It's easier to manage your files for the GNOME desktop. Ability to browse directories on local and remote systems. preview folders and launch related programs. It is also handle icons on the GNOME desktop.
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Core user interface functions for the GNOME 3 desktop
The GNOME Shell redefines user interactions with the GNOME desktop. In particular, it offers new paradigms for launching applications, accessing documents, and organizing open windows in GNOME. Later, it will introduce a new applets eco-system and offer new solutions for other desktop features, such as notifications and contacts management. The GNOME Shell is intended to replace functions handled by the GNOME Panel and by the window manager in previous versions of GNOME. The GNOME Shell has rich visual effects enabled by new graphical technologies.
Ukwm is a small window manager, using GTK+ and Clutter to do everything. . Ukwm is the clutter-based evolution of Metacity, which, as the author says, is a "Boring window manager for the adult in you. Many window managers are like Marshmallow Froot Loops; Metacity is like Cheerios." . This package contains the GObject introspection data which may be used to generate dynamic bindings.
Window and compositing manager based on Clutter
Mutter is a window and compositing manager based on Clutter, forked from Metacity.
Modify and extend GNOME Shell functionality and behavior
The GNOME Shell Extensions package contains a library of function which can support GNOME Shell to execute additional and optional function.
GNOME implementation of the freedesktop menu specification
gnome-menus implement the draft "Desktop Menu Specification" from freedesktop.org. It contains the libgnome-menu library, the layout configuration files for the GNOME menu, as well as a simple menu editor.