If you want to be able to start a window in the centre of the screen without using Compiz, then the Gdevilspie utility will perform this task admirably. Firstly install this application using the command below. You do not need any extra PPA`s if you are installing this on Linux Mint 14.
john@adeptus-mechanicus ~ $ sudo apt-get install gdevilspie [sudo] password for john:
The Gdevilspie utility. ready to go.
After installation, go to Menu > Accessories > gDevilspie and start the application up. Then tick the “Start devilspie daemon automatically at login” box and then click start to start the Gdevilspie deamon. Click the Add button and name a new rule. Under the Matching tab, tick ‘application_name’ and type “Mozilla Firefox”, for example, in the ‘matches’ box. Under the Actions tab, tick ‘center’. Click the Save button, then your new rule will be in effect.
The Gdevilspie rules editor.
This will create a new rule that will make sure your Firefox window will always be in the middle of the screen when it is started up. The screenshot below shows how to define the rule that centers the window.
Centering the window.
More information about this application: https://apps.ubuntu.com/cat/applications/gdevilspie/.
I am a computer enthusiast that has always been interested in maintaining and upgrading computer hardware. I was born on a farm and lived there for 13 years before moving into town. I was always interested in technology and my father always gave me good encouragement for developing my knowledge and interest in tinkering with computers. He was using a computer on the farm but that was in the very late 80`s and late 90`s. Seeing what a computer could do always fascinated me and then I knew that is what I wanted to do. The first time I used Linux was Red Hat 6.2 installed off a single CDROM and I was amazed that you did not need to install any more drivers on my old Intel Celeron machine to be able to enjoy a nice 24BPP desktop and use the GIMP to edit photos and enjoy playing the old Linux games like Xbill. Then a while later I tried Mandrake Linux 9.2 and I was hooked. It came with so much software and was very easy to use as well. Then Mandrake Linux 10 and on through FreeBSD, Debian 3.0, Debian 3.1 Suse Linux 9.2, Suse 10 and onto the Ubuntu distributions although I am using Fedora Core 15 and the Gnome 3 desktop at the moment.