AWS Workspaces Client and Linux Changes

The following changes to AWS Workspaces Client and Linux will boost developer's productivity

Make the following changes in the AWS Workspace Client:

Menu -> Settings -> Manage Hardware Acceleration -> Enabled (Tick)

Menu -> Settings -> Display Settings -> High DPI Mode (Tick)

Menu -> Settings -> Switch Running Mode -> Always On (Select)


Make the following tweaks inside the Amazon Linux Operating System:

Settings -> Privacy -> Screen Lock -> Automatic Screen Lock -> Off

Open a Terminal and execute the following command to switch to GNOME classic UI

nohup gnome-shell --mode=classic -r > /dev/null 2>&1 &

To switch back to modern GNOME UI

nohup gnome-shell --mode=user -r > /dev/null 2>&1 &

Store the following commands as alias in ~/.bashrc file to use it as convenient shortcuts:

alias gnome_classic='nohup gnome-shell --mode=classic -r > /dev/null 2>&1 &'

alias gnome_modern='nohup gnome-shell --mode=user -r > /dev/null 2>&1 &'


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