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This evening I was reading some stuff on the Fedora translations mailing lists, basically the place where the various team translating Fedora to various languages meet, and read something absolutely fantastic  In Fedora 12, which should be out around early November just before my RHCE exam (here the detailed release schedule) and I’m testing in Alpha, probably we’ll have a nice new feature, more a preview than a stable release, called Gnome Shell.

So what is Gnome Shell? Why I am so excited? By the project maintainers "…The GNOME Shell redefines user interactions with the GNOME desktop. In particular, it offers new paradigms for launching applications, accessing documents, and organizing open windows in GNOME. Later, it will introduce a new applets eco-system and offer new solutions for other desktop features, such as notifications and contacts management. The GNOME Shell is intended to replace functions handled by the GNOME Panel and by the window manager in previous versions of GNOME. The GNOME Shell has rich visual effects enabled by new graphical technologies..."

I don’t think I can add much to this but if you were excited about Compiz-Fusion, Emerald and similar eye-candy stuff you’ll definitely love this project as this will revolution how we users interact with Gnome! Don’t hate me KDE lovers I never used that Desktop Manager If you want some more check out the links below containing the videos that show Gnome shell in action : 

- First Video Shows the regular Desktop and the new menus available

- Second Video Shows the "overlay mode" 

- Third Video Shows how to add workspaces in overlay mode

- Fourth Video Is a surprise but be sure to check it out!

If you, like me, can’t wait for the final release and want to test this new wonderful feature you can build and run it by yourself, follow this guide and in no time you’ll have it up and running! Trust me it really worth the time to configure it!

Ok it’s all for now, I just wanna say thanks to the open source community for bringing us this new great piece of software for FREE! 

If you guys are curious and want to do a test run on the upcoming Fedora 12 (Code name Constantine) check this link http://fedoraproject.org/get-prerelease

On a final word, these days I’ve been testing windows 7 as I have to prepare yet another silly MS exam and I have to say… Sorry for you MS lovers, you’ve copied Compiz, you’ve copied virtual desktop user space, you’ve copied (well kinda tried without much success…) bash with poweshell… Now try to copy this!

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Daniele Catanesi, aka Lethe, is the mind behing Lethe's Ccielogs. He is a veteran of the IT industry with more than ten years of experience in the various fields. Daniele has been mainly working as IT Architect and Trainer for a lot of Enteprise customers implementing cutting edge technologies and complex solutions. Daniele currently holds various certification among which MCITP, CCNP, LPI, Citrix and working tirelessly to his RHCE and RHCA. When he is not busy working or studying for the next exam he writes on the blog trying to give administrators and students around the world tips and suggestion to help them succeed in their career and job.