# Strange creation of multiple desktops on Linux

**URL:** <https://discourse.slicer.org/t/strange-creation-of-multiple-desktops-on-linux/13085>\
**Category:** Development\
**Created:** [August 19, 2020, 12:47pm UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/strange-creation-of-multiple-desktops-on-linux/13085 "2020-08-19T12:47:44Z")\
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**Post date:** [August 19, 2020, 12:53pm UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/strange-creation-of-multiple-desktops-on-linux/13085/2 "2020-08-19T12:53:43Z")

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Could this be related to the [Dropdown menus spawn on other monitor](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/dropdown-menus-spawn-on-other-monitor/13003) issue?  
Maybe not because that problem is kind of the reverse: open the popup on the primary monitor if the Slicer window is on a secondary one. But still it’s quite similar and the number of new screens seem to suggest there may be a connection.

@PaoloZaffino does this happen more if you open dropdown menus such as the module history button? Do these desktops appear all at once, or gradually as you use Slicer?

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