gnome-shell a go-go

[Brian Millett]

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!

-- 
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"Mariel is drawn to men of power in that same way. But trust me, she
 burns them."

[Mildred Ki'Lya]

On 11/20/2009 03:19 PM, 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!
>     
I do have to agree, gnome-shell is what I waited for. Or very close to,
it's like the perfect desktop. But unfortunately for now, the keybinding
is not very configurable, and with my particular keyboard, it doesn't do
well.

Mildred

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[Sam Sharpe]

2009/11/20 Brian Millett <bmillett(a)gmail.com&gt;:
>  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! 
I have to give this my +1

Gnome Shell is a completely different way of doing things, but as
someone who is used to Compiz and the Expo plugin, I think it rocks. I
converted my regular laptop to it a couple of weeks ago when I moved
to rawhide in preparation for F12.

Today I took delivery of a funky little Samsung NC10 netbook and the
first thing I did was convert it to Gnome Shell. (I assume this isn't
an option in Anaconda because it's a tech preview - I searched for the
ability to select it for quite a while.)

In summary - if you use Workspaces and you are a Gnome User, you
should definitely take a peek at gnome-shell - I don't think I will
ever go back.

--
Sam

[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 &


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    telepaths to businessman and I'm going to kill him."
'Funny, I just knew you were going to say that.'

[Michael Cronenworth]

Steven Stern wrote:
>  Brian:
>
>  Can you explain briefly how to switch from the standard Gnome desktop to
>  the new Gnome shell (and maybe how to get back)?
>  
yum install gnome-shell

System>Preferences>Desktop Effects
click on Gnome Shell

[SternData]

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