Testing Multiple Desktop Environments + Increasing Productivity

Hello,
I've been using Arch Linux with Gnome for some time now and I'm interested in testing out other desktop environments. Particularily Xfce and FluxBox. I'm not really interested in KDE as from past experience I've found it rather bloated. I do however like how you can run Quanta Plus on it (although I've heard this can be done via Gnome with the KDE files etc).
I recently used Ubuntu with Gnome and was impressed with its ability to have completely seperate work spaces (seperate icons,wallpapers, taskbar and processes). I'm interested in methods of doing this and saving/restoring entire workspace sessions. The idea is to have two completely seperate work spaces, one for personal use and the other for work.
Is it possible to have multiple DE's installed at the same time on Arch and ability to switch between them easily and also remove them if necessary?
Basically I'm interested in increasing productivity.
I'm interested in your thoughts on this.
Thanks.

Well if you are developing applications that need testing on multiple Desktop enviroments, then yes installing them would help increasing your productivity.
But if your developed apps are platform independent, installing multiple DEs - in one way - is nothing but bloat and will get in the way because now you will have to rbr different shortcuts/application names for different DEs. That in my opinion leads to decreased productivity. Separate wallpapers on different virtual desktops and apps like those take up lot of memory and are a waste of resources, IMHO
If however, you want to just try out different WMs/DEs to find the right one for you, then yes...as moljac mentioned install them and find out which ones you like.
and yes its easy to install and remove them.

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[S]Consequences of installing libs from multiple desktop environments?

Right now I'm using xfce4. But I found myself wanting to install some software that has KDE libraries as its dependencies. In the past I restrained myself and searched of an alternative software that would not pull a whole array of libraries from some other desktop environment. But now I started to think whether or not it would be a bad thing.
E.g. right now I want to install okular. It will pull "kdebase4-runtime" (which will pull "kdelibs4" and so on). I wonder what would be the consequences of installing those libraries, considering that I already use xfce4. In particular I'm interesting in following (and please sorry if those questions are too noobish):
1) Will I actually accidentally install the full k desktop environment by automatically installing all those dependencies and the only way I'll be able to use any software that wants to pull some KDE dependencies is if I actually will use full KDE?
2) Whether those libraries will be "passive" and be used only to support the applications that require them or will they actively slow down the system even if they not used and not being called?
And will there be any other problems or drawbacks if I'll install those dependencies?
Thanks in advance!
Last edited by CoolArchBro (2013-12-19 18:14:12)

CoolArchBro wrote:1) Will I actually accidentally install the full k desktop environment by automatically installing all those dependencies and the only way I'll be able to use any software that wants to pull some KDE dependencies is if I actually will use full KDE?
Accidentally? No. Not unless you put on a blindfold and start pecking at the keyboard while running pacman. If a package does actually require all of KDE as a dependency, then you will either install the full desktop intentionally, or not at all. In the former case, there will still be no need to "use" KDE. One can have many desktops installed on the same computer - they don't run by just being installed, you have to invoke them.
CoolArchBro wrote:2) Whether those libraries will be "passive" and be used only to support the applications that require them or will they actively slow down the system even if they not used and not being called?
They'll be as passive as any of the data on your hard drive. If drive space is at a premium, this might be an issue, but if you are not filling up your drive, then having something installed will have no effect what so ever.
I have a bit of an OCD minimalism: I track down any unused packages and eliminate them - I've even removed several 'base' packages. But this does absolutely nothing to improve performance on my system, it's more of just a 'hobby' or chance to learn what all the different pieces do.

Multiple Desktop Environments

I am currently running Arch 32bit with XFCE Desktop Environment, no login manager... I followed the instructions that setup "startx" from the terminal after bootup.
I have recently been checking out "enlightenment" as a Desktop Environment, and would like to set up a possible session without wrecking my XFCE session.
So, my question is: Can I do this? Backtrack linux starts up with options like that, where you can choose DE's from a startup terminal. Maybe like a "starte" entry added to my .xinitrc?
Any info would be helpful. Thanks.

