Sunday, October 16, 2011

Gnome 3 on Ubuntu 11.04 (natty narwhal)

Tried the new Gnome desktop in Ubuntu 11.04 (because I am not really fond of Unity, Ubuntu's own interface):
sudo apt-get dist-upgrade
Final output in the terminal window showing the other packages that were held back:
Setting up sound-theme-freedesktop (0.7-0ubuntu1) ...
Setting up libcanberra0 (0.28-0ubuntu7~natty1) ...
Setting up libcanberra-pulse (0.28-0ubuntu7~natty1) ...
Setting up liblaunchpad-integration-3.0-1 (0.1.51) ...
Setting up libgnome-keyring0 (3.0.3-1~natty1) ...
Setting up gvfs (1.8.2-1~natty1) ...
Setting up gvfs-fuse (1.8.2-1~natty1) ...
Setting up gvfs-backends (1.8.2-1~natty1) ...
Setting up libgck0 (3.0.3-2ubuntu1~natty3) ...
Setting up libgcr-3-0 (3.0.3-2ubuntu1~natty3) ...
Setting up libcap2-bin (1:2.20-1) ...
Setting up gnome-keyring (3.0.3-2ubuntu1~natty3) ...
Installing new version of config file /etc/xdg/autostart/gnome-keyring-secrets.desktop ...
Installing new version of config file /etc/xdg/autostart/gnome-keyring-ssh.desktop ...
Installing new version of config file /etc/xdg/autostart/gnome-keyring-pkcs11.desktop ...
Setting up brasero-common (3.0.0-1ubuntu4~natty1) ...
Setting up libbrasero-media3-1 (3.0.0-1ubuntu4~natty1) ...
Setting up brasero-cdrkit (3.0.0-1ubuntu4~natty1) ...
Setting up brasero (3.0.0-1ubuntu4~natty1) ...
Setting up libgtksourceview-3.0-common (3.0.5-0ubuntu1~natty1) ...
Setting up libgtksourceview-3.0-0 (3.0.5-0ubuntu1~natty1) ...
Setting up libpeas-common (1.1.1.really.1.1.0-0ubuntu1~natty1) ...
Setting up libpeas-1.0-0 (1.1.1.really.1.1.0-0ubuntu1~natty1) ...
Setting up gedit-common (3.0.6-0ubuntu1~natty1) ...
Setting up gir1.2-peas-1.0 (1.1.1.really.1.1.0-0ubuntu1~natty1) ...
Setting up gedit (3.0.6-0ubuntu1~natty1) ...
update-alternatives: using /usr/bin/gedit to provide /usr/bin/gnome-text-editor (gnome-text-editor) in auto mode.
Setting up libcryptui0a (3.0.2-0ubuntu2~natty1) ...
Setting up seahorse (3.0.2-0ubuntu2~natty1) ...
Setting up libgtkhtml-4.0-common (4.0.2-0ubuntu1~natty1) ...
Setting up libgtkhtml-4.0-0 (4.0.2-0ubuntu1~natty1) ...
Setting up libgtkhtml-editor-4.0-0 (4.0.2-0ubuntu1~natty1) ...
Setting up libunique-3.0-0 (3.0.0-1ubuntu1~natty1) ...
Setting up libevolution (3.0.3-0ubuntu1~natty1) ...
Setting up evolution (3.0.3-0ubuntu1~natty1) ...
Installing new version of config file /etc/xdg/autostart/evolution-alarm-notify.desktop ...
Setting up libavahi-ui-gtk3-0 (0.6.30-3ubuntu1~natty1) ...
Setting up gnome-utils-common (3.0.1-0ubuntu3~natty1) ...
Setting up gnome-system-log (3.0.1-0ubuntu3~natty1) ...
Setting up gnome-search-tool (3.0.1-0ubuntu3~natty1) ...
Setting up gnome-screenshot (3.0.1-0ubuntu3~natty1) ...
Setting up baobab (3.0.1-0ubuntu3~natty1) ...
Setting up libclutter-gst-1.0-0 (1.3.14-1~natty1) ...
Setting up libclutter-imcontext-0.1-0 (0.1.4-1ubuntu1) ...
Setting up libcluttergesture-0.0.2-0 (0.0.2.1-2ubuntu1) ...
Setting up libmx-1.0-2 (1.1.3-0ubuntu4) ...
Setting up cheese-common (3.0.2-0ubuntu1~natty1) ...
