Visual overview of GNOME

GNOME 3 présente une interface utilisateur complètement repensée pour ne pas interférer avec votre travail, minimiser les distractions et vous aider à faire ce que vous souhaitez. La première fois que vous vous connectez, vous voyez un bureau vide et la barre supérieure.

La barre supérieure de GNOME Shell

The top bar provides access to your windows and applications, your calendar and appointments, and system properties like sound, networking, and power. In the system menu in the top bar, you can change the volume or screen brightness, edit your Wi-Fi connection details, check your battery status, log out or switch users, and turn off your computer.

La vue d'ensemble des Activités

Activities button and Dash

To access your windows and applications, click the Activities button, or just move your mouse pointer to the top-left hot corner. You can also press the Super key on your keyboard. You can see your windows and applications in the overview. You can also just start typing to search your applications, files, folders, and the web.

On the left of the overview, you will find the dash. The dash shows you your favorite and running applications. Click any icon in the dash to open that application; if the application is already running, it will have a small dot below its icon. Clicking its icon will bring up the most recently used window. You can also drag the icon to the overview, or onto any workspace on the right.

Un clic droit sur l'icône affiche un menu qui permet de choisir n'importe-quelle fenêtre d'une application en cours d'exécution, ou d'ouvrir une nouvelle fenêtre. Vous pouvez aussi cliquer sur l'icône en maintenant appuyée la touche Ctrl pour ouvrir une nouvelle fenêtre.

Lorsque vous arrivez dans la vue d'ensemble, vous êtes au départ dans la vue d'ensemble des fenêtres. Un aperçu dynamique de toutes les fenêtres de l'espace de travail actuel est affiché.

Click the grid button at the bottom of the dash to display the applications overview. This shows you all the applications installed on your computer. Click any application to run it, or drag an application to the overview or onto a workspace thumbnail. You can also drag an application onto the dash to make it a favorite. Your favorite applications stay in the dash even when they’re not running, so you can access them quickly.

Menu de l'application

Menu de Terminal

Application menu, located beside the Activities button, shows the name of the active application alongside with its icon and provides quick access to windows and details of the application, as well as a quit item.

Horloge, agenda et rendez-vous

Horloge, agenda, rendez-vous et notifications

Click the clock on the top bar to see the current date, a month-by-month calendar, a list of your upcoming appointments and new notifications. You can also open the calendar by pressing Super+M. You can access the date and time settings and open your full calendar application directly from the menu.

System menu

Menu utilisateur

Cliquez sur le menu système dans le coin supérieur droit pour gérer votre profil et votre ordinateur.

When you leave your computer, you can lock your screen to prevent other people from using it. You can also quickly switch users without logging out completely to give somebody else access to the computer, or you can suspend or power off the computer from the menu. If you have a screen that supports vertical or horizontal rotation, you can quickly rotate the screen from the system menu. If your screen does not support rotation, you will not see the button.

Verrouillage de l'écran

When you lock your screen, or it locks automatically, the lock screen is displayed. In addition to protecting your desktop while you’re away from your computer, the lock screen displays the date and time. It also shows information about your battery and network status.

Liste des fenêtres

GNOME a choisi une approche différente des autres environnements de bureau pour gérer les fenêtres. Au lieu d'en proposer une liste fixe, il vous permet de naviguer entre les fenêtres ouvertes afin de ne vous concentrer que sur votre travail.