[ale] gnome3. I give up.

[Jim Kinney]

There is a "classic gnome with compiz" option for desktop in the gdm login
for Fedora15.

>From what I've been reading, Unity has done similar looks-good/works-bad
stuff.

Ugh. This is worse than the "ribbons" in the latest M$ Office. At least that
didn't break stuff. It was just a UI change with no benefit.

On Mon, Jun 6, 2011 at 12:04 PM, Rich Faulkner <rfaulkner at 34thprs.org>wrote:

> Thank you Jim for the review.  I've been working-up a new system for my
> desktop and have been listening for reviews of Gnome3.  The more I see
> of what's going on with Unity and Gnome3 the more I think I'll stick
> with Gnome2 (my preference).
>
> RinL
>
>
> On Mon, 2011-06-06 at 11:52 -0400, Jim Kinney wrote:
> >
> >
> > On Mon, Jun 6, 2011 at 11:46 AM, James Sumners
> > <james.sumners at gmail.com> wrote:
> >         On Mon, Jun 6, 2011 at 11:30 AM, Jim Kinney
> >         <jim.kinney at gmail.com> wrote:
> >         > If you had, you would have very clearly understood the
> >         reference to the Mac
> >         > interface and forced usage of the interface.
> >
> >
> >         When you say "told what I can do with my desktop" that
> >         implies, to me,
> >         that the system is preventing actual usage. Being able to
> >         change the
> >         way the interface looks (removing panels, adding new panels,
> >         etc.) is
> >         different. OS X has not prevented me from doing anything that
> >         I want
> >         to do on my desktop, and Gnome 3 wouldn't either. I assume
> >         Gnome 3
> >         makes it difficult to do things, and is the reason I don't
> >         ever see
> >         myself using it. OS X's interface is minimal, but it doesn't
> >         make
> >         actually using the system a difficulty. So I still don't think
> >         the
> >         reference makes sense.
> >
> > Ah well. It does to me. Sorry I don't have the time to explain better
> > why I see it that way.
> >
> >
> >         --
> >
> >         James Sumners
> >         http://james.roomfullofmirrors.com/
> >
> >         "All governments suffer a recurring problem: Power attracts
> >         pathological personalities. It is not that power corrupts but
> >         that it
> >         is magnetic to the corruptible. Such people have a tendency to
> >         become
> >         drunk on violence, a condition to which they are quickly
> >         addicted."
> >
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> > consumerism or hatred of the vulnerable, then the powerful can do as
> > they please, and those who survive will be left to contemplate the
> > outcome.
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James P. Kinney III

As long as the general population is passive, apathetic, diverted to
consumerism or hatred of the vulnerable, then the powerful can do as they
please, and those who survive will be left to contemplate the outcome.
- *2011 Noam Chomsky*
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