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GNOME Panel is a highly configurable launcher and taskbar for GNOME

It forms a core part of the GNOME desktop.

It has been replaced in GNOME 3.x by default with GNOME Shell, which only works with the Mutter window manager. GNOME Panel serves as Fallback Mode when Mutter can not be executed, although it can still be activated if a user still wishes to use it as their default desktop.

The gnome-panel module provides:

the panel
the libpanel-applet library. This library allows one to develop small applications which may be embedded in the panel. These are called applet.

several applets (the Workspace Switcher, the Window List, the Window Selector, the Notification Area, the Clock and the infamous 'Wanda the Fish') (other applets are in GnomeApplets)
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On Unity: What can replace Gnome 2 system monitoring in the top Panel?

I'm used to having System monitoring in the top Gnome Panel: CPU, Temperature, Net, Fan-Speed. (see screenshot below) In Unity, the Top Panel is locked for window name and global menu, so I can't add panel applets. So my question is: Is there a…
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How do I remove an icon from the top panel in GNOME Fallback mode?

When I right click the Filezilla icon, the only options are "launch" and "properties". How do I remove it from the top panel?
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Where is the location of application shortcuts in Gnome?

For shortcuts in the Applications drop-down Menu and on the title bar of the Gnome Desktop, where is the path to their directories?
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How to customize the gnome classic panel

First the picture: As you can see in the image, the colors used for the icons and the words Applications and Places (In spanish in this case) have a different background dark gray color than the rest of the panel. Also the icons look rather bigger…
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How do I use the GNOME Panel in Unity?

I really need to use the GNOME Applets, is there a way to do it?
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Panel settings not appearing on right-click in gnome

I just installed Ubuntu 12.04. I switched to Gnome classic from unity as I'm more comfortable with the former. However, I couldn't find where the panel setting are. Usually a drop down menu appears on right-clicking the top and bottom panels. But it…
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How to remove GNOME Shell from Ubuntu 20.04 LTS to install other desktop environment from scratch?

I have just installed the final version of Ubuntu 20.04 LTS desktop system from ubuntu-20.04-desktop-amd64.iso. After two days of testing I completely do not like its graphical interface - the GNOME Shell. Even installation of GNOME Flashback does…
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Can I use GNOME applets in Unity?

Applets are small programs that you attach and start from the GNOME's toolbar. See picture: http://www.futuredesktop.com/audio-recorder/recorder-applet.ogv My favourite applets are: rec-applet: Smart audio recorder applet. You can get this from…
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Resetting gnome panel

How does one reset the gnome panel to the initial state? During use, gnome panel applets move and get replaced with the ones users like. After some time the panel becomes so cluttered that it requires a cleanup. The easiest way would be to reset the…
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How to add panel applets to classic gnome panel?

Because of Unity's inability to use any Gnome panel applets, I changed back to the classic gnome panel. However, even in the classic interface, I'm finding I can't right-click the Gnome panel to change anything. How do you add applets to the Gnome…
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gnome-desktop-item-edit: command not found on Ubuntu 19.10 and later even with the 'gnome-panel' package installed

I installed Ubuntu 19.10 and have issues trying to create a desktop icon with gnome-desktop-item-edit. $ sudo gnome-desktop-item-edit ~/Desktop/ --create-new sudo: gnome-desktop-item-edit: command not found $ which gnome-panel …
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How to get rid of the bottom panel in gnome 3 classic session

I know questions that sound like this one have been asked before, but none of the "solutions" are working for me. I am using Gnome Classic option. I could not find any extension that does what I want. I could not find any entry for gnome-panel in…
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How to remove shadow from gnome-panel?

How can I remove this shadow: from gnome-panel?
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how to reset gnome panel?

I think my gnome-panel is messed up because I alt+right click it and nothing pops up. I'm on 12.04, classic gnome desktop. so I used locate and found gnome-panel in .gconf somewhere, how do I clear just gnome-panel's settings so that I can add…
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Display on second monitor misbehaves in portrait mode with Nvidia GTX GPU on Ubuntu 20.04

After upgrading to Ubuntu 20.04 today I found that my monitor configuration is not working properly any more. I have a 4k primary display in landscape and a 1080p secondary display in portrait (right) mode next to it on the right. I have an ATO GTX…
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