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Version 3 of the GNOME desktop environment

Version 3.0 of the GNOME desktop environment was released on April 6, 2011.

See also for general GNOME questions.

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How can I add an application to the GNOME application menu?

I have an application that I start only from the command line. How can I add the command (and preferably a nice logo) to Gnome's application menu?
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How to save a GNOME 3 session

GNOME 2 allows one to either save the session automatically or manually (i.e. save the session as it looks right now). This is a nice feature because it restores the various desktop states between logins (and system restarts): which apps were…
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What do the tags in `monitors.xml` do?

I have a GNOME 3 desktop environment installed on my Arch Linux box, and I would like to manually configure my desktop settings. I understand there is a file ~/.config/monitors.xml but I am quite puzzled about what the tags in the file actually do.…
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Where to get logs for Gnome3 when "Oh no! Something has gone wrong." appears?

I have recently upgraded my ArchLinux and Gnome3 got broken. On boot, GDM shows up (and works), however, when trying to log in Gnome3 session, I recieve "Oh no! Something has gone wrong." screen. Other sessions (i3-wm) work well. Where could I get…
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Cannot login into GNOME, kicking me back to login screen

I am not able to login into GNOME desktop, it happened yesterday after upgrade. In login screen, if I enter my password and press ENTER I am getting login screen again. System details: linux 4.4.5-1 gnome-shell 3.20.0-3 gnome-desktop…
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Display tasks in GNOME Shell Calendar

Is it possible to make my Evolution tasks show up in the GNOME Shell Calendar? When I pull down the calendar by clicking on the clock at the top of the screen (I'm using Fedora 20), it shows me the items I have entered into the calendar in…
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gnome 3 panel and menu fonts are too small

Gnome 3 panel and menu fonts are way too small. (I like using menu's as long as I used mouse and keyboard. Touchscreen, now, that would be different) Is there a tool or extension or anything that can adjust those? I did figure out one way to do it,…
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gnome 3 hibernate option

I switched to gnome 3 (which I like) and of all the things that have changed the only one that bothers me is the fact that there is not a hibernate option. Now, I know of the pm-hibernate command but it does not lock my x-window on boot up. Just…
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Can I disable or remove gnome-online-miners?

Background I run Ubuntu Gnome 15.10. Almost every day there is a crash (due to some segfault) in gom-media-server-miner. So I looked up gom-media-server-miner and found gnome-online-miners which is described as follows: GNOME Online Miners provides…
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Change root profile picture

I would like to change the default root's picture: I tried adding Icon entry in var/lib/AccountService/users/root, but when I reboot the file is overwritten and the icon row is deleted. I was thinking of changing this icon, directly, with one of my…
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How searching works in GNOME 3.8?

How does searching work in Gnome 3.8.2? Why when I search 'power' (Press Super key and type 'power' one-by-one) I get LibreOffice Impress? And 'po' returns Document Viewer, Rhythmbox, SElinux Troubleshooter, OpenJDK Policy Tool, Software, Automatic…
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Duplicate instances within Gnome menu

I'm running Fedora 18 with Gnome 3.6. I've installed Eclipse manually, and added the menu entry with alacarte. My problem is that even though I have "Favorite"'d the menu entry, it keeps duplicating the entry every time a new instance is launched.…
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How do I configure my gnome pannel if it does not respond to right-click?

$ gnome-session --version gnome-session 3.6.2 $ cat /etc/*-release Fedora release 18 (Spherical Cow) I want to customize my gnome-pannel - the bar at the top of the screen. However, right-clicking on an empty area of the bar produces no…
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How to make gnome 3's 'Type to search' search more places?

It seems it only returns object in /home/*my_username*, how can I make it return objects in symbolic links or another partition?
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Why does Gnome 3 ~/.cache/gnome-control-center have weird permissions?

When I do a find or du or something in ~/.cache I get an error: $ ls ~/.cache/gnome-control-center ls: cannot open directory /home/user1/.cache/gnome-control-center: Permission denied It has weird permissions, which prevents the owner from reading…
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