On Thu, 01 Sep 2011 22:11:57 +0100, Alan Cox wrote:
> Would someone please tell me.. Why is F-15 such a mess..? The
worst
> thing is the jumbled up desktop..
The great thing about Linux is that the desktop is not wired into the
system. The great thing about Fedora is it supports and packages many
desktops.
So
yum groupinstall Xfce
exit to the graphical login, set the desktop type in the options to
Xfce, log back in.
Certainly there are alternatives. Certainly we can find our way in
Gnome3 - eventually - for we are not retarded, and certainly we can
decide whether to use it or not.
But it's a sin to take something good - granted, possibly not perfect -
and turn it into something unusable for so many people. Why did the UI
have to change to something that looks and feels like a giant smart
phone? Integrated chat and messaging? Where did that come from? Thank God
you guys didn't integrate that into the kernel!
I can't find much information about the gnome3 developers, but they must
be generation Facebook - it's the "stay connected" philosophy that I see
in gnome3. There's more to computing than that.
I wish someone from the old guard found the time and energy to step up
and straighten things up. I know, I know, different times, different
priorities. The gnome2 UI was good, only the internals would have to be
changed as needed.