[NCLUG] GNOME 3.x

[Ryan J Nicholson]

Hello Kerry,

Start with installing two extensions from extensions.gnome.org:

Desktop Icons Switch extension
https://extensions.gnome.org/extension/237/desktop-icons-switch/

Applications Menu extension
https://extensions.gnome.org/extension/6/applications-menu/

Now you will have desktop icons and a menu like GNOME 2.x.

Keep in mind, applications will only show up in the GNOME dashboard
(and menu, I think) if that application has created a .desktop
shortcut file. If you are installing something on your own you will
need to create a .desktop shortcut file in
~/.local/share/applications/. The GNOME documentation has examples:

http://library.gnome.org/admin/system-admin-guide/stable/menustructure-desktopentry.html.en

Ryan