FC16 newbe questions

2011-12-08 Thread Robert Moskowitz
So I skipped FC15. I never worked on Vista of WIn7, always using the 'classic' windows desktop in XP. So I have some REAL challenges adjusting th GNOME in FC16 Like where are my workspaces? I work with 4 of them for my different set of jobs. Maybe with the added memory on this lenovo, I

Re: FC16 newbe questions

2011-12-08 Thread Marko Vojinovic
On Thursday 08 December 2011 09:10:54 Robert Moskowitz wrote: > So I skipped FC15. I never worked on Vista of WIn7, always using the > 'classic' windows desktop in XP. So I have some REAL challenges > adjusting th GNOME in FC16 > > Like where are my workspaces? I work with 4 of them for my

Re: FC16 newbe questions

2011-12-08 Thread Robert Moskowitz
On 12/08/2011 09:30 AM, Marko Vojinovic wrote: > On Thursday 08 December 2011 09:10:54 Robert Moskowitz wrote: >> So I skipped FC15. I never worked on Vista of WIn7, always using the >> 'classic' windows desktop in XP. So I have some REAL challenges >> adjusting th GNOME in FC16 >> >> Like

Re: FC16 newbe questions

2011-12-08 Thread Alexander Volovics
On Thu, Dec 08, 2011 at 09:10:54AM -0500, Robert Moskowitz wrote: > So I skipped FC15. I never worked on Vista of WIn7, always using the > 'classic' windows desktop in XP. So I have some REAL challenges > adjusting th GNOME in FC16 > Like where are my workspaces? I work with 4 of them for

Re: FC16 newbe questions

2011-12-08 Thread Ralf Corsepius
On 12/08/2011 03:30 PM, Marko Vojinovic wrote: > On Thursday 08 December 2011 09:10:54 Robert Moskowitz wrote: > And of course, you can always forgive&forget&switch to XFCE, KDE or LXDE. ;-) This is what I would recommend to the OP. Gnome 3 is so far away from Classic XP, he'd have to go through

Re: FC16 newbe questions

2011-12-08 Thread Matthew Saltzman
On Thu, 2011-12-08 at 14:30 +, Marko Vojinovic wrote: > > Activate "activities" by putting the mouse into the upper-left corner of the > screen. Then you can see a list of currently open workspaces on the far right > on the screen, where you can click to switch between them (and make an >

Re: FC16 newbe questions

2011-12-08 Thread Matthew Saltzman
On Thu, 2011-12-08 at 10:58 -0500, Robert Moskowitz wrote: > alt-F1 does bring up the workspace switcher, but Cntl-Alt-arrow does not > switch between workspaces. I need to find the handy-dandy workspace > keystroke switcher. Ctrl-Alt-up-arrow and -down-arrow switch workspaces. Now that they

Re: FC16 newbe questions

2011-12-08 Thread Robert Moskowitz
On 12/08/2011 10:58 AM, Robert Moskowitz wrote: > > On 12/08/2011 09:30 AM, Marko Vojinovic wrote: >> On Thursday 08 December 2011 09:10:54 Robert Moskowitz wrote: >>> So I skipped FC15. I never worked on Vista of WIn7, always using the >>> 'classic' windows desktop in XP. So I have some REAL cha

Re: FC16 newbe questions

2011-12-08 Thread Robert Moskowitz
On 12/08/2011 12:18 PM, Alexander Volovics wrote: > On Thu, Dec 08, 2011 at 09:10:54AM -0500, Robert Moskowitz wrote: > >> So I skipped FC15. I never worked on Vista of WIn7, always using the >> 'classic' windows desktop in XP. So I have some REAL challenges >> adjusting th GNOME in FC16 >> L

Re: FC16 newbe questions

2011-12-08 Thread Pete Travis
On Dec 8, 2011 7:11 AM, "Robert Moskowitz" wrote: > > So I skipped FC15. I never worked on Vista of WIn7, always using the > 'classic' windows desktop in XP. So I have some REAL challenges > adjusting th GNOME in FC16 > > Like where are my workspaces? I work with 4 of them for my different

Re: FC16 newbe questions

2011-12-08 Thread Robert Moskowitz
On 12/08/2011 12:50 PM, Matthew Saltzman wrote: > On Thu, 2011-12-08 at 10:58 -0500, Robert Moskowitz wrote: > >> alt-F1 does bring up the workspace switcher, but Cntl-Alt-arrow does not >> switch between workspaces. I need to find the handy-dandy workspace >> keystroke switcher. > Ctrl-Alt-up-arr

Re: FC16 newbe questions

2011-12-08 Thread Marko Vojinovic
On Thursday 08 December 2011 10:58:27 Robert Moskowitz wrote: > On 12/08/2011 09:30 AM, Marko Vojinovic wrote: > > And of course, you can always forgive&forget&switch to XFCE, KDE or > > LXDE. ;-) > And which one has that Win2000 look/feel that I kind of grew up with :) If you ask me, try KDE firs

Re: FC16 newbe questions

2011-12-08 Thread Robert Moskowitz
On 12/08/2011 04:19 PM, Marko Vojinovic wrote: > On Thursday 08 December 2011 10:58:27 Robert Moskowitz wrote: >> On 12/08/2011 09:30 AM, Marko Vojinovic wrote: >>> And of course, you can always forgive&forget&switch to XFCE, KDE or >>> LXDE. ;-) >> And which one has that Win2000 look/feel that I k

Re: FC16 newbe questions

2011-12-08 Thread Robert Moskowitz
On 12/08/2011 12:47 PM, Matthew Saltzman wrote: > On Thu, 2011-12-08 at 14:30 +, Marko Vojinovic wrote: >> Activate "activities" by putting the mouse into the upper-left corner of the >> screen. Then you can see a list of currently open workspaces on the far right >> on the screen, where you ca

Re: FC16 newbe questions

2011-12-08 Thread Alan Evans
On Thu, Dec 8, 2011 at 1:45 PM, Robert Moskowitz wrote: > I was under the impression that Gnome's design directive was to follow > Windows look and feel, but not be a slave to it. That's what they wanted you to believe. In fact, any time spent on the gnome devel list revealed that many awful "fe

Re: FC16 newbe questions

2011-12-08 Thread Craig White
On Thu, 2011-12-08 at 10:58 -0500, Robert Moskowitz wrote: > And which one has that Win2000 look/feel that I kind of grew up with :) > > I probably need to just bite the bullet as at some point the corp system > will go from XP to Win7 and I will be expected to recongnize some things > there...

Re: FC16 newbe questions

2011-12-08 Thread Matthew Saltzman
On Thu, 2011-12-08 at 17:50 -0500, Robert Moskowitz wrote: > On 12/08/2011 12:47 PM, Matthew Saltzman wrote: > > On Thu, 2011-12-08 at 14:30 +, Marko Vojinovic wrote: > >> Activate "activities" by putting the mouse into the upper-left corner of > >> the > >> screen. Then you can see a list of

Re: FC16 newbe questions

2011-12-09 Thread Aaron Konstam
On Thu, 2011-12-08 at 14:55 -0800, Alan Evans wrote: > On Thu, Dec 8, 2011 at 1:45 PM, Robert Moskowitz wrote: > > > I was under the impression that Gnome's design directive was to follow > > Windows look and feel, but not be a slave to it. > > That's what they wanted you to believe. > > In fac