On Fri, Jun 05, 2015 at 02:56:04PM +0000, Richard wrote: > > > ------------ 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 I agree with this, I use the MATE desktop and like it just fine. HOWEVER, please make sure you install the epel repo first, since MATE is not part of Centos. -- ---- Fred Smith -- fredex at fcshome.stoneham.ma.us ----------------------------- God made him who had no sin to be sin for us, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God." --------------------------- Corinthians 5:21 ---------------------------------