New to Ubuntu, help with Gnome

Just installed Ubuntu last night, trying to change some of the looks of the desktop, and from what ie read theres something called Gnome that already comes installed, problem is i don know how to find it, used google for this but still nothing

 

gnome IS the desktop

look at http://art.gnome.org/ and in synaptic for gnome theme related packages..

 

From your menu, probably on the top left of your screen:

System -- Preferences -- poke around

 

Thanks.... i officially feel like a moron

 

hehehehe.. no worries.. I'm sure we have all been there with something new

 

for video stuff and viewing flash on web pages, check these few online resources:
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/RestrictedFormats
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Medibuntu

open Synaptic (System -> Administration -> Synaptic Package Manager). Search for vlc and install it. vlc-plugin-esd, mozilla-plugin-vlc, and libdvdcss2 should come along with it.
After completing, launch vlc player from (Applications -> Sound and Video -> VLC media player )

Open the terminal, type or copy and paste this:
sudo apt-get install flashplugin-nonfree

have fun...