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74 why does this version of gnome allow me to change my status to busy or available ?
Its in the same menu as where you log out and turn the computer off thus I can only imagine it is gnome that adds it but I have no idea what purpose it has >_<
Its in the same menu as where you log out and turn the computer off thus I can only imagine it is gnome that adds it but I have no idea what purpose it has >_<
79 to be more precise, it looks like windows 8. With the taskbar but not containing the open windows (I believe its hidden by default unless you come near it).
To see the open windows you click on the activities thing. This opens another full screen window
In the left you see what in windows would be considered part of the taskbar, containing your applications that you would be able to quickly launch and what you have currently open. (As gnome can't put things on the taskbar this is where you put stuff instead)
In the middle you see once again every program you have open on this virtual desktop (Why they then also appear on the taskbar thing is a riddle for me.). On the right you see a list of all your virtual desktops + 1 empty which can be used to increase the amount of virtual desktops you use.
Typing here does what you might expect, it searches for you applications and shows them a bit like windows 8 does. However instead of tiles you have icons and the list scrolls up and down. Clicking on applications shows you all the applications in the same list structure.
Did I already mention that by default GNOME won't show icons on your desktop? Like putting things in your desktop folder won't make them show up there.
Oh, and all gnome applications make use of client side decorations. Making you unable to change how they look. In fact, even when using a gui that doesn't render title bars Gnome applications still have title bars.
Oh, and 3 buttons on a title bar are too many as the default only have an X. If you want to minimize a program you either have to memorize the keyboard shortcut or right click on the title-bar and select minimize. (Thank god you can change that though, else the title-bars would be even more worthless then normal title-bars. Which is a miracle in and of itself >_>)
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R: I hate title-bars, gnome 3 is a piece of crap and you should use mate instead. Unless you like the tiles of windows 8 and don't mind to switch to another window just so you can see your task-bar >_<
To see the open windows you click on the activities thing. This opens another full screen window
In the middle you see once again every program you have open on this virtual desktop (Why they then also appear on the taskbar thing is a riddle for me.). On the right you see a list of all your virtual desktops + 1 empty which can be used to increase the amount of virtual desktops you use.
Typing here does what you might expect, it searches for you applications and shows them a bit like windows 8 does. However instead of tiles you have icons and the list scrolls up and down. Clicking on applications shows you all the applications in the same list structure.
Did I already mention that by default GNOME won't show icons on your desktop? Like putting things in your desktop folder won't make them show up there.
Oh, and all gnome applications make use of client side decorations. Making you unable to change how they look. In fact, even when using a gui that doesn't render title bars Gnome applications still have title bars.
Oh, and 3 buttons on a title bar are too many as the default only have an X. If you want to minimize a program you either have to memorize the keyboard shortcut or right click on the title-bar and select minimize. (Thank god you can change that though, else the title-bars would be even more worthless then normal title-bars. Which is a miracle in and of itself >_>)
TL
R: I hate title-bars, gnome 3 is a piece of crap and you should use mate instead. Unless you like the tiles of windows 8 and don't mind to switch to another window just so you can see your task-bar >_<
81 Huh. Last time I used Gnome, it looked a lot more like WinXP and Win7. That said, I haven't used Gnome is a very long time...
85 according to google
This looks reasonable as it is very old and nothing looks reasonable out of that time period
This one looks sane, after Gnome stopped developing it it got forked and mate was born. Which is a Desktop environment I actually rather like.
Well, I must apologize as I was apparently wrong. The upper taskbar apparently does show programs but by the looks of it only the one you are currently focused on/working with.
My previous rant + the fact that the only way to show how it looks was by using 3 screenshots probably tell enough about it.
NOTE: The screenshots are probably not taken while using defaults. Please keep this into account when deciding where it all went wrong. (I do think though we can all agree it went wrong at gnome 3)
Normal desktop
task bar? Lets face it, its sole purpose could have easily be done with a normal task bar
application list
task bar? Lets face it, its sole purpose could have easily be done with a normal task bar
application list
My previous rant + the fact that the only way to show how it looks was by using 3 screenshots probably tell enough about it.
NOTE: The screenshots are probably not taken while using defaults. Please keep this into account when deciding where it all went wrong. (I do think though we can all agree it went wrong at gnome 3)
90 Looks like the gnome version that I used was gnome2. I remember having the top and bottom bars.
And then an Ubuntu update or something changed the default to Unity, which I got used to quickly enough. It seems to look a bit like gnome3, but the bar on the left goes all the way to the top and bottom of the screen, only appears when you push your mouse into the left side of the screen (or top left corner, as I preferred to configure it), and the File ... Edit ... View ... etc. drop-down menu that Windows users see at the top of most programs' windows instead usually appears in the top bar of the screen itself.
And then I got a Mac and am using OSX because it's not like I had a lot of choice there. It actually seems to be very similar to Unity, except the left bar is visible all the time and appears at the bottom of the screen.
And then an Ubuntu update or something changed the default to Unity, which I got used to quickly enough. It seems to look a bit like gnome3, but the bar on the left goes all the way to the top and bottom of the screen, only appears when you push your mouse into the left side of the screen (or top left corner, as I preferred to configure it), and the File ... Edit ... View ... etc. drop-down menu that Windows users see at the top of most programs' windows instead usually appears in the top bar of the screen itself.
And then I got a Mac and am using OSX because it's not like I had a lot of choice there. It actually seems to be very similar to Unity, except the left bar is visible all the time and appears at the bottom of the screen.