[olug] Alternatives to GNOME3

[Jon Larsen]

To follow up on the Gnome Shell discussion at the end of Tuesday's 
meeting, here are links to resources for Gnome Shell Extensions.

https://justinstories.wordpress.com/2011/05/27/five-must-have-gnome-shell-extensions-for-fedora-15/

http://blog.fpmurphy.com/2011/04/gnome-3-shell-extensions.html

http://blog.fpmurphy.com/2011/05/more-gnome-shell-customization.html

http://www.fpmurphy.com/gnome-shell-extensions/

https://live.gnome.org/GnomeShell/Extensions


And, here is Gnome Shell looking similar to Gnome 2.x (without fallback 
mode)
http://intgat.tigress.co.uk/rmy/extensions/index.html

To restart Gnome-shell
ALT-F2, enter 'r' and press enter.

To see Looking Glass
ALT-F2, enter 'lg' and press enter.

Jon L.


On Fri, 3 Jun 2011, Kevin wrote:

> Date: Fri, 3 Jun 2011 21:20:38 -0500
> From: Kevin <sharpestmarble at gmail.com>
> Reply-To: Omaha Linux User Group <olug at olug.org>
> To: Omaha Linux User Group <olug at olug.org>
> Subject: [olug] Alternatives to GNOME3
> 
> I just installed Fedora 13, stock windowing system.
> 
> I find that I am not a fan of GNOME3, specifically the lack of a
> window list/taskbar. I can get around that using alt-tab. However, if
> an application has multiple windows open, then only the most recent
> one is selectable. I can hover on an application and click on the
> window I want, but that defeats the whole purpose of using the
> keyboard for application-switching.
> 
> I would like to switch to another system, but don't know which one I
> should switch to. I was a fan of GNOME2's system of picking a
> configuration and going with it; KDE doesn't rub me right.
> 
> I just want things to work, but GNOME3 makes too many compromises in
> the way of UI speed. Does anyone know of an alternative to GNOME3 I
> should try?
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