Chapter 9. GNOME 3, GNOME Shell, and More

• A Different Path

• Installing the GNOME Shell

• Exploring the GNOME Shell

• Using the Keyboard

• Common Questions

• Summary

A Different Path

This is an exciting time to be using GNOME and Ubuntu because of all the new technology on the horizon. As Ubuntu has been innovating with Unity, Red Hat and others have been working on GNOME Shell, a new way of launching applications and managing programs. Like Unity, GNOME Shell is a replacement for both the panel and the window manager, offering new ways of manipulating windows, notifications, and other secondary functions of a desktop. Unique among desktop applications in GNOME, GNOME Shell is written in JavaScript and rendered with the Mozilla-based gjs. This ...

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