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## Re: minimal gnome3

Thu May 23, 2013 6:51 pm

> meandean wrote:
> 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.

Ah, hit the super-key (aka Windows key) and then just choose it. Easy, i didn't think of it (as i always use tab to switch).
I found a shortcut to switch to what once was called panel (activities, user, clock, i think that's it).
I havend found a good shortcut to hit the super-key and then use arrows to pick the app i want. Or a shortcut to switch to applications (menu). In short: I have not found much yet
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## Re: minimal gnome3

Thu May 23, 2013 8:04 pm

> nadir wrote:I havend found a good shortcut to hit the super-key and then use arrows to pick the app i want.

to launch apps quickly? use alt+f2 and type or hit the logo key and type a few letters of the apps name....or stick the icon in the favorites bar on the side...
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## Re: minimal gnome3

Thu May 23, 2013 9:57 pm

Not exactly. I know both shortcuts (now). Usually i use Alt+F2. Always. Just learned about super-key + just type some letters.
But what i meant is this:
I click on "activities" or i hit the super-key.
A different Windows opens (bar at left: quicklauncher, bar at right: destkops, active-windows and applications).
I can click on them, and something happens.
But if i use the windows-key to activate said window/desktop/whatever, i see no reason to now use the mouse. I would like to move around by shortcuts (hit a key and apps is activated, hit another and the left side bar is activated, and so forth).
Now that i think of it:
What is the usualy desktop for anyway? Make the super-key desktop default, and all is good. No?
The usual one is empty, you can do nothing with it, no right click, no taskbar, no nothing, and to do anything you need to activate the other destkop anyway.
I think if it was lilke that i could like it (well: more. I do like it. It is just awkward).
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## Re: minimal gnome3

Thu May 23, 2013 11:52 pm

> meandean wrote:apt-get install gnome-shell gnome-session gnome-control-center nautilus
> should get you a complete basic install

Yup, that seems to do it.
I first installed gnome-terminal, which itself installed a lot of deps, but then installing what you said worked
(It doesn't seem to use much less space, but i really don't need an office suite and such).
When fooling with a full gnome3 installation i have come to like that my ssh-keys get unlocked while logging in. I am not sure if only gdm3 offers that, but i think i will install it for that.
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## Re: minimal gnome3

Fri May 31, 2013 7:28 pm

I use pidgin for IRC chat.
If someone says my name (pings me like: ping nadir) the pidign icon in the systray indicates that.
In gnome3 that doesn't happen.
Does anyone know why it doesn't do it (or even better: how to make it do it).
Does gnome come with a systray at all?
notifications are set to "on", and sure enough it notificates me about each and every thing which is happening, but misses what i am interested (that is pidgin and perhaps a torrent client, but i didn't run one on gnome yet).
I installed libnotify-bin, but to no avail.
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