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I would like to have some applications always appear in a specific workspace. For example: I would like my mp3 player on the bottom left workspace, and terminal application on the bottom right one;



I am new to Ubuntu, so tried using wmctrl but it looks to me as desktop wall works by creating one big desktop and then splitting it up into 4 pieces.


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Note: This answer was written for systems running the Compiz window manager (default in Ubuntu 7.04 to 17.04). For versions of Ubuntu using Gnome Shell see this answer.



  1. Install compizconfig-settings-manager:


    sudo apt install compizconfig-settings-manager


  2. Go to Window Management -> Place Windows -> Fixed Window Placement



  3. Under Windows with fixed viewport click on new



    • class=NameOfYourProgram (Here the spelling is important. Better use the green plus sign and "Grab" this parameter in the resulting window)

    • Position : {1,1}top left; {1,2}bottom left, ...

    • example opens Gnome-terminal in bottom right workspace :
      enter image description here




More information on wiki.compiz.org


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