Visual overview of GNOME — by GNOME Documentation Project

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A tour of the GNOME desktop: the Activities overview, top bar, dash, calendar and system menu, plus the lock screen. A good first read if you are new to this layout.

Read the full article on help.gnome.org

Source: Visual overview of GNOME by GNOME Documentation Project. Licence: CC BY-SA 3.0.

Source reviewed: 2026-11-02
Link checked: 2026-11-02
Tested hands-on: Not by Oddbyte.Me

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