# GNOME Shell GNOME Shell provides core user interface functions for the GNOME desktop, like switching to windows and launching applications. GNOME Shell takes advantage of the capabilities of modern graphics hardware and introduces innovative user interface concepts to provide a visually attractive and easy to use experience. Bugs should be reported to the GNOME [bug tracking system][bug-tracker]. Please refer to the [*Schedule* wiki page][schedule] to see the supported versions. All interactions with the project should follow the [Code of Conduct][conduct]. [conduct]: https://conduct.gnome.org/ ## Contributing To contribute, open merge requests at https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-shell. Commit messages should follow the [commit message guidelines][commit-messages]. [commit-messages]: docs/commit-messages.md ## License GNOME Shell is distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License, version 2 or later. See the [COPYING][license] file for details. [bug-tracker]: https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-shell/issues [schedule]: https://wiki.gnome.org/Schedule [license]: COPYING