GNOME Core Applications

GNOME Core Applications

Developer(s)	The GNOME Project
Initial release	December 20, 1998 (1998-12-20)
Written in	Vala, C, C++, Scheme, JavaScript, Python
Operating system	Linux, Unix-like, Mac OS X, Microsoft Windows
Platform	GTK+
License	GNU General Public License
Website	wiki.gnome.org/Design/Apps/

GNOME Core Applications is a collection of approximately 30 computer programs that are packaged as part of the standard free and open-source GNOME desktop environment. GNOME Core Applications have the look and feel of the GNOME desktop; some applications have been written from scratch and others are ports.

The employment of the newest GUI widgets offered by the latest version of GTK+ in order to implement the GNOME Human Interface Guidelines (HIG) ergonomically is the only feature which all GNOME Core Applications have in common. Some of the GNOME Core Applications are essential, while several are not, e.g. GNOME Weather. Most are thin graphical front-ends, e.g. GNOME Software, to underlying Linux system daemons, like e.g. journald, PackageKit, NetworkManager or PulseAudio.

Graphical shell

The default graphical shell of GNOME 3 is GNOME Shell. GNOME Shell obsoleted GNOME Panel. An alternative graphical shell is, e.g. Cinnamon.

GNOME Core Applications: User interface (GNOME Shell)

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  GNOME Shell overview mode
• 
  GNOME Shell applications launcher
• 
  GNOME Shell in classic mode

Screenshots of GNOME Core User Interface (Shell) Application

Configuration

• Control Center – main interface to configure various aspects of GNOME. Diverse panels represent graphical front-ends to configure the NetworkManager daemon and other daemons.
• dconf editor – an editor for dconf
• Tweak Tool – gives access to a certain popular subset of the desktop settings

GNOME Core Applications: Configuration

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  GNOME Control Center
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  dconf editor
• 
  GNOME Tweak Tool

Screenshots of GNOME Core Configuration Applications

Conversations

• Chat –
• Contacts – managing addresses
• Mail – the MUA
• Polari – IRC client Polari

GNOME Core Applications: Conversations

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  GNOME Chat
• 
  GNOME Contacts
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  GNOME Mail
• 
  GNOME Polari

Screenshots of GNOME Core Conversations Applications

Files

• Files – the file browser
• Documents
• Photos –
• Music – audio player with database
• Videos – the media player
• Transfers

GNOME Core Applications: Files

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  GNOME Files
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  GNOME Photos
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  GNOME Music
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  GNOME Videos
• 
  GNOME Transfers

Screenshots of GNOME Core Files Applications

System

• Boxes – front-end for a virtual machine (VM). Introduced in GNOME 3.4
• Credentials
• Disks
• Usage – a melange of Disk Usage Analyzer (aka Baobab) and some other software, SystemMonitor / Usage
• Oops!
• Logs – Wiki-page, written in Vala, introduced with 3.12
• Help
• Software
• or Packages

GNOME Core Applications: System

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  GNOME Boxes
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  GNOME Credentials
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  GNOME Disks
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  GNOME Usage
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  GNOME Oops!
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  GNOME Logs
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  GNOME system log
• 
  GNOME Help
• 
  GNOME Software

Screenshots of GNOME Core System Applications

World

• Clock
• Maps
• Weather
• Web

GNOME Core Applications: World

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  GNOME Clocks
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  GNOME Maps
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  GNOME Weather
• 
  GNOME Web

Screenshots of GNOME Core World Applications

Utilities

• Calculator
• Calendar
• Character Map
• Dictionary
• Notes – also known as Bijiben (https://wiki.gnome.org/Apps/Bijiben), neither Gnote nor Tomboy
• gitg – a front-end for git
• Meld – a visual diff tool
• gedit – a text editor with syntax highlighting
• Devhelp – browser for API documentation

GNOME Core Applications: Utilities

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  GNOME Calculator
• 
  GNOME Calendar
• 
  GNOME Character Map
• 
  GNOME Dictionary
• 
  GNOME Notes
• 
  gitg
• 
  Meld legacy
• 
  gedit
• 
  Devhelp

Screenshots of GNOME Core Utilities Applications

External links

• Official website
• GNOME Human Interface Guidelines
• all GNOME Applications
• List of GTK+ applications – not only GNOME is based on GTK+