https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php … 68#p971168

Data mismatch in Test and Prod environments

Hi,
we have a query in Test and Prod environments.this query is not giving same result both for Test and production. Please have a look and share your thoughts.
Select D1.C3,D1.C21,D2.C3,D2.C21
from
(select
sum(F.X_SALES_DEDUCTION_ALLOC_AMT)as C3,
O.Customer_num as C21
from
ESA_W_ORG_D O,
ESA_W_DAY_D D ,
ESA_W_SALES_INVOICE_LINE_F F
where
O.ROW_WID = F.CUSTOMER_WID
and D.ROW_WID = F.INVOICED_ON_DT_WID
and D.PER_NAME_FSCL_MNTH = '2012 / 12'
group by O.Customer_num)D1,
(select
sum(F.X_SALES_DEDUCTION_ALLOC_AMT)AS c3,
O.Customer_num as C21
from
Sa.W_ORG_D@STPRD O,
Sa.W_DAY_D@STPRD D ,
Sa.W_SALES_INVOICE_LINE_F@STPRD F
where
O.ROW_WID = F.CUSTOMER_WID
and D.ROW_WID = F.INVOICED_ON_DT_WID
and D.PER_NAME_FSCL_MNTH = '2012 / 12'
group by O.Customer_num)D2
where
D1.C21=D2.C21
and D1.C3<>D2.C3;I have done the following steps:
1. created one temporary table and searched for duplicate records because if any duplicates found am planning to delete those records. but didn't find any duplicates. searched for common column values using equi join condition. are there any possibilities in data mismatch apart from this?
2. this query is taking around 45 minutes to retrieve the output. I want to increase the performance of the query. so created Unique on 5 columns. but still taking the same time.
so uing ALL_ROW HINT and ran the query but still it's taking the same time.
so suggest me any thing needs to add to increase the performance?
appreciate your support.
Thanks.

If you can create a temporary database link between the two environments use DBMS_RECTIFIER_DIFF or DBMS_COMPARISON to compare the two tables' contents.
http://www.morganslibrary.org/reference/pkgs/dbms_comparison.html
http://www.morganslibrary.org/reference/pkgs/dbms_rectifier_diff.html

Load testing Citrix Desktop Client applications

I need to simulate multiple simultaneous users of an application using the citrix client desktop for Great Plains 10.
We are moving from local desktop client installs of GP to citrix clients in a VM environment, and there is a concern about performance for the users.
How can I setup and perform such a simulation?

I should also note that GP is a Microsoft company. A Microsoft Partner can get you set up with a test center that can emulate your test needs outside of your production systems. This may be the best approach and the most cost-efficient. They
can usually set up a full virtualization of your network environment and run tests that will tell you what to expect.
Consider that GP scales well with Citrix. GP should easily follow the rules of resources demand for users as "superusers' Those rules are dependent on the hardware and can be gotten from Citrix. You should start by doing the arithmetic.
If it missies by more than negative 20% you will need to research with the hardware vendor on how to set up the analysis more accurately.
I have done these exercises for mid-sized platforms. They can be don in two to three days of research and math. Once you are in the ball park you can still look at a test. At least the test will not be telling you that your hardware is
less than 50% of the n3eeded capacity. You can discover that with match and research.
¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Multiple Desktops

Really like the multiple Desktops. @ 1st thought it was much like Alt-Tab or hovering across Taskbar, basically, another View/Select approach. In 7 (& 8) would run more than one tabbed browser grouping related sites in each. This
does that and on a higher level. Can EASILY be done by 'family' or even if different sign-ins are required. Can be put to good use, keeping things nicely organized & the Desktop, et al, neat, clean & uncluttered.
Just wanted to reiterate what a cool feature I find this to be of Windows 10. IT is so nice how related things can be grouped together making the experience slick, neat, tidy & very organised & uncluttered... not having a bunch of stuff all mixed
up together on one Desktop. Microsoft calls it "Virtual Desktops". For example, I have one w/ Skype, Outlook, Calendar... another w/ all IT stuff.... another w/ Home page & whatever & another w/ sites devoted to a singer/song-write
of particular interest to me. Anyway, you get the idea and certainly can be configured however YOU fancy. You simply open one, put what you want in it, hit the + sign & open another, fill it and so on. I am not sure, yet, as to how many
one can have but, a few, @ any rate.
10 sure is easy to use. Makes such a nice difference not having 'Hot Corners', hidden things or stuff that pops out from edges. Plus, now, w/ 10 and its menu, I don't have to enable the Desktop Toolbar or create a folder on the Taskbar for Applications
and can, still, not have to change screens for anything; just be 100% on the good ole Desktop. All w/ hardly any 'learning curve'! And it sure is speedy! Certainly, non-touch PC Users should not have complaints w/ Windows 10.
Cheers,
Drew
Drew MS Partner / MS Beta Tester / Pres. Computer Issues Pres. Computer Issues www.drewsci.com

Thanks for your response. I think we might be talking about the same Desktop... If you close all your folders and applications and just have the Finder - I'm talking about that Desktop. The one that's called "Desktop" in Places. The one that in System Preferences is called "Desktop and Screensaver" and lets you place a picture of your choosing in the background. I think that's what you mean when you say it's "the background that all your windows and folder sit on." That's the Desktop I mean. (It is called the Desktop, isn't it?) The point isn't having different pictures there - that was hypothetical. At the moment I have a few folders and quicktime files sitting on my Desktop. If I create multiple Spaces - no matter which Space I open, the exact same folders and quicktimes remain on the Desktop. What I was wondering - and suspect isn't possible to do - is being able to create multiple Desktops: one that will have nothing but quicktime files waiting to be opened, one that will have nothing but folders waiting to be opened, etc. I hope this is clearer.
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How do I view multiple desktops/Spaces in a single screen?

