Connector, 210
Exo, assistant applications, 114–115
exo-preferred-applications, 116
Expanded Search Mode, 114
Extended Mode, 113
F
Falkon, 246
Fedora, 78–79
Fedora Linux, 146
Filelight, 36
Folder Mode, 113
Fourdan, Olivier, 99, 100
Free software, 190
G
Garcon, menu library, 118
GDM Face Browser, 154, 158–159
Github, 211–213
GNOME 1 (1999), 84–85
GNOME 2, 85–86, 193–195
applications, 88
dialogs, 87
features, 86
font and graphics, 86
icons and themes, 87–88
menus and panel, 87
usability, 86–87
user-visible improvements, 87
GNOME 3, 95, 128, 193–195
cons, 96–97
features, 88–91
pros, 96
GNOME 40, 181
GNOME-bluetooth, 214
GNOME desktop environment. see also