Tweaking GNOME Desktop Environment on CentOS 8

GNOME Tweaks is available in the official package repository of CentOS 8 and can be downloaded from GNOME Software app. First, open GNOME Software app from the Application Menu. Then, search for GNOME Tweaks. Click on GNOME Tweaks icon once the search result shows up.

1. How do I tweak my Gnome desktop?
2. How do I customize my Gnome desktop environment?
3. Is CentOS 8 good for desktop?
4. Does CentOS 8 use Gnome?
5. How do I enable Gnome desktop?
6. How do I customize my Gnome 3 desktop?
7. How do I change my Gnome settings?
8. How do I customize my Gnome menu?
9. How do I get GUI on CentOS?
10. What to do after installing CentOS 8?
11. How do I get the GUI in CentOS 8?

How do I tweak my Gnome desktop?

Customizing GNOME desktop with Tweaks tool

1. Change themes. ...
2. Disable animation to speed up your desktop. ...
3. Control desktop icons. ...
4. Manage GNOME extensions. ...
5. Change fonts and scaling factor. ...
6. Control touchpad behavior like Disable touchpad while typing, Make right click on touchpad working. ...
7. Change power settings.

How do I customize my Gnome desktop environment?

Customize GNOME Desktop in Ubuntu

1. Enable Ubuntu for GNOME Extensions. Open Firefox and visit the official GNOME Extension page here. ...
2. Install GNOME Tweak Tool. To install the GNOME Tweak Tool. ...
3. Install Extensions. Open the GNOME Extension website. ...
4. Configure Dash to Panel. ...
5. Configure Open Weather. ...
6. Configure Arc Menu. ...
7. Additional Configurations. ...
8. Configure Icons.

Is CentOS 8 good for desktop?

CentOS has long been considered a server operating system, but it is a very capable and stable platform for the desktop as well with long term support.

Does CentOS 8 use Gnome?

RHEL 8 / CentOS 8 comes by default, as it has been for many years already with a GNOME desktop environment.

How do I enable Gnome desktop?

Installation

1. Open up a terminal window.
2. Add the GNOME PPA repository with the command: sudo add-apt-repository ppa:gnome3-team/gnome3.
3. Hit Enter.
4. When prompted, hit Enter again.
5. Update and install with this command: sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install gnome-shell ubuntu-gnome-desktop.

How do I customize my Gnome 3 desktop?

One option to get some of the most common and most popular customization is to install the Gnome Tweak Tool. Go to Activities, select Software, and enter tweak in the search. Select Tweak Tool and then click Install. The whole process should take about a minute.

How do I change my Gnome settings?

Change your system settings

1. Bring up the GNOME Shell and search for System Settings.
2. Here you can change your personal, hardware or system settings. Click on an item to open its settings.

How do I customize my Gnome menu?

You can edit Gnome menu by: "System" -> "Preferences" -> "Main menu". This will launch GUI menu edit program provided by alacarte. An seemingly old tool named gmenu-simple-editor in gnome-menus is normally not used.

How do I get GUI on CentOS?

To do this, we must first set the graphical target to become the default. [root@centos7 ~]# systemctl set-default graphical.
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If you're interested in changing things up, check out our posts on installing different GUIs in CentOS.

1. Install GNOME.
2. Install Xfce.
3. Install Cinnamon.
4. Install KDE Plasma.
5. Install MATE Desktop.

What to do after installing CentOS 8?

10 Things To Do After Installing CentOS

1. Configure the static ip on the server.
2. Update the kernel & Upgrade CentOS.
3. Set Hostname of Server.
4. ​Install Command Line Web Browser.
5. Install wget & 7-zip.
6. Install GCC & Java ​
7. Install Rootkit Hunter.
8. Install Apache HTTP Server.

How do I get the GUI in CentOS 8?

1. Step 1 – Install the Desktop Environment. To start the GUI, we will first need to install the desktop environment. ...
2. Step 2 – Enable GUI on boot. To enable the GUI after the system reboots, enter: sudo systemctl set-default graphical. ...
3. Step 3 – Reboot the machine. ...
4. Step 4 – Access the GUI.