> [tim@localhost ~]$ uname -r > 2.6.27.25-78.2.56.fc9.i686 > What irritates me, and others, was that we found Gnome 2 to be just > about what we wanted, in a myriad of ways. But Gnome 3 is just too > different that we now need to find something else that is how Gnome 2 > used to be. Or, jumping distros to one of the long-term ones, that > still uses Gnome 2, and doesn't do major package updates within its > lifespan. > > We're back to finding the "least objectionable" out of several choices. > Which doesn't bode well for software design, in general, when that's > your method of choosing something, rather than looking for "the best." > Unfortunately, that seems to be par for the course. > > I see the sense in pushing the boundaries for high end computing. I > don't see the sense in making low end computing require high end > hardware. What's low end computing? Email, web browsing, not playing > video games. It's just gross inefficiency to require a 4 GHz computer > to do that. This is similar to what i tried to say on gnome-shell mailing list, if you want take a look; also i appreciated that someone other noticed the similarities between gnome-shell and ipad-tablet devices, and how it is not very comfortable: >This is exactly one what I think about Gnome 3 - maybe good for >PADs, but tedious for power desktop users with many installed and >simultaneously running apps. >Golden Gnome 2! >Franta Hanzlik if you want take a look to recent gnome-shell "gnome and android" thread http://mail.gnome.org/archives/gnome-shell-list/2011-July/msg00108.html Daniele -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines
