{"id":6480,"date":"2025-02-06T15:37:26","date_gmt":"2025-02-06T02:37:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.zoyinc.com\/?p=6480"},"modified":"2025-02-07T12:15:47","modified_gmt":"2025-02-06T23:15:47","slug":"almalinux-gui-no-taskbar-or-application-shortcuts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.zoyinc.com\/?p=6480","title":{"rendered":"AlmaLinux GUI &#8211; no taskbar or application shortcuts"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>I did a fresh install of AlmaLinux, <a  href=\"https:\/\/www.zoyinc.com\/?p=6454\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"6454\">AlmaLinux 9.5 base VM<\/a>, after which I found that I didn&#8217;t have the taskbar or icons I expected:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1073\" height=\"680\" src=\"https:\/\/www.zoyinc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/image-19.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6482\" style=\"width:529px;height:auto\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.zoyinc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/image-19.png 1073w, http:\/\/www.zoyinc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/image-19-300x190.png 300w, http:\/\/www.zoyinc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/image-19-250x158.png 250w, http:\/\/www.zoyinc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/image-19-768x487.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1073px) 100vw, 1073px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Looking in settings, there didn&#8217;t seem any obvious settings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Extensions<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Click on &#8220;Activities&#8221; in the top left corner and search on &#8220;Extensions&#8221;:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1073\" height=\"690\" src=\"https:\/\/www.zoyinc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/image-20.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6483\" style=\"width:465px;height:auto\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.zoyinc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/image-20.png 1073w, http:\/\/www.zoyinc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/image-20-300x193.png 300w, http:\/\/www.zoyinc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/image-20-250x161.png 250w, http:\/\/www.zoyinc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/image-20-768x494.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1073px) 100vw, 1073px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>You will likely have to install this extension.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Click on Extensions to open it:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><a  href=\"https:\/\/www.zoyinc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/image-21.png\" class=\"thickbox no_icon\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"834\" height=\"570\" src=\"https:\/\/www.zoyinc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/image-21.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6484\" style=\"width:463px;height:auto\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.zoyinc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/image-21.png 834w, http:\/\/www.zoyinc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/image-21-300x205.png 300w, http:\/\/www.zoyinc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/image-21-250x171.png 250w, http:\/\/www.zoyinc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/image-21-768x525.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 834px) 100vw, 834px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>It&#8217;s pretty intuitive what everything is.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I did a fresh install of AlmaLinux, AlmaLinux 9.5 base VM, after which I found that I didn&#8217;t have the taskbar or icons I expected: Looking in settings, there didn&#8217;t seem any obvious settings. Extensions Click on &#8220;Activities&#8221; in the top left corner and search on &#8220;Extensions&#8221;: You will likely have to install this extension. 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