Possible to have different desktop folders for different workspaces? (startrek.website)

submitted 9 months ago by Corgana@startrek.website to c/linux@lemmy.ml

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I am a "messy desk" person and like to have a big open visual space for all the pseudo-temporary files belonging to whatever project I'm working on at a given time. It would be nice to have a workspace specifically dedicated for "work" and still be able to create a fresh one when needed, without having to "put all the work stuff away" first. I've found GNOME extensions that allow different wallpapers, which is great, but I would love to have an actual separate desktop, not just windows.

Bonus points if I could change the dock applications and GTK theme too.

Running Ubuntu 22.04, btw.

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[-] backhdlp@iusearchlinux.fyi 31 points 9 months ago

You should be able to do this on Plasma with Activities.

[-] Corgana@startrek.website 2 points 9 months ago

Would this mean switching to Kubuntu? (still kinda new to this world)

[-] backhdlp@iusearchlinux.fyi 15 points 9 months ago

It can mean that, but you can also install it on normal Ubuntu.

[-] djehuti@programming.dev 6 points 9 months ago

For the whole enchilada, sudo apt install kde-full

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