Posts Tagged ‘gnome desktop’

Gnome 3.8 Complete Desktop Review

Posted on: April 19th, 2013 by 1 Comment

Gnome Shell 3.8 Screenshot

Gnome 3.8 seems like the version that everyone was waiting for. All the essential missing features are finally available, and I expect users will be at least moderately impressed. After a few days testing Gnome…

Ubuntu Gnome Obtains Official Status Recongnition

Posted on: April 17th, 2013 by No Comments

Ubuntu Gnome Screenshot

Ubuntu users that prefer the Gnome Shell are in for a treat. Ubuntu Gnome has joined the ranks as an official Ubuntu edition. The first official Ubuntu Gnome release will be coming along with the…

Install Gnome 3.8 on Ubuntu 12.10 or 13.04

Posted on: April 12th, 2013 by 9 Comments

Gnome 3.8 Desktop Screenshot

Ubuntu 13.04 users can expect to find Gnome 3.6 as the default desktop, and not the newer 3.8. But rumour suggests that users can still get their hands on Gnome 3.8 if they desire. After…

Gnome Boxes Virtual Machine Manager Introduction

Posted on: February 28th, 2013 by No Comments

Fedora 18 Gnome Desktop Screenshot

Gnome 3.4 introduced a new application called Gnome Boxes. The 3.6 release brings many changes for Gnome Boxes, and now here is a hasty preview. The various bug fixes and stability improvements make the 3.6…

CentOS 5.9 Gnome Desktop Review

Posted on: February 18th, 2013 by 2 Comments

CentOS 5.9 Gnome Desktop Screenshot

CentOS 5.9 leaves users with a warm fuzzy and familiar feeling offering Gnome 2.16 as the primary desktop which is featured in this review. The desktop prospects for this release are not very impressive, but…

Fedora 18 Gnome 3.6 Desktop Review

Posted on: January 27th, 2013 by No Comments

Fedora 18 Gnome desktop Screenshot

Fedora 18 features the exciting Gnome 3.6 desktop which offers numerous aesthetic and usability enhancements. Here I will point out many of the various improvements, so you can decide if Fedora 18 is the right…

Gnome 3.6 User Interface Improvements for Fedora 18

Posted on: January 17th, 2013 by No Comments

Fedora 18 Gnome Desktop Screenshot

With this release the Gnome team has decided to focus on aesthetics and accessibility for the maximum number of users. The user interface has been upgraded with several small but significant changes. Fedora 18 is…

GDM Display Manager

Posted on: March 1st, 2012 by No Comments

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The default login manager for Gnome was GDM until recently, this is a unique replacement for XDM. GDM is used to run and manage your X servers for local and remote logins, even XDMCP. GDM also allows for easy configuration unlike XDM.

Customizing GDM

GDM gives users a stylish graphical login interface that can even use different themes. And of course there are several custom-made themes created by the Linux community.