Re: Can we stop whining about GNOME3 please?
On Mon, 14 Nov 2011 13:06:42 +0000 (UTC)
Camaleón <noelamac@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> GNOME developers provide lots of information about GNOME3 and the new
> gnome-shell:
>
> https://live.gnome.org/GnomeShell
>
> You can use that page as a start point to get a clue on why your VGA
> is not capable of running gnome-shell.
I think, as usual with Linux graphics, that we are talking drivers here.
I don't really think this is fixable. The MB is two-three years old. So
not old enough to write off as useless, but not brand-new either. If it
was new, it would be understandable that the graphics drivers were not
ready yet. When the driver isn't there for something two to three years
old and as short-lived as a motherboard chipset, I can't see it ever
happening.
>
>
> If you are dissatisfied whith the current level of information, you
> can help to improve it. And if you experience any error when login to
> your session, you can review the current open bug reports gnome-shell
> package it has and yo will see that you're not alone. In the end,
> you're running testing/sid, right?
>
Indeed so, and not being a systems programmer, I do my best in helping
to spot bugs. I've run sid long enough to have weathered quite a few
storms, particularly with X and grub, but whenever there was a problem,
I could expect *enthusiastic* support. There were FAQs for people
with difficulties, and announcements at the time of upgrade if there
were any important changes to how a package was configured or operated.
A new system, whatever it is, is someone's baby, and they are proud
parents and want everyone to admire it.
I'm probably not being clear here, it isn't any lack of information
that I have a problem with, it is the level of helpfulness and
willingness to help someone with problems, and indeed the willingness
to use the existing facilities to warn of upgrade difficulties and
suggest a methodology to resolve them. The piece I quoted from the
Gnome website says to me very clearly that people with older hardware
should expect little or no help. Possibly the original message was
written in something other than English, and the translation left a bit
to be desired, but it came across to me as a touch arrogant, and as I
said, not the way I've come to expect Open Source people to sound.
Anyway, thank you for your patience but the deed is done, and I may
look at Gnome again when I have new hardware. Or I may have become
hooked on lightweight desktops, as so many people seem to be. When it
comes down to it, as you nearly said previously, it's only there to
run applications in a convenient way, it doesn't need to be a work of
high art or beauty in itself.
Regards,
Joe
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