Gnome shell on karmic..

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So who has given it a shot? what are your thoughts?

I think it's great and made it default, still a work in progress but I do feel it makes for a very productive environment.

Instructions for karmic...
If you want to try out gnome 3’s “gnome-shell” interface in Karmic, you can find it in the repo’s.
Fist of all install build-dep (sudo apt-get install build-dep). This will install any necessary dependencies needed to successfully compile and run gnome-shell.
sudo apt-get build-dep gnome-shell
Once you have installed all of the required packages and libraries, open a terminal and type: -
sudo apt-get install gnome-shell
This will install Gnome-Shell.
Once installed, you can start Gnome-Shell by typing the following command in a terminal: -
gnome-shell --replace
I suggest running it from a guest session, as it will ‘kill’ compiz, requiring you to manually restart it. [compiz.real --replace]
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Nope, probably still waiting for a repo for OpenSUSE, but not a big issue for me, Gnome 2.28 works for me for now. In fact became really used to it on a dual monitor setup at work.
 
Just tried it out. It's quite funky. I'm just pondering how I can keep my bottom panel... or perhaps extent the sidebar to show open applications.

Other than that its quite nice. It does seem to slow down the general operation of things.
 
suPerb0b said:
Just tried it out. It's quite funky. I'm just pondering how I can keep my bottom panel... or perhaps extent the sidebar to show open applications.

Other than that its quite nice. It does seem to slow down the general operation of things.
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Yeah it's nice but still alpha, the speed depends on your graphics card though... on my nvidia it flies, they'll probably have to rethink the shell for weaker graphics.
 
Also gave it a try, using it as default on an extra user I created. I really love the idea, and it works pretty damn well (had a few hiccups, but it is alpha). I really think they are on to something with the work-flow. It's still slow when opening apps, but that will get ironed out.

To be honest, it makes things too easy - I guess thats good, but I've always been one for a little bit of a challenge:)

Thumbs up to GNOME!
 
These are a few things that need work imo....
- Top left hot spot gets in the way of Chrome tabs(if chrome maximized) needs rethink.
- Shortcuts should be easier to manage and browse.
- Workspace options or configuration.
- Needs more customization/personalization.
 
Aqua_lung said:
These are a few things that need work imo....
- Top left hot spot gets in the way of Chrome tabs(if chrome maximized) needs rethink.
- Shortcuts should be easier to manage and browse.
- Workspace options or configuration.
- Needs more customization/personalization.
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+1 to customization/personalization
 
Gnome Shell does not play nice on my Karmic at work. Unfortunately, because it is at work, I don't have much time to investigate.

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