On Sun, May 06, 2012 at 03:50:31PM -0600, JD wrote: > Hi All, > Without dissing or criticizing gnome3, I must say > I have nothing but problems with using it. > For example, selecting the Gnome, or the Classic Gnome > desktop manager, I can no longer see the desktop in other > workspaces that I created, except workspace 1. > Viewing the desktop in a window (as compared on the workspace) > does not cut it for me... > Starting apps always start in workspace 1, even though > I select the app from Applications drop down menu in > some other workspace. > I am unable to change the position of the Applications > toolbar to the left vertical position, and the currently > running apps toolbar to the right vertical position. > I am unable to create new gnome launch icons on the > desktop (or at least, I have not figured out how). Right click > on desktop has no effect. > I am unable to add new icons of apps to the menu bar for quick launch. > > And finally, on my HW (AMD Athlon64 3200+)) platform, > the response time with F16 is so horribly slow, that F14 practically > appeared to respond like lightning - albeit I have had much > faster response time on older Fedora releases (such as F7 and F8), > on this same HW. > > In short, I think I will have to dump F16, and switch back to > F14 or switch to a completely different distro that has not > switched to gnome3. > > Thanx for all the good and the bad times :) > > Cheers, > > JD > > -- > 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 > Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org Hi JD, GNOME3 is a learning curve for sure, and I also know it's not an environment that will work for everyone. With time, I have adapted nicely, and I have actually come to prefer the GNOME3 way of doing things for the most part. Enough about me though. Have you tried XFCE? I have a computer of similar specs as yours that is happily running the F17-beta release with the XFCE desktop. I made some modifications to the default layout - set it up w/ 2 24px panels (top and bottom), placed my "taskbar" or "Window List" on the bottom panel, along w/ the workspace switcher, and it looks and feels almost exactly like GNOME2 now. The folks that work on the XFCE spin are top notch folks too. I think you might be pleased if you give it a spin. Jayson -- 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 Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org
