Yeah, but I won't know whether I like it or not until I do actual work with it, unless this is one of those situations like in a dual boot where the live CD's can read other filesystems installed on the disk, I don't see how we can do much more then poke around. (Considering changes aren't permanent.)<br>
<br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, May 2, 2011 at 7:25 AM, Chris Ernst <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:penguin-guy@comcast.net">penguin-guy@comcast.net</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
You can try it with one of the live cds:<br>
<br>
<a href="http://www.gnome3.org/tryit.html" target="_blank">http://www.gnome3.org/tryit.html</a><br>
<br>
- Chris<br>
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On 05/02/2011 06:42 AM, Mike Bean wrote:<br>
> I'm really curious about Gnome shell. Looking forward to trying it, but<br>
> I haven't figured out how to get it loaded and working on any of my<br>
> boxes yet. Short of loading the fedora beta, which I had a fair amount<br>
> of trouble getting to work. In advance of Ubuntu's adoption of Unity, I<br>
> deserted them and am running Linux Mint, but seeing as how mint by and<br>
> large uses the same repos as Ubuntu, I'm expecting it will be a while<br>
> before I get a chance to try it.<br>
><br>
> On Sun, May 1, 2011 at 10:35 PM, Dennis J Perkins<br>
</div><div><div></div><div class="h5">> <<a href="mailto:dennisjperkins@comcast.net">dennisjperkins@comcast.net</a> <mailto:<a href="mailto:dennisjperkins@comcast.net">dennisjperkins@comcast.net</a>>> wrote:<br>
><br>
> Arch Linux has switched to Gnome 2, so I have it on my laptop now.<br>
> It uses Gnome Shell instead of Ubuntu's Unity. My initial<br>
> impression is that it is merely change for the sake of change<br>
> instead of an actual improvement. Many people are going to hate it<br>
> as passionately as others hate KDE 4.<br>
><br>
> I don't see any way to put icons or documents on the desktop. I<br>
> sometimes like to put working documents on the desktop and I see no<br>
> reason why someone should decide that I should not be able to do that.<br>
><br>
> The old menus are gone. The newer method takes more work. I'm<br>
> probably going to rely more on Cairo Dock.<br>
><br>
> The old applets are gone. The new ones take up more room and there<br>
> are a few bugs, such as not showing up in the same position after<br>
> rebooting, even when they are supposed to be locked to one position.<br>
><br>
> Multiple desktops are gone. At least, I haven't found out how to<br>
> make it work.<br>
><br>
> It also wants to use an accelerated graphics card or Gnome Shell<br>
> will not run. The new Metacity window manager runs instead and its<br>
> new look is very similar to Gnome Shell but doesn't have the same<br>
> capabilities. My laptop has accelerated graphics but it wasn't<br>
> turned on and I had to find out how to turn it on.<br>
><br>
> I can't change the screensaver. Before I could run xscreensaver or<br>
> Gnome Screensaver. The only thing I can change is how long before<br>
> it kicks in.<br>
><br>
> Hmm. I haven't found anything yet that I consider an improvement.<br>
><br>
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