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diff --git a/site/blog/gnome-shell_in_ubuntu_9.10.org b/site/blog/gnome-shell_in_ubuntu_9.10.org deleted file mode 100644 index cbfe6e4..0000000 --- a/site/blog/gnome-shell_in_ubuntu_9.10.org +++ /dev/null @@ -1,40 +0,0 @@ -#+TITLE: Gnome-shell in Ubuntu 9.10 -#+DATE: 2009-12-11 10:35 -#+TAGS: gconf gnome gnome-panel gnome-shell linux ubuntu - -Even though ~gnome-shell~ is really only a preview of what is to come -for gnome 3.0 and it's still buggy and sometimes not completely stable -perhaps, I really like it. - -When I first saw the screenshots I was less then impressed, I thought -it didn't at all look like anything new or innovative, but rather -messy and confusing. But me being ever interested in new things and -all I just had to give it a try (the ~gnome-panel~ look was starting to -bore me). - -Installing was easy - -#+BEGIN_SRC sh - sudo apt-get install gnome-shell -#+END_SRC - -and starting it afterwards was easy too - -#+BEGIN_SRC sh - gnome-shell -r -#+END_SRC - -Though first I had to disable compiz, which I don't really use anyway. -I was also using ~avant-window-navigator~, which disappeared on me but -still kept part of my notification area to itself. So the time after -that I first closed AWN and all was as it should be. - -I didn't feel like having to manually start ~gnome-shell~ every time I -logged in so I started looking into a way to replace ~metacity~ and -~gnome-panel~ with ~gnome-shell~ and found that this could be done by -editing your ~gconf~ (with, for example, ~gconf-editor~) and setting the -~/desktop/gnome/session/required_components/windowmanager~ key from -~metacity~ to ~gnome-shell~. - -Of course, since it is a composited window manager you need a video -card and driver that can handle screen compositing. |