On 08/30/2011 12:05 PM, Joe Zeff wrote: > On 08/30/2011 11:36 AM, Julius Smith wrote: >> I found alacarte, gnome-shell-extensions-alternative-status-menu, >> etc., to recover lost functionality. > Right now, I'm running XFCE 4.6 on my desktop, but I've used a > third-party repo to upgrade my laptop to 4.8. (I'm always a tad more > careful with my main box; among other things, when it's time to upgrade > Fedora, the laptop always goes first.) The first time I logged in after > the upgrade, XFCE asked if I wanted the default desktop or if I > preferred copying over my old settings. Naturally, I picked the latter > because I'd already gotten things the way I wanted them and saw no > reason to repeat the experience. > > I think it would be a Good Thing for Gnome 3 to do something similar > after upgrading from Gnome 2.x. Yes, I realize that there are things, > such as desktop icons and the placement of buttons on the bottom panel > that can't be carried over but you should at least have the option of > having your menus copied over with whatever customizations are still > appropriate. Also, if somebody were to write a utility that could look > at your old settings and help you get the most important ones working > (or, at least, something equivalent working) it would make the > transition much easier. > > Please note: I may not run Gnome any more, or even want to, but that > doesn't mean that I'm not willing to make suggestions on how to make it > easier for users to adapt to it. Good idea, a Gnome-2 to Gnome-3 migration tool? This might work if done as an upgrade, but can this tool be smart enough to ask if one wishes to "import" after a fresh install, be it a partition or virtual space? -- 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