<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sun, Jan 9, 2011 at 5:27 AM, mike cloaked <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:mike.cloaked@gmail.com">mike.cloaked@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
<div class="im">On Sat, Jan 8, 2011 at 9:21 PM, Aaron Konstam <<a href="mailto:akonstam@sbcglobal.net">akonstam@sbcglobal.net</a>> wrote:<br>
> If you know that it is possible to evaluate the GNOME3 under F14 stop<br>
> reading here.<br>
><br>
> You can get a look at Gnome3 by doing:<br>
> yum install gnome-shell<br>
><br>
> Then go to System->Preferences->Desktop Effects and choose GNOME Shell<br>
><br>
> This is described in the February 2010 issue of Linux Journal in an<br>
> article, "Coming Soon to Linux Desktops", by Charles Olsen. Except he<br>
> gives you bad advice on how to start the Gnome3 Shell.<br></div></blockquote><div><br></div><div>It is not really the GNOME 3 Shell. It is a very early version and hasn't been updated in several months. The UI has changed in major ways. If you really want to test that, I recommend using Rawhide</div>
<div><br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;"><div class="im">
<br>
</div>Can you suggest minimum hardware needed to run gnome-shell? Also in<br>
f14 what is 3d support like for nvidia cards and ati cards that will<br>
govern whether or not gnome shell will work with them?<br>
<br>
Is it possible to run gnome-shell with Intel graphics in some, a few,<br>
or many, cases - and is there a list of the ones that are likely to<br>
work?</blockquote><div><br></div><div>GNOME Shell will require 3D support in the drivers, yes. </div><div><br></div><div><a href="http://mail.gnome.org/archives/desktop-devel-list/2010-December/msg00135.html">http://mail.gnome.org/archives/desktop-devel-list/2010-December/msg00135.html</a></div>
<div><br></div><div>There will also be a fallback mode for systems that don't support GNOME Shell</div><div><br></div><div><a href="http://mail.gnome.org/archives/desktop-devel-list/2011-January/msg00008.html">http://mail.gnome.org/archives/desktop-devel-list/2011-January/msg00008.html</a></div>
<div><br></div><div>Rahul</div><div> </div></div>