Adding multiple workspaces it might be useful for many users to organize currently opened applications or windows, become handy feature specially if you have a big display with high resolution to easily switch between workspaces as many as you want.
I will show you two ways to do it
1st
open configuration editor from system menu, or you open terminal and type ” gconf-editor ” to open it
Then go to this directory
/apps/metacity/general/
Change the value of workspaces number.
2nd
This a quick way to change number of workspaces using Terminal
gconftool-2 --type=int --set /apps/metacity/general/num_workspaces 9
change last number with the required number of workspaces you need.
Unity interface for Ubuntu 10.10 including workspace select button on the left side.
That’s it for now.
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man? in this tutorial the buttons in the left side (like rocket dock/object dock for proprietary operating system) still involve? or if it is does not. can you teach me how?
-alvin
Hello Alvin,
1st > great that you joined us here
2nd > it’s not a dock, it’s a full desktop user interface developed for Ubuntu 10.10 Netbook edition.
Ubuntu 10.10 editions will be available in October 28, but if you interesting in using it right now you can download and install beta version of Ubuntu 10.10 Netbook
http://www.ubuntu.com/testing/maverick/beta.
Or you can just install Unity desktop on current ubuntu release.
I want to do that in my ubuntu 10.04. is it available?
yes you can install unity on Ubuntu 10.04, first add this repository
sudo apt-add-repository ppa:canonical-dx-team/une
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install unity
enjoy
Thanks for this, I had played with the settings under Gnome, but then installed unity and found myelf stuck with only one workspace and wanting more.
You are welcome
. Kinda annoyed me too stuck with only one workspace.
Ok, but how do I make this persist across sessions? I do this and it resets to 4 every time I log out.
Unfortunately, i found this bug reported on launchpad i couldn’t find a bug fix till now, ” Mark Shuttleworth ” mentioned in the next release Natty Narwhal by default will be one workspace and customizable up to 4 workspaces.
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/unity/+bug/656441
by the way are you using metacity?!
Thanks. In Ubuntu Lucid (10.04) only works the 2nd option.
You are welcome. I will check what’s wrong with the 1st one.
Everything is fine if you are using Metacity. If you’re using Compiz you just need to change to Metacity.
yes, usually i use ” compiz –replace ” and ” metacity –replace “, or i just use fusion icon. Thanks Nhjua.
In Ubuntu Lucid Lynx (10.04), after running the command of the 2nd option you have to run (from ALT+F2):
metacity –replace
So you use Metacity instead of Compiz. Otherwise it doesn’t work.
You may also run gnome-appearance-properties -> Visual Effects -> None
The 1st option also works if you change to Metacity first (normally from Compiz).
I have to say: What the heck were they thinking?
I used to be able to do this in 3 clicks. Unity frankly sucks. This tutorial shouldn’t even be necessary. Its very existence proves that whoever designed Unity didn’t intend that human beings would use it -.-’
It looks nice… but having the floating doodad at the obttom alongside the standard task bar meant I had the same functionality as Unity… but more.
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p.s. thanks!
Thanks man, you solved my problem.