Desktop environments give the users a very rich, cool interface with their computer. Gnome is one of the best desktop environments that is made available to the users since its release version.

1. Gnome had its developments in various releases, and most recently the stable release of gnome 2.28.so whats up now, its time for gnome 3 release.

The Gnome 3 a..k.a gnome-shell is expected to be bundled as a default desktop environment of ubuntu 10.10 But why to wait, lets test the gnome-shell development release in ubuntu karmic koala.

Here are the instructions for installing Gnome-shell in your Karmic machine:

Pre-requisites:

a) Install the package jhbuild:

“ download the deb package from http://packages.ubuntu.com/jaunty/all/jhbuild/download and install it.

“ b) Get GNOME-Shell Build Setup script from the gnome git repository.

wget http://git.gnome.org/cgit/gnome-shell/plain/tools/build/gnome-shell-build-setup.sh

Then run the downloaded script by issuing this command,

gnome-shell-build-setup.sh

this makes sure that u have all dependencies satisfied.

Atlast its time to build:

jhbuild build

this will download the required modules and compile it.

I think totally 7 modules. It may take time around 15min, so be cool but also ignore the error when it asks u.

Before to run, disable compiz settings (if u have enabled) by Right click in desktop–>change desktop backgrounds–> visual effects–>none.

And also save and close any other works.

Launching Gnome-shell:

~/gnome-shell/source/gnome-shell/src/gnome-shell  – - replace

~voila! U did it!~

For to return back from gnome-shell: press alt+F2 and type debugexit

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Gnome-shell overview:

Showing items, when searching:

Glances:

Showing sidebar (activate by clicking username in top panel)

Thanks Guys.. Thanks for reading this article :)