Paradigm shift going from Gnome2 to Gnome3

[Ralf Corsepius]

On 06/22/2011 02:12 PM, Bryn M. Reeves wrote:
> On 06/22/2011 01:09 PM, Darryl L. Pierce wrote:
>> But does Fedora 15 "require high end hardware"? No, it doesn't. You can
>> run other desktops, such as XFCE (which you mention as well), and still
>> run all of the same apps.
>>
>> So while Gnome 3 may require better video hardware than was available on
>> an eight year old machine, that doesn't mean Fedora 15 itself requires
>> that better hardware.
>
> Right; and even Gnome 3 will run just fine on older hardware - it'll just resort
> to fallback mode and the Gnome 2 style environment that so many people seem to
> miss so much.

Only if you're lucky ... I've seen cases, where this does not apply.

Ralf