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## minimal gnome3

Wed May 22, 2013 6:30 pm

hi,
i am looking for a way to install minimal gnome.
All that dash, mutter, session, core is confusing me.
tnx
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## Re: minimal gnome3

Wed May 22, 2013 8:13 pm

apt-get install gnome-shell gnome-session gnome-control-center nautilus
should get you a complete basic install
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## Re: minimal gnome3

Wed May 22, 2013 8:51 pm

Thank you, sir. I will do that later.
7 views, correct answer. That is efficency, no?
Perhaps forums with 5 users and one post a week are the solution?
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## Re: minimal gnome3

Thu May 23, 2013 1:04 am

You might also check out cinnamon. It has some whiz-bang coolness but is more traditional in layout.
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## Re: minimal gnome3

Thu May 23, 2013 3:47 am

Oh, no. I really want to look at gnome3.
I looked at a few of the new environements. All were ok, but nothing convinced me to really replace my actual environment.
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## Re: minimal gnome3

Thu May 23, 2013 11:45 am

> nadir wrote:Oh, no. I really want to look at gnome3.
> I looked at a few of the new environements. All were ok, but nothing convinced me to really replace my actual environment.

about the same here....except that I do not have a favorite environment at the moment as they all seem to lack in some way...
once I tweak xfce a bit it starts to be okay until I try to single click on the desktop....ARRRGGGHHH
and why do the icons not take up the whole space on the taskbar - it seems to use icons that are just a bit too small so I have to make the panel huge to be able to quickly and easily make out what is what
a few other niggles to irritate me and xfce has got to go
well cinnamon is a new environment and it has some of gnome3 features but without the gnome3 paradigm shift interface
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## Re: minimal gnome3

Thu May 23, 2013 4:54 pm

Got you. Might be i will look at it again these days.
Gnome as a) it's GNU (mainly that, though i think Windowmaker is too) and b) enough people use it.
Somewhere someone wrote that xfce4-terminal in 10 has a drop-down option (ego shooter like tilda or guake or yaka-yaka-whatever or simply yeah-a-console). That is nice (though it ain't that hard to install tilda).
I don't use icons, so i can't tell you what might be the solution (i use xfce on a very low level, similar to a window-manager. I could tweak it way more, but i don't). Probably there simply is no solution.
I got a question:
If i got an app running which uses two windows (iceweasel and iceweasel-download-window, empathy-chat and empathy-control window, etc), i do
- alt+tab
and i see an icon with a sparrow at the bottom. If i want to click on the sparrow, to open the sub-windows, the main window opens. I can't find a way to choose between the two sub-windows of one application
(In the past such things worked in the most natural way a) alt+tab or b)task-bar, but that didn't give you a chance to configure shortcuts).
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## Re: minimal gnome3

Thu May 23, 2013 5:16 pm

you lost me a bit...but I think you are asking for...
alt+tab....hold down alt but release tab....now mouseover (or arrow over to) the app and subwindows should show below
But I do think switching tasks often is a bit aggravating in gnome shell without a taskbar. It is okay if it is only an occasional switch between one or two apps but constant switching between numerous apps just gets old really REALLY quick.
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## Re: minimal gnome3

Thu May 23, 2013 5:30 pm

> alt+tab....hold down alt but release tab....now mouseover (or arrow over to) the app and subwindows should show below

Ha ha ha. I can't stop laughing.
Tell that the openboxers and they will run for gnome immediatly.
Serious: thanks, that will help a lot.
I lost you? If it was about xfce4-terminal now dropping down: If you use a drop-down terminal it should be clear (xfce4-terminal is said to have it in xfce4-10), if you don't use one it probably is a bit weird.
But yes, these days C is confusing me a lot (i started with mkdir() and opendir() and such, all very easy in bash, but pretty confusing in C, as it works with structures (struct dirent). Hence i post a bit in nonsense style (to get rid of stress). Perhaps that was the reason. Or perhaps i am just plain nut.
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## Re: minimal gnome3

Thu May 23, 2013 5:46 pm

I just wasn't sure if that was what you were looking for or not. That was why I was lost.
Yea to me a dropdown terminal is cool but it is a novelty rather than anything I end up actually using significantly.
Actually switching tasks using that method isn't as tedious as it sounds but it isn't real fun either. I usually just go to overview mode via the hot corner (or logo key) to switch windows rather than alt+tab.
Well to be honest I usually just install a taskbar extension and do it that way.
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