Is it really that hard for a program to restore the windows that were open when you logged out? One of the things I liked about OS X was that it remembered the open file manager windows and folders. The default file manager on Ubuntu, Nautilus (Gnome Files), doesn’t do that. It just opens your Home folder. I wrote a couple of python scripts to remedy the situation.
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Monthly Archives: April 2014
OS X –> Ubuntu
I recently bought a new laptop from System 76 with Ubuntu preinstalled. This replaced a 7 year old MacBook Pro. Apple no longer sells 17″ laptops and HP and Dell linux laptops are well hidden on their websites. Read on for equivalent linux software to match what I used on OS X.
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X Windows – Window Swallowing
X Windows “window swallowing” is the process of program 1 capturing the main window of program 2 to display it inside of program 1’s main window. For example, Firefox using an external program to display a PDF in a tab. Firefox’s built-in javascript PDF viewer leaves a lot to be desired. Slow rendering or no rendering at all, memory hog, with the download button not working when it doesn’t render.
The following description is derived from my experience getting MozPlugger to work in Firefox to display PDF files using Evince.
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