Gnome-shell is the thing; /me is back to gnome again. Almost 4 days without ratpoison, that’s the longest since 2007 :) I had small stints with XFCE and musca in the middle.
Folks on Arch, get it from [gnome-unstable]. Here's a [post](http://enhancedlinux.com/2010/06/26/install-gnome-shell-in-arch-linux/) describing the process. Just note that, you must add the entry at before [extra], [community] in pacman.conf. [gnome-unstable] is cutting edge stuff, some of the things break, including segfaults. If you have strong dependency like gnome-must-work-with-my-customizations, please wait until April. I'm loving the life of a gnome-newbie so far. If you're stuck with some settings, [gnome developer documentation](http://www.google.com/custom?domains=library.gnome.org&sitesearch=library.gnome.org) can help you with a hint. Some tips learned (please correct me if I am wrong) so far - 1. Gnome-shell seems to have a dependency on gdm. The "User Account" system doesn't work in the expected way. So for folks moving from boot-to-console "init 3" to boot-into-X "init 5", refer [archwiki](https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php?title=Inittab&oldid=120785). This will help you setup "gdm". 2. You'd need Pulseaudio for the default audio keys and gnome-sound-applet to work. Else your sound settings in gnome-control-settings will be greyed out. Thanks to folks at \#archlinux. 3. Changing themes and icons was a tough one. Here's how the thing works currently:</p>
- Most of the gnome3.0 settings seem to be managed by
[gsettings](http://library.gnome.org/devel/gio/unstable/gsettings-tool.html).
- The available settings are XML files, stored at
/usr/share/glib-2.0/schemas. For example,
org.gnome.desktop.interface seems to store the settings for
gtk-theme and icon-theme
- So how would you change the default icon-theme for system?
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gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.interface icon-theme Faenza
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[Faenza](http://tiheum.deviantart.com/art/Faenza-Icons-173323228)
is my icon theme.
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