Well, I've tried GNOME 3 now...

Wed Apr 27 19:05:09 UTC 2011

On Wed, 27 Apr 2011 08:04:43 -0700
Adam Williamson wrote:

> Is any other desktop more of a GNOME 2 replacement than GNOME 3? i.e.,
> would changing to another default desktop result in more continuity? I
> would say not.

Depends on the desktop. I use a simple fvwm session with my own
custom fvwmrc file and it never changes (which is one of the things
I like about it, the other being all my screen space are belong
to me :-).