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Gnome Program Starter: Dash, Dock or Panel
The default program starter on Gnome is called dash and it is a bit strange for users of other operating systems. But there are extensions which provide a move conventional dock like MacOS or a panel like Windows.
The dock can be enabled in Hiera with
gnome::program_starter: dock
other valid values are panel and dash.
The dock is default in RHEL9 as the panel currently has a bug on RHEL9 which limits its usability.
Note that this will only set the default configuration which can be changed by the user.
To reset the user specific configuration run
# only reset gnome dconf settings
dconf reset -f /org/gnome
# reset all dconf settings
dconf reset -f /
# if the commands above does not work
rm ~/.config/dconf/user
Known Problems
Application Grid
Applications marked as favorites are not shown in the application grid. This is expected behavior.
Dock
Favorite apps might not be shown when certain hardware is connected, see upstream bug.
Panel
Empty application grid on RHEL9, see upsteam bug.