Re: How can I get GNOME 2 back
On Mon, 28 Nov 2011 09:03:40 +0000
AG <computing.account@googlemail.com> wrote:
> On 27/11/11 11:04, Cam Hutchison wrote:
> > I have tried GNOME 3. I have tried it with fallback mode. I've now tried
> > xfce, kde and my own hacked together xsession with gnome components.
> >
> > I don't like any of it.
> >
> > What I like is the setup I had. I had GNOME 2 set up just the way I
> > wanted it, and there was nothing wrong with it.
> >
> > Is there any way to get this back, while still using Debian? I've been
> > using Debian (sid) a long time and I'm not changing distros.
> >
> > Are the debian patches for the last of the GNOME 2 releases still
> > available? Can I build my own packages?
> >
> >
> >
>
> There seems to be a lot of this negative reaction to Gnome3 and this
> leads me to not want to upgrade my Debian stable (squeeze) at all. This
> is the same trip that the KDE developers went down as well, which
> spawned an official fork which retained the original KDE3.*
>
> One can but hope that the GNOME developers will listen to their user
> base and offer an alternative or some kind developer will start a forked
> version of Gnome2 to retain the version that those who are reacting
> negatively to Gnome3 have come to know, love and trust.
>
> Either that, or users will engage in a mass exodus to LXDE or Xfce4
> which would be a real shame.
>
> AG
>
>
Hi
I was unhappy with Gnome 3 at start, but after giving it a chance I've grown to like it.
for instance, ALT Tab to move between desktop is a nice feature, its less hand movement than grabbing
the mouse to click on a window. And its not a two handed operation as you scroll thru all the open
windows, by just clicking tab while the ALT key is down.
Great for me as although I'm RH I use a LH mouse.
Once the menu editing is sorted it will be a lot better than gnome2.
Thats my opinion now.
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Best wishes / 73
Richard Bown
e-mail: richard@g8jvm.com or richard.bown@blueyonder.co.uk
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