This is by design. We determined that the workspace concept was an advanced concept that not only was never used by typical Ubuntu users, but actually caused confusion and needless problem reports. More advanced users normally have no problem installing a configuration tool to adjust the number of workspaces they use.
We will not be adding a way to configure the number of workspaces on Ubuntu installation. ** Changed in: unity (Ubuntu) Status: New => Won't Fix ** Changed in: unity Status: New => Won't Fix -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to unity in Ubuntu. Matching subscriptions: dp-unity https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1056687 Title: There is no way to configure the number of workspaces upon install Status in Ayatana Design: New Status in One Hundred Paper Cuts: New Status in Unity: Won't Fix Status in “unity” package in Ubuntu: Won't Fix Bug description: The first thing I do when installing ubuntu is change the number of workspaces I have however starting from.. 11.10? there has been no way to do this without the command line or installing some other application. I'm sitting here with 12.10 installed and this is still a big papercut in my opinion, unless I'm missing the default config somewhere? To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ayatana-design/+bug/1056687/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp