[Mageia-dev] Problems with Gnome 3

Thu Jun 16 09:48:38 CEST 2011

2011/6/16 Thorsten van Lil <tvl83 at gmx.de>:
+> Am 16.06.2011 09:27, schrieb Wolfgang Bornath:
+>>
+>> 2011/6/16 Thorsten van Lil<tvl83 at gmx.de>:
+>>>
+>>> Am 16.06.2011 08:46, schrieb Wolfgang Bornath:
+>>>>
+>>>> 2011/6/16 Thorsten van Lil<tvl83 at gmx.de>:
+>>>>>
+>>>>> Am Donnerstag, 16. Juni 2011, 02:47:16 schrieb Wolfgang Bornath:
+>>>>>>
+>>>>>> Btw: after latest updates I don't have the nice blue background in
+>>>>>> Gnome, it is somehow distorted (blue but with lighter blue stripes,
+>>>>>
+>>>>> You mean like this?
+>>>>> http://galleries.stefan-horning.de/d/7704-2/GNOME3-Info-o.png
+>>>>
+>>>> Yes, exactly!
+>>>>
+>>>
+>>> Yeah, that's one of the default Gnome backgrounds.
+>>
+>> Oops!
+>> I thought it was an error of the video driver! ( /me hides... )
+>>
+>> Will have to look up some documentation about Gnome3 - lots of things
+>> I know from KDE are missing (the handy little icons in systray, a
+>> switch for virtual desktops, etc.). For a KDE user this is a very
+>> alien environment.
+>>
+>
+> I know what you mean. I feel the very same.
+> * You get the a somelike systray, if you move the mouse to the bottom-right
+> corner (at least networkmanager and mgaonline is there).
+> * virtual desktops are now known as "Activities". If a window is already
+> open, go to the top-left corner (like when you want to open new apps). There
+> you find on the right an extra panel, which enlarges if you hover the mouse.
+
+Thx, I think I will make a list first and then try to find a
+how-to-use-the-gnome-desktop.
+
+-- 
+wobo
+