Re: gnome-shell a go-go

[Brian Millett]

On Fri, 2009-11-20 at 09:22 -0600, Steven Stern wrote:
>  On 11/20/2009 08:19 AM, Brian Millett wrote:
>  > I have been using compiz for quite a while.  Love the eye candy, but it
>  > also helped me navigate quicker between desktops and windows.  Loved it.
>  > 
>  > I've been using the gnome-shell.  At first it was "So where are my
>  > preferences?  Where is my <insert menu item here>?", but as I started to
>  > understand how to use it, I've wondered how I can live without it.
>  > 
>  > It is great.  
>  > 
>  > Good job guys and gals!
>  > 
>  > 
>  
>  Brian:
>  
>  Can you explain briefly how to switch from the standard Gnome desktop to
>  the new Gnome shell (and maybe how to get back)?
>  
>  -- 
>  
>    Steve
>   
Steve see http://live.gnome.org/GnomeShell
and from the release notes:

4.1.4.8. GNOME Shell — preview of GNOME 3
A very early version of GNOME Shell is now available in the repository.
GNOME Shell is a key part of GNOME 3 and is in active development with
the heavy involvement of Fedora developers and interaction designers. A
simple way to try out GNOME Shell is to install the desktop-effects
package: 

yum install desktop-effects gnome-shell

Then, click System → Preferences → Desktop Effects 

If you would like to configure it manually, run 

mkdir ~/.config/autostart
ln -s /usr/share/applications/gnome-shell.desktop ~/.config/autostart

You can also run the following to invoke it directly. 
gnome-shell --replace &


-- 
Brian Millett - [ Businessman and Lyta Alexander, "The Gathering"]
"Someday I'm going to find the guy that thought up the idea of renting
    telepaths to businessman and I'm going to kill him."
'Funny, I just knew you were going to say that.'