FC15 and GNOME3

[bsfmig]

Many useful configurations are missing from GNOME 3, I deeply hope them be
back in later GNOME revise builds.
GNOME3 is largely alike KDE 4.0.0 on the aspect of matureness seen now.

On Mon, Feb 28, 2011 at 02:17, Tom H <tomh0665 at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Sat, Feb 26, 2011 at 6:35 PM, Bill Davidsen <davidsen at tmr.com> wrote:
> > Tom H wrote:
> >> On Sat, Feb 26, 2011 at 11:33 AM, Bill Davidsen<davidsen at tmr.com>
>  wrote:
> >>>
> >>> I read in a non-Fedora list that GNOME3 has dropped the ability to do
> power
> >>> management, and that all laptops will suspend when the cover is closed,
> like it
> >>> or not. Hopefully that's just a users who doesn't know how to do
> config, but
> >>> some feedback would be helpful, that behavior would be a total show
> stopper.
> >>>
> >>> It's desirable in many cases to turn off the display and lock, but in
> business
> >>> use the computer is likely to be doing something useful the users needs
> to continue.
> >>
> >> AFAIK, changing the laptop-cover closing behavior won't be possible
> >> through the GUI but will be possible though gconf or whatever G3's
> >> equivalent is, if it's different.
> >
> > Thanks for the prompt reply. I understand this choice came because some
> Apple
> > laptops melt if you don't suspend when you close the cover, but after
> reading
> > the article I checked the CPU temp on a few of mine, and they seem likely
> to
> > survive. Fan may or may not work a little harder, though.
>
> You're welcome. AFAIK the (silly IMHO) reason for this decision is to
> have fewer options available because too many options are confusing
> and a bad thing and to have a consistent behavior when closing a
> laptop cover when using GNOME. Feel free to google away and enjoy the
> discussions/arguments...
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