What is the use of workspaces?

I've googled before I can post it here, but still, I'm not convinced enough. How is workspace switching making our jobs easier? I see that though you move to another workspace, your taskbar(its called the kicker right?

Please correct me if I'm wrong) is still cluttered with applications. But, this doesn't happen on an older distro (FC4) which I observed, but the newer distros have the applications still cluttered

Any suggestions?

Afaik u can configure ur workspace settings to display only the apps running in the current workspace

Could you please tell how to do that Pathik?

C

In KDE, right click on pane/ltaskbar/kicker ->configure panel-> taskbar and the 1st option.
I find it useful only when i uncheck the above option, it doesn't look cluttered that way and with 3d desktop it looks cool

you can have different backgrounds for each desktop if you want

cranky said:
In KDE, right click on pane/ltaskbar/kicker ->configure panel-> taskbar and the 1st option.
I find it useful only when i uncheck the above option, it doesn't look cluttered that way and with 3d desktop it looks cool you can have different backgrounds for each desktop if you want

Thanks for that, but I'm on gnome and runnning opensuse 10.2

for gnome:-
u can send programs like torrents clients,wget,,Gaim,thunderbird,xmms etc which are running what u don't need them on you taskbar.

thats for which i use the workscapes

M

Main purpose of the workspace is to organise your programs and keep the desktop unclutered.
You can use each workspace for a different task, like workspace 1 for broswer and net applications. Workspace 2 for all editors and IDE's and stuff, workspace 3 for games and such. This, is just an example use it as you like. With upto 20 workspaces, you can quite nicely organise all your stuff.

tech_your_future said:
Main purpose of the workspace is to organise your programs and keep the desktop unclutered.
You can use each workspace for a different task, like workspace 1 for broswer and net applications. Workspace 2 for all editors and IDE's and stuff, workspace 3 for games and such. This, is just an example use it as you like. With upto 20 workspaces, you can quite nicely organise all your stuff.

OK, I got the point, but the kicker is still cluttered with all the open programs right? Few applications do have the option of closing it to the system tray, the rest will be jostling for space on the kicker.

M

It's not kicker in the first place it's gnome panel.
I will have to see when I get into gnome. But, for me gnome shows only the programmes running on the active workspace.

tech_your_future said:
It's not kicker in the first place it's gnome panel.
I will have to see when I get into gnome. But, for me gnome shows only the programmes running on the active workspace.

Mehul, thanks for letting me know its not the kicker, but the panel

What's a kicker then?

Like I mentioned before, the panel is cluttered on opensuse 10.2, but I didn't find it that way on Fedora. Do let me know when you try out

M

Kicker

Have you tried right-clicking on your gnome panel? There should be an option that would be like "show windows from all workspaces" and "show windows from current workspaces"...something around those terms. I remember there is such an option. I saw it when I tried Ubuntu.

Workspaces just eases ur work. U can also explore virtual terminals, another functionality of linux!

eddie said:
Have you tried right-clicking on your gnome panel? There should be an option that would be like "show windows from all workspaces" and "show windows from current workspaces"...something around those terms. I remember there is such an option. I saw it when I tried Ubuntu.

No. I don't get that option. My panel is still cluttered with loads of open apps

well.. In open susd 10.2 it shows only the current workspace windows by default..

Off topic : but relevant
hey guys can u tell me whether KDE has 3D desktop....cuz im getting that option...

Yes dursleyin, KDE does have a 3D Desktop.

phreak0utt said:
No. I don't get that option. My panel is still cluttered with loads of open apps

Right click on your panel and take a screenshot. Post it somewhere..I want to see what options you get. I somehow remember that there used to be such an option in GNOME.

Possible said:
Yes dursleyin, KDE does have a 3D Desktop.

How to enable it ?

@eddie:
Here's the first shot.
*i7.tinypic.com/490z4m1.png

Here are the rest.
*i7.tinypic.com/33tpfr5.png
*i12.tinypic.com/4bdpcnl.png

I don't see desktop switcher applet on that panel. Do you have multiple desktop enabled on your system? Not the one that is given by Beryl...but the one given by GNOME.

Its not appearing in the list!

Dunno what is wrong with my distro. This is my recent fresh install.

May be you have a corrupt gnome-applets install. Try uninstalling and reinstalling just this one package...then retry adding desktop switchee applet. I am not a GNOME user so really can't help you much here.

Is it possible to reinstall only the gnome-applet? Well, i'll give it a shot. I hope it works....

Ok, here's a 'strange' thing happening. Managed to reinstall the gnome-applet. Yes, it was corrupt. Dunno why and how

What might be the reason? After that, the desktop switcher is enabled .So, please check the screenshot If I click on the Workspace 2 box, I lose the panel completely. I can just see the desktop. So, where am I going wrong? Configuring?

f you are using Beryl, then open beryl-settings, go to Desktop --> Desktop Cube and then check the option that says "Stick Sticky windows to screen". Then see if you have panel on your second desktop.

P.S. GNOME seems to be more confusing than being easier

No, I don't use Beryl. It crashes the second it starts. I'm using only Compiz right now. A hard core KDE user has shifted to GNOME because of Compiz

If it wasn't for that, I would have stuck with KDE. Till now, GNOME has taught me a lot of things

Any solutions on GNOME, anyone?

Well beryl crashes on my kde tooo. But it runs very smoothly on gnome.

Not much luck with GNOME either

It works sometimes, but most of the times, it crashes

increase the size of ur panels by right clicking getting properties.it helps.also use top and bottom panels,that means all the apps and applets on top of the panel(by default in GNOME) and bottom panel for open windows.

That would be one panel too many!

the gnome menu bar(Applications+Places+System) takes the space if u use a single panel;remove this menu and add the "main menu" by right clicking and select.

M

mediator said:
Well beryl crashes on my kde tooo. But it runs very smoothly on gnome.

Beryl works nicely on kde and gnome both, for me.

phreak0utt said:
No, I don't use Beryl.

Then look for a similar option under compiz settings. Look for something that sticks the sticky windows to all your workspaces (or faces of cube for that matter).

eddie said:
Then look for a similar option under compiz settings. Look for something that sticks the sticky windows to all your workspaces (or faces of cube for that matter).

There is no such option eddie

Then choose between Compiz and workspaces