On 4 November 2011 13:21, seth vidal <skvidal@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Fri, 4 Nov 2011 10:25:54 +0000 (UTC) > Bojan Smojver <bojan@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > >> Adam Williamson <awilliam <at> redhat.com> writes: >> >> > > Yeah, I got that bit. But I'm sure all you folks are in the know, >> > > so I asked. >> > >> > No more than anyone - there really is no cabal ;) All I know is >> > what the GNOME / desktop team have said in public, but what they've >> > said seems to point in a Shell-y direction, to me. >> >> I meant, on average, a guy working for Red Hat would know a whole lot >> more about Gnome than myself, who's got zero knowledge. >> >> Anyhow, it's not the shell per se that's the problem. It's the >> overview mode - so bloody annoying with its constant expose in/out >> animations, lack of desktop visibility etc. I know - it looks great >> on YouTube. Not so great when you have use it for work all day. >> >> Ah, never mind - just whinging... >> > > Install xfce. You'll be happy w/that. > This is essentially giving up. It's frustrating to be stuck on overview mode on a four core machine while gnome-shell is doing /something/ but you don't know what. If it worked fluidly it would be okay. Actually, the responsiveness issue isn't limited just to overview, but that's where it's most annoying because it completely cuts you off. (And ten seconds to get the applications list, really?) -- imalone -- devel mailing list devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/devel
