Some Gnome 3 Hints
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How to switch modal dialogs from attached to decorated+movable in Gnome 3.2 (gconf-editor,
/desktop/gnome/shell/windows,attach_modal_dialogs). In Gnome 3.4:gsettings set org.gnome.shell.overrides attach-modal-dialogs false)How to include the 2nd monitor in workspace switching (gconf-editor,
/desktop/gnome/shell/windows,workspaces_only_on_primary)How to reduce the time after which Alt-Tab shows the window list (watch out for the comment about
POPUP_DELAY_TIMEOUTin/usr/share/gnome-shell/js/ui/altTab.js)To give workspaces names: gconf-editor,
/apps/metacity/worspace_names,name_1,name_2, ...Install Gnome Extensions (System Monitor, etc.)
Restart the gnome shell without logging out:
Alt+F2; r
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