Re: Ugly appearence after upgrade
On Mon, 05 Sep 2011 16:47:46 +0000, Walter Hurry wrote:
> On Mon, 05 Sep 2011 11:57:13 +0000, Camaleón wrote:
>
>> I neither like gnome-shell in its current state (I tested GNOME 3.0 in
>> openSUSE and did not feel good with it), but I hope it changes a lot
>> when wheezy comes out... and there is also the fallback mode.
>
> The problem with "fallback mode" is that it it is inferior to GNOME2.
Sure, but at least you don't have to deal with gnome-shell and still run
GNOME3.
>> But true is that I'd like so much Debian still provides GNOME2/metacity
>> in wheezy as an alternative to GNOME3/gnome-shell.
>
> The problem with clinging to GNOME2 is that the GNOME project will no
> longer develop it, so unless someone forks the whole kit and caboodle,
> it will eventually die off.
Yep, but GNOME2 is still supported upstream, at least for now, and I will
use it until it is finally dropped by the GNOME project. I don't need
additional features or enhancements just security fixes.
And now you mention a fork, there are two projects focused on this: mate
and exde, IIRC.
> I am so happy with LXDE that I wish I had switched sooner, but until
> Fedora 15 came out I had been contented and familiar enough with GNOME2
> not to make the effort to evaluate alternatives.
>
> All this is my personal experience, preference and opinion of course; it
> is for each to make his or her own choice.
I'm a bit reluctant in changing to XFCE. I migrated from KDE4 to GNOME2
and now I feel very comfortable in this environment. Being like a "nomad"
is fine for young people that want to taste new experiences, I prefer a
quiet home :-)
Greetings,
--
Camaleón
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