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GnoMenu and Minimized Windows List in Gnome Shell

There are two new great extensions for gnome shell is published. One is GnoMenu the large menu offer all the essentials in a simple uncluttered intuitive interface. GnoMenu offers all applications in categories, favorite apps on the left, search ability, list/grid view, logout, lock screen, advanced and system setting on the top left and restart shell, suspend and shutdown on the bottom left. GnoMenu is one of the most comprehensiveRead More…

Mountain Shell – A Mountain Lion OSX Theme for Gnome Ubuntu and Fedora

Mountain Shellis a very nice Gnome Shell theme create by DzaDze. Mountain Shell theme brings the Mountain Lion OSX look and feel to gnome. The theme is minimalistic and provides maximum usability. This is nice theme for everyday usage. If you can combine this shell theme with Adwaita Cupertino GTK3 theme then that will bring great looks to Gnome shell. This theme is working on Gnome 3.6 also. A modifledRead More…

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Ten Essential Gnome Shell Extensions

Gnome shell extensions are great piece of code for extending the usability and feature of gnome shell. By using extensions we can make gnome shell looks and works like gnome 2 or any other. Still gnome shell is maturing and missing lot of important features like weather, dock, poweroff etc.. we can transform the shell with extensions. Some essential extensions are listed below. Remove accesibility : This extension removes the accessibilityRead More…

Install Cinnamon Desktop in Fedora 17

Cinnamon, the desktop UI created by linuxmint team upon the gnome shell codebase is now 1.4. The good news is fedora is included the cinnamon 1.4 in its official repositories. So the installation of cinnamon desktop in fedora 17 is very easy now. Just open the terminal and type the commands below. su yum update yum install cinnamon If you are using yumex, the yum extender and an easier installationRead More…

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Download Elementary OS Luna Wallpapers Pack

The Next Elementary OS code named Luna is nearing its release. They comes with some awsome apps and desktop based on Ubuntu 12.04. The apps are based on Gnome 3.4. The desktop is called Pantheon, it is another themed desktop of gnome shell with a dock called Plank. The Plank is taken from Docky and coded by the creators of Docky. The top panel is called wingpanel and is nowRead More…

Fedora 17 Post Installation Guide – Things to do after installing Fedora 17

Fedora Project released the latest fedora version. Fedora 17 comes with latest software updates and technologies available now. Fedora is completely supporting Gnome Desktop. The default desktop for fedora 17 is Gnome and  a user will get a full gnome shell experience in fedora 17 even without 3D graphics drivers. Fedora 17 includes Gnome 3.4.1, Gimp 2.8, KDE SC 4.8.3, Version 4.8 of Xfce, LibreOffice 3.5.2.1, Linux 3.3.4 Kernel etc.. BeingRead More…

LinuxMint13 “Maya” has been released

The Latest Linux Mint based on Ubuntu 12.04, Linux Mint 13 “Maya” released. The codename related to Mayan Civilisation and word for “Illution” in India.  Now they comes with two alternate editions of Gnome Desktop. By completly avoiding the Ubuntu Unity Linux Mint 13 features the choice between a productive, stable and mature MATE 1.2 desktop and the brand new modern-looking and exciting Cinnamon 1.4. These two desktops are amongRead More…

Things to do after Installing Ubuntu 12.04 for perfect desktop

Here is a collection of activities an ubuntu user can follow after ubuntu, installing the most popular linux distro for a perfect desktop of all needs. Normaly there are lot of tools availble in open source domain for different tasks like video editing, audio composing, media center, live streaming, office work etc… The confusion is to choose the best tool that fits for a normal user. Now a days ubuntuRead More…

Install Gnome Shell in Ubuntu 12.04

The default desktop for Ubuntu 12.04 is Unity. From Gnome 3 ubuntu team started to develop their own desktop interface upon Gnome. The New gnome shell is droped by default. In  Ubuntu 12.04 Unity interface is somewhat mature. But some people said that gnome shell is more usable and stable compared to unity. A user who want to try gnome shell on latest ubuntu 12.04 can easly install gnome shellRead More…

Gnome 3.4 Released. Updated UI, New Apps, New Features

Gnome 3.4 Released on 28th March 2012. The Latest version of Gnome 3 comes with lot of improvements and updates. This gnome provides much more stable and rich interface for clutter free computing. New Apps in Gnome 3.4 Lot of changes in the default applicaitons of Gnome 3.4 introduced.  The Address book app have  ‘Contacts’. UI Changes to Gnome organiser and Gnome ’Documents‘. A disk management utility ‘Disks’ The default chat clientRead More…

Fedora 17 Upcoming Features and Updates

Fedora 17 Code named Beefy Miracle Alpha released on February 28 2012. Live CD Images for testing are available now. The new fedora comes with latest Gnome Shell and Gnome 3.4 and KDE 4.8 Fedora 17 is prepared with lot of new featues and enhancements. Some features are for enterprise customers only. But lot of improvements for Desktop people are baking there. The final Stable version of Fedora 17 willRead More…

Gnome Shell Looks Like Gnome 2 – Cinnamon Desktop

The main problem with gnome 3 is users are feeling in foreign land. It is much improved desktop with radical changes. Even Linus Torvalds also feels like bad to use gnome 3. Then to this scenario gnome shell extensions came into picture. They add a new way to tweak gnome shell. Also gnome tweak tool helped user a lot to change various functionalities of gnome shell. Now Gnome open anRead More…

linux mint 12 released with Gnome 3.0, MGSE and MATE

Linux Mint 12 (Lisa) released. It is based on the recently released Ubuntu 11.10 (Oneiric Ocelot)  and is powered by Linux kernel 3.0, X.Org 7.6 and GNOME 3.2, yes Gnome 3.2. It offers a set of extensions to gnome 3.2 for making the look native to gnome 2. The extensions set MGSE includes the Mint menu, bottom panel with applications minimized and desktop indicator, native system tray etc.. This makeRead More…

Opensuse 12.1 Released with Gnome 3.2

   Opensuse 12.1 has been released! This release bring awesome improvements include the latest GNOME 3.2 desktop as well as the newest from KDE, Xfce and LXDE; your own Cloud made easy with mirall; Snapper-shots of your file system. openSUSE 12.1 comes with the new GNOME Shell 3.2. We presented you with a taste of GNOME Shell on openSUSE 11.4; since then, many bugs have been squashed and numerous smallRead More…

Gnome 3 Extensions for Fedora 16

Tweaking gnome 3.2 gnome-shell is essential for everyday computing. Need Desktop Icons, Need all buttons, install themes, change wallpapers frequently etc. are essential needs. For new users the overlay mode of gnome shell, dash is little bit confusing first time. Also need the Alt+Tab, Weather extension, System Monitor, Calendar integration, Places menu, Applicaitons menu are must needed extensions for gnome shell. There is a fantastic developer called fpmurphy developed lotRead More…

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