------------ Original Message ------------ > Date: Friday, June 05, 2015 02:36:53 PM +0000 > From: Chris Olson <chris_e_olson at yahoo.com> > > I installed CentOS 7 from the DVD iso file: > CentOS-7-x86_64-DVD-1503-01.iso Yum update was used (with no > update issues) to install and update many packages. The installer > is significantly different from CentOS 6 where one can > basicallychoose to "install everything" if one has the patience to > check all productsand all software options within those > categories. During the CentOS 7 install,the "Development > Workstation" was selected with all options checked. > > The new gnome Desktop menu bar still has Applications and Places, > but the Systemmenu is gone. I even tried installing the minimal > CentOS 7 system and then addingthe gnome, but that yielded the > same result, still no System menu item on the bar. > > One interesting fact is that the RH admin guide actually refers to > the System menu and other items on the menu bar but some of them > are actually absent. > Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux-7-Desktop_Migration_and_Administration_Gu > ide-en-US.pdf > > Can anyone provide assistance in getting the system menu back in > gnome. Thanks > Personally, I found that installing/switching to MATE (available from the EPEL repository) was the easiest solution for my many Gnome-3 annoyances. You'll get the system menu pulldown, and many other things you are used to from Gnome-2, back. - Richard