On 5/6/2012 3:54 PM, Jayson Rowe wrote:
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
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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
Right! I had replied to Phil Dobbin that XFCE was my rescuer :)
Cheers,
JD
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