From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9E88B13827E for ; Sat, 14 Dec 2013 02:42:37 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 6A0B9E0BB4; Sat, 14 Dec 2013 02:42:30 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-wi0-f172.google.com (mail-wi0-f172.google.com [209.85.212.172]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 2B5EAE0BAE for ; Sat, 14 Dec 2013 02:42:29 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-wi0-f172.google.com with SMTP id en1so67738wid.5 for ; Fri, 13 Dec 2013 18:42:28 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :content-type; bh=qgytA3HMFnD9kG2FvvzmujTkoO1DNrDlB4i+ikM2jWM=; b=nfXMIcz8Zz9ohk7JNtAIhRdqKUAV1ipsFroT7gZGg54ZBg/HiY/FcenQ+D7lyjuh+w i61VwvwxCbpxAEY4u6T8nfE8b2gff6Np0NuLe1h5Zey+DkbOTdQ3OnrJ2ntNAvS1esVW 98lPVRhkX/QNEiOpO4/eHp+9KmuhZ3UZqvTJePjiUqb0G3zq9I67hNO7+e39P6I99V7D 71e2oIuRbQLg8Pcy5C79hGiJDeHNDen1asOlnJNdiXuGrMJ7S9cW80rK2H0aKAAV2Dyc C3idIDfhuTZwCZYnkXiZBHMCGE6MVZ6rWHUcp7VxkkB2xI8vrYlhtY81WZVR6qnfXF2E GIMQ== Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Received: by 10.180.189.6 with SMTP id ge6mr4743993wic.1.1386988947970; Fri, 13 Dec 2013 18:42:27 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.194.81.161 with HTTP; Fri, 13 Dec 2013 18:42:27 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: References: Date: Fri, 13 Dec 2013 20:42:27 -0600 Message-ID: Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] [gnome3 stable] Not as bad as I expected From: Alecks Gates To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 X-Archives-Salt: 83453d9d-2d49-4646-990c-f3081e7241e9 X-Archives-Hash: 6a07f047dd7a824160556c6b4ce6a6b1 On Fri, Dec 13, 2013 at 7:10 PM, walt wrote: > I've been preparing for gnome3 for many months by running it in a > virtualbox gentoo-guest machine. I missed a very important gnome3 > feature by doing it that way :( > > The gnome-shell desktop has a 'gestures-based' feature, which exposes > the favorites menu if you move the mouse pointer *very* quickly to the > left upper corner of the screen. Who knew? > > Well, I didn't know until yesterday because virtualbox allows the mouse > pointer to slide right off of the guest window onto my real desktop > without notifying the guest machine, apparently. > > Anyway, the active-left-upper-corner feature saves me one annoying extra > mouse-click when launching the apps I use all day long. That one extra > mouse-click was a major gnome3 "bug" for me, but now it's just a virtual > bug :) There's an even faster way -- something I couldn't live without and possibly the only thing that makes Unity/Gnome3/Windows 8 usable to me: Press the "super" key (the Windows key on my keyboard by default, but it's configurable). I *hate* having to use my mouse so much to access programs and in *all three* of these interfaces I can avoid the mouse much more with the same shortcut. Check out the Gnome Shell cheat sheet[0] if you haven't already. > > For us old gnome2 farts who don't know where to begin with gnome3, I'd > suggest installing two gnome-shell extensions that may save you many > hours of bewilderment: > > First, the "settings center" extension, which exposes several important > sub-menus that are otherwise nearly impossible to find. > > Second, the "system-monitor" extension, which replaces the multiload > gnome-panel applet that I can't live without. The gnome extension > website offers several 'system-monitor' applets, but the one I'm now > using is the one written by 'darkxst'. So happy :) > > I strongly suggest emerging the 'alacarte' and 'gnome-tweak-tool' > packages from gnome-extra. They are not installed by default when > emerging 'gnome', but I couldn't use gnome without them. > > Happy to answer any gnome3 questions if I can. > > [0] https://wiki.gnome.org/Projects/GnomeShell/CheatSheet -- Alecks Gates