F17 heads up: gnome-shell for everyone!

[seth vidal]

On Fri, 4 Nov 2011 10:25:54 +0000 (UTC)
Bojan Smojver <bojan at rexursive.com> wrote:

> Adam Williamson <awilliam <at> redhat.com> writes:
> 
> > > Yeah, I got that bit. But I'm sure all you folks are in the know,
> > > so I asked.
> > 
> > No more than anyone - there really is no cabal ;) All I know is
> > what the GNOME / desktop team have said in public, but what they've
> > said seems to point in a Shell-y direction, to me.
> 
> I meant, on average, a guy working for Red Hat would know a whole lot
> more about Gnome than myself, who's got zero knowledge.
> 
> Anyhow, it's not the shell per se that's the problem. It's the
> overview mode - so bloody annoying with its constant expose in/out
> animations, lack of desktop visibility etc. I know - it looks great
> on YouTube. Not so great when you have use it for work all day.
> 
> Ah, never mind - just whinging...
> 

Bojan,
   Install xfce. You'll be happy w/that.

-sv