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type="topic" style="question"
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<link type="guide" xref="shell-overview#desktop" />
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<revision pkgversion="3.8.1" version="0.1" date="2013-04-30" status="review"/>
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<desc>Consider switching to GNOME Classic if you prefer a more traditional desktop experience.</desc>
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<credit type="author">
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<name>GNOME Documentation Project</name>
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<email>gnome-doc-list@gnome.org</email>
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<credit type="editor">
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<name>Petr Kovar</name>
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<email>pknbe@volny.cz</email>
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<include href="legal.xml" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"/>
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<title>What is GNOME Classic?</title>
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<p><em>GNOME Classic</em> is a feature for users who prefer a more traditional
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desktop experience. While <em>GNOME Classic</em> is based on <em>GNOME 3</em>
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technologies, it provides a number of changes to the user interface, such as
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the <gui xref="shell-terminology">Applications</gui> and
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<gui xref="shell-terminology">Places</gui> menus on the top bar, and a window
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list at the bottom of the screen.</p>
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<p>You can use the <gui xref="shell-terminology">Applications</gui> menu on the
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top bar to launch applications. The <em xref="shell-terminology">activities
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overview</em> is available by selecting the <gui>Activities Overview</gui>
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item from the menu.</p>
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<p>To access the <em xref="shell-terminology">activities overview</em>, you
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can also press the <key xref="keyboard-key-super">Super</key> key.</p>
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<p>The window list at the bottom of the screen provides access to all your open
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windows and applications and lets you quickly minimize and restore them.</p>
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<p>At the right-hand side of the window list, GNOME displays a short
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identifier for the current worskpace, such as <gui>1</gui> for the first
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(top) workspace. In addition, the identifier also displays the total number
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of available workspaces. To switch to a different workspace, you can click
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the identifier and select the workspace you want to use from the menu.</p>
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<p>If an application or a system component wants to get your attention, it
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will display a blue icon at the right-hand side of the window list. Clicking
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the blue icon shows the <link xref="shell-notifications">message tray</link>,
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which lets you access all your notifications.</p>
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<note if:test="!platform:gnome-classic" style="important">
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<p>GNOME Classic is only available on systems with certain GNOME Shell extensions
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installed. Some Linux distributions may not have these extensions available or
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installed by default.</p>
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<title>To switch from <em>GNOME</em> to <em>GNOME Classic</em>:</title>
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<p>Save any open work, and then log out. Select your name in the upper
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right-hand corner and then select <gui>Log Out</gui>.</p>
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<p>A confirmation message will appear. Select <gui>Log Out</gui> to
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confirm. The login screen appears.</p>
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<p>At the login screen, select your name from the list.</p>
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<p>Enter your password in the password entry box.</p>
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<p>Click <gui>Session</gui> below the password entry box and choose
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<gui>GNOME Classic</gui>.</p>
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<p>Click <gui>Sign In</gui>.</p>
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<title>To switch from <em>GNOME Classic</em> to <em>GNOME</em>:</title>
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<p>Save any open work, and then log out. Select your name in the upper
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right-hand corner and then select <gui>Log Out</gui>.</p>
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<p>A confirmation message will appear. Select <gui>Log Out</gui> to
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confirm. The login screen appears.</p>
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<p>At the login screen, select your name from the list.</p>
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<p>Enter your password in the password entry box.</p>
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<p>Click <gui>Session</gui> below the password entry box and choose
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<gui>GNOME</gui>.</p>
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<p>Click <gui>Sign In</gui>.</p>
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