What happens in GNOME when I close the program's window? (piefed.social)

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For example Slack or Telegram or something else. The program has a single window, I click the "x" and it is closed. GNOME doesn't have a tray with program icons by default, I didn't install any extensions besides Vitals to monitor the CPU temperature. I don't even have a visible Dash. Just vanilla GNOME. In Windows, some programs will go to the background and will still be running when you close the window, usually there's a setting for that in each program. I wonder whether in GNOME I can do the same or if I should change my mindset and leave everything open at all times. This is more of a habit than necessity.

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this post was submitted on 13 Apr 2026

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