> Date: Tuesday, March 08, 2016 17:16:55 +0000 > From: Liam O'Toole <liam.p.otoole at gmail.com> > > On 2016-03-08, ken <gebser at mousecar.com> wrote: >> On 03/08/2016 06:49 AM, Liam O'Toole wrote: >>> On 2016-03-07, ken <gebser at mousecar.com> wrote: >>>> Weird. There seems to be quite a bit of software missing from >>>> C7.2, gnome-applets being one of them. Or has it been moved or >>>> renamed or otherwise obscured? >>>> >>>> tia >>> >>> Since gnome-panel and 'flashback' mode have been removed from >>> GNOME 3, gnome-applets is no longer required or available. Much >>> of the functionality of traditional applets is available by means >>> of extensions to gnome-shell. See the various >>> gnome-shell-extension-* packages. >>> >> >> Thanks, Liam. I checked those out, downloaded a handful of them, >> and tried some out. But couldn't get any of the functionality >> out of them that I was looking for. E.g., previously (C5.9) >> there were nice, little applets to: >> >> - show the current weather; click on for forecasts and weather >> maps; >> >> - selecting to paste buffer from several sets of odd characters >> and characters and characters from foreign languages; >> >> - icons, clicking on which could fire virtually any executable on >> the system; >> >> - "drawers", clicking on which popped an entire column of any of >> the above; >> >> - and probably some other things I'm not remembering. >> >> I'm still not finding any of that in C7.2... it's like this >> "upgrade" is several steps backwards from the functionality in >> earlier CentOS version. Or am I missing something? > > No, many before you have similarly bemoaned the changes made during > the transition from GNOME 2 to 3. I suggest you take a look around > the extensions website[1] for extensions which restore the missing > functionality. Use gnome-tweak-tool to install and remove > extensions. They can be a bit hit-and-miss when it comes to > compatibility with the particular version of gnome-shell you are > running. > > 1: https://extensions.gnome.org/ Have you looked at Mate, available from epel? It will bring back (much of) the feel of gnome-2. You'll be able to select between the two at login.