Hello,
I'm new to linux mint debian edition, but not to debian. After installing the OS I noticed that I couldn't set the transparency option for the terminal. The tab that usually gives you the option simply wasn't there. I figured it was because it wasn't supported without my graphics drivers installed but the option still isn't there. Is there a supported feature in LMDE?
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OS: LMDE 64bit
CPU: Intel Core i7
GPU: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 670m
Let me know if any other info is needed. Thank you.
No Transparency Option in Profile Preferences
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No Transparency Option in Profile Preferences
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Re: No Transparency Option in Profile Preferences
Oh, you have Cinnamon, I presume? Gnome developers removed this feature from gnome-terminal in version 3.8 IIRC.
Re: No Transparency Option in Profile Preferences
No joke, have you found a work around to this issue?
Re: No Transparency Option in Profile Preferences
How do you work around a removed feature? No way. You can only install the earlier version from snapshot.debian.org - and that's only if there won't be any problem with the dependencies.
Re: No Transparency Option in Profile Preferences
Yes, I'm using cinnamon.
If it's a feature that's no longer supported, can I get the effect another way?
If it's a feature that's no longer supported, can I get the effect another way?
Re: No Transparency Option in Profile Preferences
This isn't really a solution, but I decided to switch from cinnamon to MATE. So far I like it a lot. It seems less buggy and I get my transparent terminals back.
I do a lot of programming and am usually toggling between the terminal and an IDE or browser. This workflow has become very useful for me. Even when I'm forced to work in a Windows environment I'll use cygwin with mintty to get the same effect.
MATE FTW
I do a lot of programming and am usually toggling between the terminal and an IDE or browser. This workflow has become very useful for me. Even when I'm forced to work in a Windows environment I'll use cygwin with mintty to get the same effect.
MATE FTW
Re: No Transparency Option in Profile Preferences
With the new Cinnamon 2.2, you can make a window transparent by using your mouse wheel.
Problem: we don't have Cinnamon 2.2 in LMDE for now. But normally it will come this summer.Window opacity
You can now shade windows or change their opacity by using your mouse wheel on their titlebar. A quick roll of the mouse wheel makes your window semi-transparent so you can see what’s happening underneath without the need to tile things or to use Alt-tab. This option is available in the “Windows” module.
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Note: Turned MrBob22's question into a dedicated thread: How do you switch from Cinnamon to Mate.
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Re: No Transparency Option in Profile Preferences
@vvarlock, I was feelin' the same way; how ever I do like my Cinnamon (LMDE). And decided to follow-up on Monstra' advice and degrade my current Gnome Terminal 3.8.11 install. So, here my "work-around" 2 cent 'solution'.Monsta wrote:How do you work around a removed feature? No way. You can only install the earlier version from snapshot.debian.org - and that's only if there won't be any problem with the dependencies.
If I am not mistaken, Trusty Thar, the latest LTS version of the Ubuntu camp shipped their Unity Desktop with Gnome Terminal 3.6.x, hence I downloaded it from the gnome-terminal_3.6.1-1 don't forget to download the additional '-data.deb' aswell! (at the bottom)
I used Synaptic Package Manager to remove 'new' gnome-terminal package. Installed ROXterm, while I was at it, to give me an alternative graphical terminal to work with in my Cinnamon session.
There I issued the following without error:
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cd ./Downloads
sudo dkpg -i gnome-terminal*.deb
Re: No Transparency Option in Profile Preferences
I'm also using Cinnamon and I also don't like the fact that they removed that option.
I removed gnome-terminal and started using xfce4-terminal instead. It's VERY similar in function, plus it has the option for transparency. So far it seems to work great. I even changed the Ctrl+Alt+T shortcut so it loads the same way gnome-terminal always did. I basically just followed this: http://howto8165.wordpress.com/2014/08/ ... nsparency/
I removed gnome-terminal and started using xfce4-terminal instead. It's VERY similar in function, plus it has the option for transparency. So far it seems to work great. I even changed the Ctrl+Alt+T shortcut so it loads the same way gnome-terminal always did. I basically just followed this: http://howto8165.wordpress.com/2014/08/ ... nsparency/