I just started using Gnome today and I'm having a stupid difficulty to understand why, when I have more then one program open I can't see it on my top bar.
To change between applications, I have to tab all time and I really don't like it.
What am I doing wrong?
I'm using Ubuntu 11.10
Thanks in advance for any help.
Gnome-Shell is a very different work-flow compared to the traditional desktops like the previous Gnome-2 interface.
You can see all your running apps by clicking the Activities menu option.
Fortunately, there is the ability to "extend" the interface through extensions
For example you can install "frippery bottom panel" to have a more traditional panel to choose your running applications
or you could have a "Dock" which appears and disappears on the right-hand side of the screen depending if you position your mouse in that area.
If you dont want to use extensions you could use tint2:
sudo apt-get install tint2
add tint2 to your startup applications