I'm used to viewing a large TV with multiple desktops simultaneously in an operating room. I'm wondering if it's possible to separate a TV I have connected to my early 2011 MacBook Pro into four separate desktops (e.g. dividing the TV into 4 quadrants)? I'm assuming there's no legitimate workup using OS X Yosemite but it'd be great to know if anyone has done this before. Thanks.

r9973 wrote:
Sorry, more like: String test = "Some Text Here"Want to convert to String test = "Some Text Here"
Post the code that you used to test the regex. I just tried it and it worked fine for me. All you need to do is apply the regex replaceall to your string variable that holds the string
String test = "Some Text Here";
test = test.replaceAll(" +", " ");
System.out.println(test);And thats it.

Juggling items in Multiple Desktops

I have always used & liked Multiple Desktops. I'll admit, I may have this wrong so just bear w/ me a moment. Initially, could not move items from one Desktop to another. I really like it when that ability was introduced. However
it only applied to Universal APPs (@ least, that's how it seemed & fit w/ the understanding I had)... recently, (not sure why I tried, again) it IS possible to (also) move browser pages. Whether, did it & I wasn't realising or 'now' doing it,
not w/standing, it is a terrific Feature.
Cheers,
Drew
Drew MS Partner / MS Beta Tester / Pres. Computer Issues Pres. Computer Issues www.drewsci.com

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Multiple Desktop Windows suddenly not available how do I fix this?

I changed one preference in MIssion Control System Preference - - assigning Dashboard to F5. I then noticed that when I open mission control it shows only Dashboard and 1 application desktop. Also the ways of accessing desktops have been limited to control up arrow and control down arrow. I used to be able to assign control 1, control 2, etc. or control left arrow control right arrow. How do I regain multiple desktops and more ways of accessing them? I'd be most appreciative of any insight or help. Thanks.

Try a restart.
Do a backup, using either Time Machine or a cloning program, to ensure files/data can be recovered. Two backups are better than one.
Try setting up another admin user account to see if the same problem continues. If Back-to-My Mac is selected in System Preferences, the Guest account will not work. The intent is to see if it is specific to one account or a system wide problem. This account can be deleted later.
Isolating an issue by using another user account
If the problem is still there, try booting into the Safe Mode using your normal account. Disconnect all peripherals except those needed for the test. Shut down the computer and then power it back up after waiting 10 seconds. Immediately after hearing the startup chime, hold down the shift key and continue to hold it until the gray Apple icon and a progress bar appear. The boot up is significantly slower than normal. This will reset some caches, forces a directory check, and disables all startup and login items, among other things. When you reboot normally, the initial reboot may be slower than normal. If the system operates normally, there may be 3rd party applications which are causing a problem. Try deleting/disabling the third party applications after a restart by using the application un-installer. For each disable/delete, you will need to restart if you don't do them all at once.
Safe Mode

Using multiple desktops with a 4 finger swipe on a Mac Book Pro running Lion- is there a way that I can allow Safari open on several but not all?? Looks like I can set it for one but not others. All, one, or nothing

Using multiple desktops with a 4 finger swipe on a Mac Book Pro running Lion- is there a way that I can allow Safari open on several but not all?? Looks like I can set it for one but not others. All, one, or nothing

Hey Eric,
Thanks for taking the time. Unfortunately no that does not solve it. Same as swipe it will get me there and it will show separate programs spaced out. The issue I am having is that all my open word files are bunched up in a pile on top of each other. I can see the edges of each one but I want them to be separated from each other enough that I can visually identify what file is what.
Again, thanks for trying, it is appreciated.

Is it possbile to have multiple clients on our Production instance

We have our Production system with client 101
Our abapers want me to create another client 500 (config only - not easy to accomplish) to be used for our Mexican users.
I told them to create another company code for Mexico, but they do not know how to do this.
DO I have any other options, of yes
Pros and cons of having multiple clients in same production instance.
I know that any independent code is going to effect all clients.
THanks
Joe

Hi Jo,
you CAN create a new client, but mostly this is not done, because the effort to maintain multiple clients is mostly higher than just different company codes. Yes, ABAPs are client indpendent and therefore valid for all clients.
So, the argument, to "not know" how to create different company codes is not valid to me !
Regards
Volker Gueldenpfennig, consolut international ag
http://www.consolut.de - http://www.4soi.de - http://www.easymarketplace.de

