On Fri, 3 Apr 2015 13:28:25 +0300 Reco <recoverym4n@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi. > > On Fri, Apr 03, 2015 at 12:17:37PM +0200, Petter Adsen wrote: > > On Fri, 3 Apr 2015 13:08:29 +0300 > > Reco <recoverym4n@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > Hi. > > > > > > On Fri, Apr 03, 2015 at 11:49:30AM +0200, Petter Adsen wrote: > > > > On Fri, 3 Apr 2015 17:41:44 +0800 > > > > Bret Busby <bret.busby@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > > > > > On 03/04/2015, Pol Hallen wrote: > > > > > > I read that at 25 april > > > > > > (https://lists.debian.org/debian-devel-announce/2015/03/msg00016.html) > > > > > > should be available latest debian version. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > What are the expected differences between Debian 7 and Debian > > > > > 8? > > > > > > > > https://www.debian.org/releases/wheezy/ppc64el/release-notes/ch-whats-new.en.html > > > > > > There's something I miss here. Why does your link contains > > > *wheezy*, instead of *jessie*? Also, why *ppc64el*? It's hardly a > > > commodity architecture. > > > > No idea, the top of the page says: "Chapter 2. What's new in Debian > > 8" > > > > I'm sorry I didn't see the link, I simply went to debian.org and > > searched for "jessie gnome classic", which returned this: > > > > https://search.debian.org/cgi-bin/omega?DB=en&P=jessie+gnome+classic > > > > The top link there says, again: "Chapter 2. What's new in Debian > > 8", so I expected that to be what I wanted. Mea culpa. > > Oh I see. Consider this link then: > > https://www.debian.org/releases/jessie/amd64/release-notes/ch-whats-new.en.html > > Especially chapter 2.2.2, which talks about GNOME 3.14. > > Funny thing is - chapter 2.2.2 does not mention GNOME Classic at all. > Presumably because GNOME Classic was axed in GNOME 3.6 (or 3.8, or > 3.10 > - the memory fails me here). I see. I found another link[1], but that only mentions that Gnome in Jessie requires 3D drivers, which I would interpret as "no Classic". > > > > > Will Debian 8, when released, provide the "GNOME Classic" > > > > > interface? > > > > > > > > From the above: > > > > > > > > "If you want to keep an interface closer to the GNOME 2.30 > > > > version in wheezy, you can select the “GNOME Classic” session > > > > at the login prompt. It will bring you an improved version of > > > > the traditional panel. You can still edit the panel to add more > > > > applets, by using the hidden alt+right click combination. " > > > > > > Um, wheezy has GNOME 3.4. It's squeeze which had GNOME 2.30. > > > Apparently this info is outdated. > > > > I don't use Gnome, so I wouldn't know :) As the top of the page said > > "Debian 8", I didn't inspect the link any closer. > > Hey, *I* stopped using GNOME back then Debian stable was called etch. Maybe this will get more people to switch to something like Xfce or just a plain WM :) > But you don't need software to be installed to check its version > because they give you apt-cache. And if you don't like apt-cache - > they give you aptitude :) Not on the machine I'm on right now - it runs Slackware :) I guess there's no problem in running apt-cache here, but I can't really see a good reason for doing so :) It will be moved to Jessie pretty soon, though, just haven't found the time yet. Petter [1] https://www.debian.org/releases/jessie/amd64/release-notes/ch-information.en.html#gnome-3d -- "I'm ionized" "Are you sure?" "I'm positive."
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