Screenshot of Gnome3 with awn

2011-08-25 1 min read Fedora Gnome Linux
Here is another screenshot of my laptop desktop with Gnome 3 and AWN (Avant window Navigator) running. Looks beautiful, isn’t it? <p> By the way, with this setup I have the <a class="zem_slink" title="Old Style and New Style dates" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_Style_and_New_Style_dates" rel="wikipedia">old style</a> menu also just that instead of on the top it is on the bottom just like old RH9 🙂 </p> <h6 class="zemanta-related-title" style="font-size: 1em;"> Related articles </h6> <ul class="zemanta-article-ul"> <li class="zemanta-article-ul-li"> <a href="http://blog. Continue reading

Gnome 3 screenshot with conky dock

2011-08-18 1 min read Fedora Gnome
Just to give you a idea of how beautiful it looks, here’s a screenshot 🙂 [][1]gnome3-desktop Related articles This ‘Stairway to Heaven’ Ubuntu desktop is gorgeous and simple to achieve (omgubuntu.co.uk) [How To] Make A Minimal-looking Narwhal Desktop (omgubuntu.co.uk) Gnome Sweet Gnome (casasugar.com)

Gnome 3 shell themes

2011-08-12 2 min read Fedora Gnome
Image by grantc via Flickr If you are using gnome-shell and are bored with the same default theme then read on…. 🙂 By default changing the default theme requires that you modify the files yourself or copy few files to the required directories. Well, if this is not in your scheme of things for changing the theme, a very simple task. Now, you can simply do this with gnome shell extensions. Continue reading

Gnome Tips

2011-02-25 3 min read Fedora Gnome
Add/Edit GDM Sessions Each session is a *.desktop file located at /usr/share/xsessions. GDM appearance You can change background image, gtk/icon theme by hands (as described at Gnome_2.28_Changes#Configuring_gdm_2.28), or you can use gdm2setup from the AUR. Tweaking If your gnome applications seem sluggish and gnome hangs at start-up after killing the previous session, it’s likely you haven’t set your /etc/hosts file correctly and your /etc/hosts file includes: 127.0.0.1 localhost.localdomain localhost YOURHOSTNAME Then run “/bin/hostname YOURHOSTNAME” and “/sbin/ifconfig lo up” as root. Continue reading

vino – connect to running GNome session like RDP

2011-02-04 2 min read Fedora Linux
One thing that all of us Linux users have probably missed is connecting to the running GNome session to see what is going on in the running session. This can be quite handy in couple of situations: Debugging remote sessions – where you do not want a new session, instead want to connect to running session. Maintaining running session from another PC. If you are running some applications on some Linux box and want to gracefully stop it using some commands other than kill -9 then it is best that you connect to the running session, if you are not using screen. Continue reading

New feature in Nautilus – resize icon on desktop.

2011-01-10 1 min read Gnome Learning
On Desktop on Gnome using nautilus, now you can resize individual icons. Just right click on the icon to resize and in the menu you will get a resize icon : [][1]Resize icon and then you can resize the icon from the borders: [][2]Resize icon Related articles “Where is this icon?” Nautilus script is incredibly nifty (omgubuntu.co.uk) Use Nautilus’ Emblems feature to keep your home folder organised (omgubuntu.co.uk) Screenshots: Desktop Unity in Natty (omgubuntu. Continue reading

gphotoframe Free digital photo frame for your desk.

2010-08-11 2 min read Fedora Gnome Photo
First install the gphotoframe application with the command : sudo yum install gphotoframe and if you want gnome-screensaver compatibility then install the package gphotoframe-gss also. Gnome Photo Frame is a photo frame gadget for the <a class="zem_slink" title="GNOME" rel="homepage" href="http://www.gnome.org/">GNOME Desktop. Let&#8217;s see how this works.. run the command gphotoframe from a terminal: Here is what you will see : <a href="http://blog.amit-agarwal.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/Screenshot-gphotoframe.png"><img class="size-medium wp-image-1880" title="Screenshot-gphotoframe" src="http://blog.amit-agarwal.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/Screenshot-gphotoframe-300x227.png" alt="Screenshot-gphotoframe" width="300" height="227" /> Continue reading
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