[NCLUG] GNOME 3.x

[Ben West]

I have to say that, while there are some maturity problems with gnome3 It's
much better, now that's it officially released;  before the release, using
it was a complete hack;

I'd also like to challenge new users of gnome3 to consider changing their
basic workflow to something that requires less change to gnome3.  I realize
I sound like a complete fanboy, but I agree with most of the gnome design
decisions and find that doing things the 'gnome 3 way' has substantially
improved my productivity. It's not what I would run in an
entertainment-oriented situation, but for actually writing prose, code, or
communication, I find the unobtrusiveness and minimalism refreshingly
distraction-free.  Adding more widgets and extensions takes away from that
almost immediately.

As far as adding launchers to the desktop, nautilus hasn't substantially
changed, so doing so follows the long-standing approach of right-click ->
add launcher -> select a target ->save.

Because I upgraded to gnome3 from gnome2, my desktop icons don't seem to
have been hidden.  I know there's a quick fix online


On Mon, Sep 24, 2012 at 12:27 PM, Michael Milligan <milli at acmeps.com> wrote:

> On 09/23/2012 03:06 AM, N0WIQ wrote:
> > Hi People,
> >
> > I have had issues with GNOME 3 sense the first time I met it.  My basic
> > issue is:  How do I put quick launch icons on the desk-top?  I have had
> > issues with the GNOME 3.x dash-board and it hasn't shown some
> > applications I have installed.
>
> One option besides using an extension as offered already, is you can
> install a third-party advanced settings tool.  For Debian (and
> derivatives like Ubuntu), "apt-get install gnome-tweak-tool".  Run that
> "Tweak Tool" application and on the Desktop configuration panel, turn On
> the setting "have file manager handle the desktop".  There a few other
> settings in there that are useful, like "show the Trash icon".
>
> The real underlying problem is that Gnome 3, and in particular,
> gnome-shell, has only really made to the alpha stage.  I wouldn't even
> call Gnome 3.4 a "beta" in the sense that it's anywhere near on par
> feature-wise with Gnome 2.x.  I mean, seriously, you can't even change
> your font preferences from System Settings.  The upcoming Gnome 3.6
> suffers from the same problem.  It's just not feature complete yet so I
> don't even consider it a beta yet.
>
> Regards,
> Mike
>
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