You can use Xfce4-terminal for that, if your distro allows it to install. I run a mixture of programs designed for different desktops on Gnome-Shell, things from gnome, mate, xfce, kde, etc...
-- (o_ //\ Regards, Groeten, V_/_ Bas Burger. On Sun, 16 Mar 2014 13:40:45 -0700 (PDT) Stuart Axon <stua...@yahoo.com> wrote: > Silly question: is gnome-terminal transparency removed in distros > that are not Ubuntu ? > > It's really useful when you quickly put the terminal on top of the > browser and type stuff based on whats underneath. > > > > S++ > > > > On , Stuart Axon <stua...@yahoo.com> wrote: > > The error dialogs DO bother me ... I have no idea what they meant ... > and the same ones happen on an install of ubuntu on a VM that is > only a couple months old, as the laptop. > > > >I love gnome, on the other hand I have a funny urge to make a > >timeline of all the features that were added and removed from > >nautilus over the years, but I think there is enough bashing of > >gnome from all quarters. > > > >As soon as I get time I'll try some of the suggested live cds .. > >it's just... really boring configuring things all the time, then > >redoing it again. Meh, I don't like people moaning on the net > >and here I am ... if I find a distro that works I'll collate all the > >rants. > > > >I even got as far as trying to use jhbuild... but differet versions > >of ubuntu seemed to fail > because of missing .pc files. .. etc etc... really getting to the > point where it's getting hard to care. > > > > > >S++ > > > > > > > >On Sunday, March 16, 2014 8:23 PM, Bazon Bloch <bazonbl...@arcor.de> > >wrote: > > > >No such problems on arch. > >>One of the reasons I moved away from ubuntu was the bad Gnome-Shell > >>integration (only using heavy patched Gnome-Software), I can > >>imagine is it still as bad. > >> > >> > >> > >> > >>2014-03-16 20:53 GMT+01:00 Adam Tauno Williams > >><awill...@whitemice.org>: > >> > >>On Sun, 2014-03-16 at 10:43 -0700, Stuart Axon wrote: > >>>> I'm not convinced this is purely an ubuntu thing, I'd be > >>>> willling to try a different one if there is a live cd with gnome > >>>> shell I will test it on that too. > >>>> I'll try upgrading to 14.04 and see what happens too > >>> > >>>> [Please ignore this slight rant:] > >>>> I think I'm coming to the end of my patience with Ubuntu - > >>> > >>>Good, I hope MANY people loose patience with Ubuntu. Ubuntu has > >>>done more damage to the idea of an Open desktop than all the > >>>Internet trolls combined. > >>> > >>> > >>>> My experience is thus: > >>>> Turn on computer > >>>> Login with GDM > >>>> Close about 8 "a system problem occurred" dialogues (not sure if > >>>> that is the actual text). > >>> > >>>And *THIS* does not bother you? I see ZERO "a system problem > >>>occurred" dialogs. Perhaps you could address the problem these > >>>are reporting? Seeing errors upon login is already a rather bad > >>>sign. > >>> > >>> > >>>> Now, from there - gnome shell is good, I like it (I don't mind > >>>> other people can't use my computer (they're learning though). > >>>> Then, often I try and play an FLV video (in a > >>>> player/browser/doesn't matter) - after about 2 minutes it will > >>>> do the freezing thing, which I can battle past and fix - funnily > >>>> only for long videos, music is usually OK. > >>> > >>>There is something unique to your setup occurring here, I have > >>>watched hours of video while running GNOME Shell. > >>> > >>> > >>>> When the computer wakes up from hibernate the fans sometimes go > >>>> full blast I have to turn off the computer unplug it and take > >>>> the batteries out, sometimes after that they are still FULL(!) - > >>>> so I do it again and it behaves. > >>> > >>>Can you view the computer's reported temperatures? > >>> > >>> > >>>> TL;DR: > >>>> I've been on gnome since before 1.0 and Ubuntu since Dapper, it > >>>> is such a pain I might just get a mac, which is a shame as > >>>> really think libre software is important and am adamantly cross > >>>> platform in the code I care about. > >>> > >>>Your experience is not normal. > >>> > >>> > >>>-- > >>>Adam Tauno Williams <mailto:awill...@whitemice.org> GPG D95ED383 > >>>Systems Administrator, Python Developer, LPI / NCLA > >>> > >>> > >>>_______________________________________________ > >>>gnome-shell-list mailing list > >>>gnome-shell-list@gnome.org > >>>https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gnome-shell-list > >>> > >> > >> > >>_______________________________________________ > >>gnome-shell-list mailing list > >>gnome-shell-list@gnome.org > >>https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gnome-shell-list > >> > >> > >> > > > > _______________________________________________ gnome-shell-list mailing list gnome-shell-list@gnome.org https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gnome-shell-list
