GNOME 2 on Fedora 15

[Joe Zeff]

On 08/30/2011 11:36 AM, Julius Smith wrote:
> I found alacarte, gnome-shell-extensions-alternative-status-menu,
> etc., to recover lost functionality.

Right now, I'm running XFCE 4.6 on my desktop, but I've used a 
third-party repo to upgrade my laptop to 4.8.  (I'm always a tad more 
careful with my main box; among other things, when it's time to upgrade 
Fedora, the laptop always goes first.)  The first time I logged in after 
the upgrade, XFCE asked if I wanted the default desktop or if I 
preferred copying over my old settings.  Naturally, I picked the latter 
because I'd already gotten things the way I wanted them and saw no 
reason to repeat the experience.

I think it would be a Good Thing for Gnome 3 to do something similar 
after upgrading from Gnome 2.x.  Yes, I realize that there are things, 
such as desktop icons and the placement of buttons on the bottom panel 
that can't be carried over but you should at least have the option of 
having your menus copied over with whatever customizations are still 
appropriate.  Also, if somebody were to write a utility that could look 
at your old settings and help you get the most important ones working 
(or, at least, something equivalent working) it would make the 
transition much easier.

Please note: I may not run Gnome any more, or even want to, but that 
doesn't mean that I'm not willing to make suggestions on how to make it 
easier for users to adapt to it.