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On Sun, 17 Apr 2011 16:02:24 +0100 Roland Tarver wrote: > On Sun, Apr 17, 2011 at 3:44 PM, Rob Beard <rob@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > On 17/04/11 12:30, Gibbs wrote: > >> > >> I've been playing about with Fedora 15 and have to say I'm > >> impressed with Gnome 3. Ubuntu is my primary OS and I don't like > >> the direction with Unity and haven't liked KDE for a long time so > >> I was expecting to be disappointed with Gnome 3. > >> > >> I'm not really one for screen effects, global menus, docks etc > >> etc. I just want an environment to get things done as quickly as > >> possible when outside of a CLI, the reason I used Gnome 2. Using > >> Gnome 3 you can tell a lot of thought and effort has gone into the > >> new workflow. > >> > >> With that said it does feel as if things are a bit forced on you > >> at the moment. Once it matures and can be configured more I think > >> Gnome 3 will be a massive improvement. > >> > >> Anyone else had a play about with it? > >> > >> Gibbs > >> > >> > > > > I've yet to try Gnome 3, I've read some good things about it. ÂI'll > > probably download a Live CD and have a play. > > > > I do agree though with the way things are going with the feeling of > > having a choice forced on you. ÂI really didn't like Ubuntu's > > default that only works with 3D hardware (so if you don't have 3D > > support, or the correct 3D support you fall back to Gnome). ÂYes I > > know it's also possible to switch to the Gnome desktop on the new > > Ubuntu but if you tolerate this then what's next? > > > > Maybe it's just me but I think that now Ubuntu has got a good > > market share they're abusing their position forcing crap like Unity > > on us. > > > > I'll probably stick with Mint for the next release but I'm always > > keeping an eye out for alternatives. > > > > Rob > > I might give unity (and ubuntu) a spin on my net book - just to see > what it is like. But I think its Debian for my main machine ... in the > not too distant future..... > > Also, there is this project:- > > https://launchpad.net/ubuntugnome > > Which is a remix of ubuntu that includes gnome and excludes unity. > > Best wishes > roly I'm hoping to take some time to Debianify my laptop over Easter. It's had Ubuntu on it since day-1, each time being upgraded rather than freshly installed but lately the more I use Ubuntu the more I dislike it. I also kinda miss the rolling upgrade of Debian testing. I don't like having single, large upgrades periodically. I like having smaller upgrades at short intervals. Grant. -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/listfaq