Yosemite consolidating multiple desktops on dual monitors,

I have a Mac mini (mid 2010) - 2.4 GHz - 350 GB - Yosemite 10.10.2 - with dual LG monitors. Instead of using Mission Control I prefer to have multiple desktops on each monitor. I dedicate a single app to each desktop, e.g., Safari, iTunes & iPhoto on Mon1 facing Mail, Messages & Calendar on Mon2, and swipe between apps, which I find more convenient. Six numbered desktops plus Dashboard.
In Mavericks this arrangement was preserved on restart. However, in Yosemite, all apps on Mon2 are consolidated in a single desktop, the remaining 2 desktops - 4 & 5 - have migrated blank to Mon1, PLUS an additional blank desktop - 6 - is generated on Mon1. The single desktop on Mon2 is now 7. On subsequent restarts there become eight, then nine, then ten desktops, etc.
I've been up and down the settings options, tried System Help, outside searches, and even mentioned the issue in passing during an unrelated Apple Tech Support call. To no avail. I had hoped that one of the updates would resolve this. It is easily but inconveniently resolved manually, but as I mentioned this was a non issue in Mavericks.
I mentioned this problem in an earlier post, but in less detail. Has anyone else experienced or heard of this?

I did find a workaround........ that works so far....... If I put FCPX into full screen mode. Then my events dissapear!!!! But if I toggle on and off the "Window/Show Events in a separate window" menu then the Events reappear and I can swipe between desktops and all the windows behave as they should. That's a relief. The old method doesn't work but at least this one does. I hope this helps someone who is swiping like a mad man like I was.

Switching between multiple desktops while using VNC

Hi All,
Encountering a minor inconvenience with switching between desktops while VNC-ing. I frequently telecommute and VNC into my work imac, which has parallels + windows 7 installed. My personal machine is a retina macbook pro, and both my macbook and the imac have the newest mavericks installed. I will frequently have multiple desktops open on my imac, but I find that when I am VNC-ing into the imac and then open up parallels in a full window that I am then unable to switch back to my other OS X desktops unless I completely shutdown my windows VM. Normally hotkeys works for me to switch between desktops (and still works when switching from OS X window to OS X window), but it just doesn't do the trick here. I know could just configure my imac so that parallels doesn't open up in full screen mode, which would solve the issue, but I feel like there's gotta be a way to switch desktops while VNC-ing! All tips appreciated!
Thanks,
KP

Hi,
This is possible using access restrictions in Universe designer based on user login.
For eg. there is user A,B and C and three connections C1,C2 and C3.
In Manage access restrictions you have to create a three restrictions(R1,R2 and R3): one using C1,second C2 and third C3.
Apply these three restrictions to corresponding to the users. i.e. R1-->A,R2-->B and R3-->C.
So based on user login the instance will be used for same report.
In IDT , I think this can be done using Data Level Security, but the concept wil be same.
Thanks
Gaurav

Use of Multiple Desktops

Hi there,
I was happy to read that there was such a thing as Multiple Desktops on the Mac but then was disappointed to actually see it in action.
I thought that I could place folders and files on different desktops so that it could be easier for me to organise my work. But so far, I can only assign applications to open up in specific desktops which isn't what I was looking for. In fact, I am struggling to see the point of this - the only thing I can see that would be an advantage is that if I have multiple applications running, I could assign for example, Photoshop to D2, Word to D3 and just click on the icon at the bottom to zap straight to that app without having to look for it under all my open apps. This is the most I can see in its usefulness.
BUT... if other users have other ways they use these desktops I would really be interested to know about it - or if any one is aware of a good app that does what I want, i.e. different files on different desktops, it would be great.
Thanks,
Maz

I figured it out. ^1 typed from the number keys is not equivalent to ^1 typed from the numeric keypad. So, when you go into system prefs / keyboard / shortcuts / mission control, it may LOOK the same, but it is not. You simply have to select each of your spaces and change them to ^1, ^2, ^3, etc., using the NUMERIC keypad. It will look the same to you, but it will work properly after that.

Dual display, multiple desktops

Hello everyone.
I've recently purchased a 2nd monitor for my pro, and came across the issue of having the 2nd montior change each time I change the desktop I'm currently using. After some searching online, I've found out that there is no workaround for this issue.
My plan was to have 1 program on the 2nd monitor (watch movies, farm on WOW etc), while I do 'real' work on the laptop. Not being able to use the multiple desktop feature ***** since I've gotten used to it and use it quite often.
Now, I'm running OSX 10.7.5, so I was wondering if the solution to my issue was fixed in the latest OSX. I never really had a reason to upgrade, but if I can have the 2 monitors set up the way I had planned, I would definitely upgrade.
Cheers

You've done all the relevent troubleshooting (reinstalling the OS probably was over the top though). I suspect the cable. Do you have a friend who was a computer with the MiniDisplay Port or are you close to an Apple store? If you can check the cable before going to the expense of getting a new one that would be good.

Testing Multiple Desktop Environments + Increasing Productivity

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