For those of us used to the Windows 95 look and feel of Gnome 2, the new Gnome is going to take some getting use to.
I'm going to borrow a line from Dos Equis, "I don't always use the graphical desktop in Linux, but when I do, I prefer Gnome"
Here's a quick configuration tip for Gnome 3. One of the first things I've noticed is that the clock applet doesn't show the date by default, only showing Day and Time.
I always forget the date and like for the clock to show Day Date, Time. The applet doesn't provide a preferences option when clicked, so there isn't a way to make this change within the applet (correct me if I'm wrong, please).
There is a way, however. The dconf-editor tool! On my Fedora 15 test workstation, dconf-editor was not installed by default.
$ sudo yum install dconf-editor
Once it's installed, run the application as your user (not root)
$ dconf-editor
The "Configuration Editor" window will open. Click the following in the tree on the left:
- org
- gnome
- shell
- clock
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See http://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/Fedora/15/html/Release_Notes/sect-Release_Notes-Changes_for_Desktop_Users.html
2.1.1.1.7. How do I make the panel display the full date/time?
Use gnome-tweak-tool or use either or both of the following commands:
gsettings set org.gnome.shell.clock show-date true
gsettings set org.gnome.shell.clock show-seconds true
Thanks, I read your comment on my phone and didn't see the bottom half. Thus my comment was redundant and has been deleted.
gnome-tweak-tool wasn't installed by default on my test machine, so "sudo yum install gnome-tweak-tool" followed by running gnome-tweak-tool via the command shell, or running Tweak Tool via the Activities menu in Gnome 3.
At first when I tried this, I was already signed in under "su -". I was able to to complete all the steps and place the check mark in the box, but nothing happened... So I decided to try again after restarting the computer. As soon as I opened terminal, I signed in under SU - again. Again it failed to include the month and day. I closed terminal, and decided to try doing it without SU -, and it then worked.
I decided to restart my computer and when I got to the logon screen, it didn't show the month or day, but when I logged in, it did. Is there a way to always have it show the month and day even at the login screen?
Howdy,
Yeah I should have mentioned that you need to run the commands as your own user, not root. I usually use the $ promt to indicate normal user commands and # for root. I've updated the notes.
As for the login window, I haven't figured out how to do that yet.
This may be the method, although the specific setting isn't listed:
https://live.gnome.org/dconf/SystemAdministrators
How To Modify the Clock... This worked perfectly for me.
Thanks
Bob
Dell D610 XP + F15 dual boot via Grub4dos
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