The old methods to activate Linux app windows no longer work well, but new methods have been invented already.
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Windows has Explorer. Mac OS has Finder. GNOME has Nautilus. And KDE had, up to a number of months ago, Konqueror. Now, together with the up-and-coming KDE 4, ...
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