Setting up libcheese1 (3.0.2-0ubuntu1~natty1) ...
Setting up libclutter-gtk-1.0-0 (1.0.2-0ubuntu2~natty1) ...
Setting up libcheese-gtk20 (3.0.2-0ubuntu1~natty1) ...
Setting up gnome-video-effects (0.3.0-4~natty2) ...
Setting up cheese (3.0.2-0ubuntu1~natty1) ...
Setting up empathy-common (3.0.2-0ubuntu1~natty~build1) ...
Setting up nautilus-sendto-empathy (3.0.2-0ubuntu1~natty~build1) ...
Setting up eog (3.0.2-1ubuntu2~natty1) ...
Setting up evince-common (3.0.2-0ubuntu4~natty1) ...
Setting up evolution-plugins (3.0.3-0ubuntu1~natty1) ...
Setting up nautilus-data (1:3.0.2-0ubuntu2~natty1) ...
Setting up nautilus (1:3.0.2-0ubuntu2~natty1) ...
Setting up file-roller (3.0.2-0ubuntu1~natty1) ...
Setting up gcalctool (6.0.2-0ubuntu1~natty1) ...
Setting up gconf-editor (3.0.0-1ubuntu1~natty1) ...
Setting up gir1.2-gtksource-3.0 (3.0.5-0ubuntu1~natty1) ...
Setting up gir1.2-totem-plparser-1.0 (2.32.6-1~natty1) ...
Setting up libtotem0 (3.0.1-0ubuntu5~natty1) ...
Setting up gir1.2-totem-1.0 (3.0.1-0ubuntu5~natty1) ...
Setting up libgdu-gtk0 (3.0.2-1ubuntu1~natty1) ...
Setting up gnome-disk-utility (3.0.2-1ubuntu1~natty1) ...
Installing new version of config file /etc/xdg/autostart/gdu-notification-daemon.desktop ...
Setting up libgnome-media-profiles-3.0-0 (3.0.0-0ubuntu1~natty1) ...
Setting up gnome-media (2.91.2-2ubuntu1~natty1) ...
Setting up gnome-nettool (3.0.0-0ubuntu2~natty1) ...
Setting up libgtkmm-3.0-1 (3.0.1-1~natty1) ...
Setting up libwnck-3-common (3.0.2-1ubuntu1~natty2) ...
Setting up libwnck-3-0 (3.0.2-1ubuntu1~natty2) ...
Setting up gnome-system-monitor (3.0.1-1ubuntu1~natty2) ...
Setting up libvte-2.90-9 (1:0.28.2-0ubuntu2~natty1) ...
Setting up gnome-terminal-data (3.0.1-0ubuntu2~natty1) ...
Setting up gnome-terminal (3.0.1-0ubuntu2~natty1) ...
Setting up gtk3-engines (2.91.1-0ubuntu1~build2) ...
Setting up gnome-themes-selected (3.0.0-0ubuntu1~build2) ...
Setting up gnome-user-share (3.0.0-2ubuntu3~natty1) ...
Installing new version of config file /etc/xdg/autostart/gnome-user-share.desktop ...
Setting up gtk3-engines-unico (0.1.0+r69-0ubuntu1~natty1) ...
Setting up libgucharmap-2-90-7 (1:3.0.1-0ubuntu1~natty1) ...
Setting up gucharmap (1:3.0.1-0ubuntu1~natty1) ...
Setting up libgcr0 (3.0.3-2ubuntu1~natty3) ...
Setting up libgvnc-1.0-0 (0.4.3-2ubuntu2~natty1) ...
Setting up libgtk-vnc-1.0-0 (0.4.3-2ubuntu2~natty1) ...
Setting up libgtk-vnc-2.0-0 (0.4.3-2ubuntu2~natty1) ...
Setting up libgucharmap7 (1:3.0.1-0ubuntu1~natty1) ...
Setting up light-themes (0.1.8.15~natty1) ...
Setting up nautilus-sendto (3.0.1-0ubuntu1~natty1) ...
Setting up totem-common (3.0.1-0ubuntu5~natty1) ...
Setting up totem (3.0.1-0ubuntu5~natty1) ...
Setting up totem-plugins (3.0.1-0ubuntu5~natty1) ...
Setting up totem-mozilla (3.0.1-0ubuntu5~natty1) ...
Setting up vinagre (3.0.1-0ubuntu1~natty1) ...
Setting up yelp (3.0.3-0ubuntu2~natty1) ...
Setting up zenity-common (3.0.0-1~natty1) ...
Setting up zenity (3.0.0-1~natty1) ...


Some screenshots: A new panel on top -










A new dashboard called Activities -