F15 User Guide Gnome 3 Chapter

Fedora 15 User Guide: Gnome 3 Chapter


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Introducing Gnome 3 - Fedora 15 includes Gnome 3

Brief History of Gnome

Gnome 3 design philosophy - Reducing distractions - Future direction: Gnome 3.1 Zeitgeist / Gnome Activity Journal

Key differences from Gnome 2 - task list is gone - nautilus changes - going up a directory - notifications

Limitations - can't create custom launchers

Customizing Gnome 3 with shell extensions has brief descriptions - alternate-tab - alternative-status-menu - auto-move-windows - dock - drive-menu - native-window-placement - places-menu - user-theme - windowsNavigator

Other customization options - Docky - gnome-activity-journal - gnome-tweak-tools - tint2rc

Workspaces - workspaces described

Accessibility options

System settings - Gnome Control Center

How to: Log in Log out Shut down Start an application Switch between running applications - switch between windows Maximize a window Unmaximize a window Tile windows side-by-side Float a window above other windows Change workspaces Move a window between workspaces Change the default application used to open a file Add an application as a favorite - Docky - Gnome dock Monitor system resources - gnome-system-monitor

Reference: Gnome 3 keyboard shortcuts