Gnome 3 what is new

Data storage : Provides libraries of accessing data:. Evolution Data Storage EDS : This contains libebook and libecal , and provides access to the address book and the calendar managed in your Evolution. We will also use several tools in this book; they are as follows:. We will have seed automatically installed when installing the GNOME Shell, so we will not see this explicitly later when we do the installation. Gtranslator : This is a tool for translating our application user interface to local languages.

Devhelp : This is a reference lookup tool; really handy when developing applications. Note that the actual package names of these parts are not standardized, so you will find that the package names are slightly different from the preceding list.

These will be specifically covered in each section. A few popular distributions are covered. However, we are not going to talk about installing any of these distributions, so it is expected that we already have it up and running. You can directly go ahead to the section discussing your distribution without bothering to read the other distribution's installation descriptions. And if your distribution is not listed here, no need to be worried, just pick the closest distribution variant and adjust the package names as we will use the search function in the distributions when we are installing.

Now let's pull our sleeves up and jump right into the action. This is how we do it:. Click on the Activities button on upper-left corner of the screen. The left-hand side of the screen displays a search textbox, and below it we can see the collection packages. The collection package is a group of packages that serve similar functionalities. On the upper-left corner we can see the place where the search results or the contents of a collection will be displayed, and below it we can see the description box of a selected package we choose in the above area.

The SDK comes in the form of so-called development packages. In Fedora, the development packages use -devel as its postfix on their names. The actual libraries are inside the package without the -devel postfix and they are by default installed when the devel packages are installed.

For example, GLib is available inside the glib2 package and the supporting development package is available in the glib2-devel package. Whenever the glib2-devel package is installed, the glib2 package is automatically installed.

The development package means that it contains header files and other files needed only when you do development, but not needed when you are only running it. Before a package can be installed with this tool, it must be marked for installation. Head on to the search box and type glib2-devel. Click on the Find button and we will see the search results. It should be a couple of lines with one of them showing the glib2-devel string followed by a long version number glib2-devel Tick on the checkbox to its left.

We should see that the tool stamps the icon with a big plus sign, meaning that it is marked for installation. If you don't see a checkbox, it is already installed. The following table provides a mapping between the package names in Fedora 17 and the GNOME components described in the architecture section earlier. We also want to install the documentation packages the names are inconsistently postfixed with -doc or -docs.

We also will install the tools and basic development packages that we are going to use throughout this book. So let's go ahead with marking these packages in the tool by searching and ticking the checkbox. After we mark the packages, we are ready to install them.

Just click on the Apply button at the bottom of the screen. We will get a dialog popping up and asking whether we want to install additional packages required by the packages we selected previously. Make a nod gesture to agree by clicking on the Continue button. Then enter the root password and relax for a while as the tool will download and install all the packages into the system. After everything is installed, we will get a new window, as shown in the next screenshot, that displays that there are newly installed applications that we can run; let's keep this dialog for the next chapter.

Click on the Activities button on the upper-left corner of the screen. YaST is now opened; to continue, click on the Software Management icon. After a while taken for contacting the servers and refreshing the package database, it is ready to use. This is how it will appear:. As you can see, the tool has two main columns, with each column having two sections each. The left-hand side column shows package categories whereas the right-hand side column shows the content of the selected categories or the search results and the description of the package.

We will use this tool only by using the search functionality and not touching the categories to the left. With this concept, we can first select the software we want and then make the final move by just pressing a button to get the selections installed. Let's do it. SDK are scattered in many different development packages.

Similar to Fedora, which uses the RPM package management system, the development package names are postfixed with -devel , and the corresponding library will get automatically installed when the development package is installed. We can go ahead and type these names one at a time in the search box and tick a checkbox situated to the left of the search results entry. By ticking this checkbox, it means that the package is put into an installing queue. If you see that the checkbox is already ticked, it means the package is already installed.

After marking the packages, let's now hit the Apply button to start the installation. Let's wait a while until all the packages are installed; after this, we are good to go to the next chapter. The updates logic has been updated to reduce the frequency of reminders. GNOME also tells users where they are installing the software from. The Files application also received various improvements, such as:.

GNOME 40 looks very different than previous versions. Rounded window corners and smoother animations gave it a more modern look. GNOME 40 also offers some quality of life improvements which makes things easier for users.

App launcher at the bottom and customizable app launcher are very user-friendly. Source: Cloud7. You must be logged in to post a comment. Table of Contents. Our services are provided in the world's leading data centers in Europe and America.

It is packed with features that will make you more productive: a powerful search feature that helps you access all your work from one place; side-by-side windows that make it easy to view several documents at the same time; seamless integration with online accounts which allows you to access all your data in one place; and a messaging system that comfortably deals with notifications, letting you quickly respond in place or return to them in a convenient time.

Every aspect of GNOME 41 has been crafted to fit together as a harmonious whole, providing a consistent and integrated experience. Our attention to detail means a smooth and polished product that lets you do the things you want without getting in the way.

GNOME 40 is satisfying to use and beautiful to behold.