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What happens in GNOME when I close the program's window? (piefed.social)
submitted 6 months ago by to c/linux4noobs@programming.dev
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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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[–] 7 points 6 months ago (1 child)

Not sure if this is standard GNOME behaviour but on Fedora Silverblue under the control centre (where volume, bluetooth etc are) there is a Background Apps section if an app is running in the background.

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    • [–] 6 points 6 months ago (4 children)

    If it's an app with background functionality it goes in the background, but with no indication it does because there's no tray for them to have an icon in

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  • [–] [S] 6 points 6 months ago (2 children)

    OK, but it DOES work in the background. I generally like GNOME's minimalism, but this is a bad design choice IMO. Maybe I need that AppIndicator after all. :)

    On my first day on GNOME I missed Slack notifications for 4 hours. It was great, no distractions and laser focus on my work! ;)

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  • [–] 7 points 6 months ago

    Yeah it's one of things that really fuels the memes GNOME devs not designing for their user's needs lol

    I feel like everyone I know who uses GNOME has at least appIndicator since a ton of apps rely on the basic function of having a system tray

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    [–] 1 point 5 months ago

    If you're looking for something that feels a little like Windows Task Manager you might enjoy gnome-system-monitor.

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