On Thu, 2011-09-01 at 23:54 +0300, Pasha R wrote:
On Thu, Sep 1, 2011 at 11:29 PM, Digimer <linux(a)alteeve.com>
wrote:
> On 09/01/2011 04:15 PM, Linda McLeod wrote:
>>
>
> <snip>
>
>> You'll see...
>>
>
> When Red hat 8 (original) came out, I hated Gnome and wanted
> Enlightenment back.
>
> When Windows 95 came out, I hated it's new UI and wanted 3.1 back.
>
> Things change, it's part of computers (and everything else). So when F15
> came out, I decided to let go of my old ways of working and try to
> understand the logic and flow of Gnome 3. Now I love it, and get
> frustrated back on Gnome2 machines.
>
> Also, Linux is all about choice. Gnome 3 is what it is. You are welcome
> to use KDE, XFCE, Ubuntu's Ubiquity or any one of the numerous other
> window managers and/or distros.
>
When Win95 came out it took me less than 1 day to adapt (btw, do you
know that you could use Win3.1-like program manager in Win95). When
RH8 came out, it took me less than 1 day to adapt. Same for Gnome2,
different versions of KDE/XFCE I tried over time. Gnome3 is the only
exception - used it for few weeks and returned to F14.
I found a quick orientation at
gnome.org. Saved me a lot of frustration
and helped me adapt much more quickly. Not sure it's love yet, but I'm
comfortable working with it.
Also, there are a bunch of extensions (and more coming. I'm sure) to
help overcome some of the annoyances. "yum list gnome-shell-\*" to get
a list of the ones already supported.
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Matthew Saltzman
Clemson University Mathematical Sciences
mjs AT clemson DOT edu