Learn CentOS Part 2 - Navigating the GNOME Desktop

[@little_forest]

That was so far the best explanation and description of the Gnome desktop on youtube, by a long margin! And I tried to find one, since I do have problems with the Gnome desktop. I still think, that Gnome doesn‘t make much sense for the work I have to do on a computer, but this video at least plausibly explained the basic ideas, which didn‘t become obvious with any other video of other well known linux youtubers! Thanks, Jay! This is really a video, that I would suggest everyone, who has problems with the Gnome desktop! Then it is at least possible, to give it a fair chance!

[@babayaguita]

I am literally starting to learn finally how to use linux, now that i was able to get a decent pc to create virtual machine. Thank you so much for your videos i am learning with them.

[@keithyakouboff8755]

Thank you for this great intro. Learning a lot. (I'm using this as an alternative to Windows to run Maya, especially since MS seems to be moving towards trying to get greater control of people's files and apps). One thing I noticed though: the holding down the windows key + up/down arrows does not switch workspaces. Alt+Ctrl+arrow key does.

[@roberthromero4929]

Really helpful video for beginners like me, Thank you so much !!!

[@LearnLinuxTV]

My pleasure!

[@GooogleGoglee]

I really hate Nautilus as GNOME file manager... Is there the possibility to install and use Thin as for example?

[@medes26]

Thank you Jay for your great tutorials however, this video's title is a bit misleading as it has really nothing to do with CentOS in particular. This video is just basically an introduction to Gnome desktop which technically could be on many other distros as well.

[@happyjuice4251]

wow i feel ridiculous for not knowing pageup+superkey. good video

[@DonHenderson]

Good video, thanks for making it :)

[@LearnLinuxTV]

It was a fun video to make, many more to come.

[@advancewebdevelopment9802]

Thanks

[@Mahmoud-fn6bz]

thank you

[@Journalismreview]

Awesome.

[@brissance]

i became brave installed a server it was very distasteful

[@anjanbora7943]

Centos is not mature as ubuntu. No good theme, no tweaks. Even multimedia plugins not come as default. Debian, manjaro, ubuntu, linux mint r d best.

[@LearnLinuxTV]

It really depends on the use-case. No distro is 100% perfect for every situation.

[@eddieoconnor4466]

Understand, that CEntOS is a "clone" or "fork" of Red Hat Enterprise Linux, which is an enterprise grade operating system. Meant for servers, virtual machines, and testing environments, so its not going to appeal to the "desktop" user, the GUI is included more for Ease Of Use....as a way to allow SysAdmins to get things done more efficiently without having to memorize all the commands they would need to get things up and running. So no....it WON'T come with pretty themes and include audio / video drivers. Who watches videos on a server?....a server is meant to host applications...store data, enable databases and the vast amounts of data and number crunching that entails. Ubuntu also uses the Gnome desktop, but dresses it up for the sake of regular desktop users who are looking to make it their daily driver. Its the equivalent to installing Windows Server 2018, and expecting it to come with shortcuts and hyperlinks on the desktop that point to things like Skype.....GMail...KZbin..WhatsApp..Viber...etc..etc. Those are user-side apps, a server?...is meant to do things on either a web / internet / global level or else its meant for data storage and manipulation and /or programming and testing. Hope that clears things up? I have been using the Gnome desktop since its "Version 2.x" days!...I love it!,....and I love the new version "Version 3.x" even MORE! I've never experienced a completely "naked" desktop like this...almost every version of Windows?...came with desktop icons, and while you could remove them?.....later versions of the OS made it damn near impossible unless you hacked the Registry. This?...is a breath of fresh air, being able to run and keep each application in its own work space?...awesome! It keeps things linear and allows one to focus. As a long time Linux user, (started with Fedora when they were still "Fedora Core 2" and haven't switched since!) It was painful at times I won't lie...especially "the "Dependency Hell" era...(where you try to install something...but it "depends" on something ELSE being installed before it...but in order to install THAT?...you had to install something ELSE that needed to be on your system already...uggh...pure HELL!) Now?..Fedora to me?....runs smoother, faster, and easier than any version of Windows! I know there will be those that will argue the point that Cinnamon, or MATE, or XFCE...or Deepin...or Budgie...or some OTHER desktop environment is better, faster, prettier, smoother etc?...but I've found the OS that I'll be using until I cant't use computers anymore! And this is the TRUE "power" of Linux.......it gives you the one thing that NO other OS gives you....CHOICE! (You ever try changing the icons onf a Mac?...you know why?....because you CAN'T. As for Windows....the only way you're customizing ANYTHING is with Third Party Apps....that MAY or may NOT contain malicious software in it! But almost all of the apps that are in existence in the Linux-sphere, come from vetted developers....who a lot of times...work for companies that either distribute and maintain (think Red Hat Enterprise Linux...or SLES [S-uUE L-inux E-nterprise S-erver] or even Debian which isn't a corporate endeavor, but which powers more of the web than a lot of us would think!!) these devs are the ones who crank out a lot of software for the various distributions that are available. And while not EVERYTHING comes form those developers and companies, the few independent developers who produce applications usually have to have their code inspected long before it gets to your Software Repository, and when I say inspected?...I mean it passes in front of a LOT of eyeballs before it gets the green light......and THAT is what it means when you hear people talk about the "Million Eyes Theory" where the more people who can look at the code for the various apps, the more likely a bug or issue will be spotted and removed / fixed. Hence Linux in a way is more secure than Windows or Mac could ever be..... Wow...my bad J!.....didn't mean to ramble on like that....I just had some down time while I was waiting for my VM running Sabayon Linux to finish backing up. Cheers all!!

[@atsourno]

You can install gnome tweaks...

[@allezism1]

I don't like Gnome environment.....

[@SlideRSB]

This got stale a bit quickly.