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How To: Add startup programs in GNOME 3

Posted on June 1, 2011 by linuxandfriends and has 5 comments.

This is a tip to automatically start any program of your choice while logging into your GNOME 3 desktop. Create an ordinary file in your ~/.config/autostart directory. If the ~/.config/autostart directory is not present, you will have to create it.

GTG – A Productivity Tool for GNOME Desktop

Posted on November 27, 2009 by linuxandfriends

Getting Things GNOME! also known as GTG aims to be a simple, powerful and flexible organization tool to the GNOME desktop environment. It is a productivity tool which aids you in organizing your work flow into tasks and sub-tasks, uniquely tagging them so as to get things done in a more efficient manner.

How to Install GNOME Shell in Ubuntu Linux

Posted on November 18, 2009 by linuxandfriends

Installing GNOME Shell in Ubuntu 9.10 (Karmic Koala) is easy. This is how you do it. $ sudo apt-get install gnome-shell Once GNOME Shell is installed, you can start it by running the following command :

GNOME Shell – An Overview

Posted on November 17, 2009 by linuxandfriends

The GNOME Shell redefines user interactions with the GNOME desktop. It aims to be a replacement for the GNOME desktop when GNOME 3.0 is released some time in 2010. The guiding principles behind GNOME Shell are based on making the desktop an intuitive and convenient tool for accessing applications, documents, contacts, notifications and system preferences.