gnome3 - nothing but problems (for me)

[Jayson Rowe]

On Sun, May 06, 2012 at 03:50:31PM -0600, JD wrote:
> Hi All,
> Without dissing or criticizing gnome3, I must say
> I have nothing but problems with using it.
> For example, selecting the Gnome, or  the Classic Gnome
> desktop manager, I can no longer see the desktop in other
> workspaces that I created, except workspace 1.
> Viewing the desktop in a window (as compared on the workspace)
>  does not cut it for me...
> Starting apps always start in workspace 1, even though
> I select the app from Applications drop down menu in
> some other workspace.
> I am unable to change the position of the  Applications
> toolbar to the left vertical position, and the currently
> running apps toolbar to the right vertical position.
> I am unable to create new gnome launch icons on the
> desktop (or at least, I have not figured out how). Right click
> on desktop has no effect.
> I am unable to add new icons of apps to the menu bar for quick launch.
> 
> And finally,  on my HW (AMD Athlon64 3200+)) platform,
> the response time with F16 is so horribly slow, that F14 practically
> appeared to respond like lightning - albeit I have had much
> faster response time on older Fedora releases (such as F7 and F8),
> on this same HW.
> 
> In short, I think I will have to dump F16, and switch back to
> F14 or switch to a completely different  distro that has not
> switched to gnome3.
> 
> Thanx  for all the good and the bad times :)
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> JD
> 
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Hi JD,

GNOME3 is a learning curve for sure, and I also know it's not an
environment that will work for everyone. With time, I have adapted
nicely, and I have actually come to prefer the GNOME3 way of doing
things for the most part. Enough about me though.

Have you tried XFCE? I have a computer of similar specs as yours that is
happily running the F17-beta release with the XFCE desktop. I made some
modifications to the default layout - set it up w/ 2 24px panels (top
and bottom), placed my "taskbar" or "Window List" on the bottom panel,
along w/ the workspace switcher, and it looks and feels almost exactly
like GNOME2 now. The folks that work on the XFCE spin are top notch
folks too. I think you might be pleased if you give it a spin.

Jayson