A fresher Linux desktop
It's been a long time in the coming but this year Linux will get a makeover, thanks to the Gnome project. In September the Gnome team, makers of one of the most popular desktop interfaces for Linux, will release version 3.0 of their desktop environment and they are promising "big user-visible changes".
Gnome Shell
The reworking of the Gnome desktop is meant to be a lot more than just a simple interface overhaul with a few animations thrown in. The most obvious of the changes will be the Gnome Shell which is meant to be a replacement for the traditional panel on Gnome. There will still be a panel at the top of the screen but there is also a new "overlay" which houses commonly used applications, a search feature for finding documents and applications, and recently used files.
To the right of that is a visual presentation of the various open applications and desktops to make switching between them easier. This is not unlike certain features in Compiz which give the same abilities. The benefit is that unlike Compiz the Shell is built into the Gnome desktop.
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