Fibonacci Prower a écrit :
Now I have a bigger problem: I tried reloading a file on a window in which I had floating toolbars, and they vanished. The View->Show/Hide menu, in which they all appear as visible, doesn't solve anything.
What can I do now?
Did you try if you can get them back with Alt-Tab (pressing them at the same time)? Usually it's for switching between applications, but it might work here too.
About virtual screens (workspaces) : they're really handy in any decent OS (one of the reason I always feel disabled when I'm in front of a Windows machine), and for artist they're great. With Gimp, you have your blank page filling the screen, and then with a key you go to a workspace where you have all the tools options.
I deleted your first post, so I don't know if you said it or not, but which Linux distribution and window manager are you using (gnome, kde, wmaker, etc...)? If you don't know how to use them, we can help you. That way you'll never go back to Windows :)
I just tried with Inkscape 0.44 (last autopackage) and you have to make the toolbars floating, then move your window to another workspace (try to right click on the window's title bar. Works with wmaker and gnome, maybe also KDE). The toolbars stays on the first workspace, even when you change tools.
So, definitely, that would be your solution.