Sob!
Posted: Fri May 25, 2012 7:40 am
Sorry, it's no use, I've tried but I just can't hack it with Gnome3. Had it installed for two weeks now and I've tried to like it but, sob, it's awful. I'm sure I'll get a load of hate mail as the result of this post and cries of 'RTFM' etc but that doesn't make me wrong.
One of the reasons I recommend open source, (community developed) software is that it usually only changes when there's a useful improvement. This is in contrast to proprietary apps that change whenever the company wants to cash in on a new version (exhibit 'A' being Adobe Photoshop CS<n> with its yearly addition of a new menu item and a $600 bill). Unfortunately, Gnome3 seems (so far) to be a step backwards.
I use my PC as a tool; I'm not interested in being a 'Linux Guru', I just use it to do my work. If I have to spend a fortune on courses and read tomes of spurious 'for dummies' books, I might as well use a Mac.
One of the things that used to recommend Gnome 2 was everything was easy not to mention intuitive. Sure, like everyone, there were a couple of times you think 'now how the hell do I do that' but it was the exception rather than the rule. Now all the normal, simple functions one associates with a desktop manager are weird. I used to love being able to right click on a menu entry to add to desktop; now I don't even know HOW to add something to the desktop without writing a bash script. I haven't the faintest clue how to put an app on a panel. When I first installed Mint 12, I couldn't even edit the menus because alacarte isn't installed as standard. As it stands, Gnome3 seems close to useful but not close enough for it to be usable yet. And, yes, I've tried 'Mate' but it made all the screens look 'clunky' and seemed to screw all the fonts up; not nice.
And to think I used to believe releasing stuff before it's really ready was the province of M$. Unfortunately, this sort of thing plays right into the hands of the 'total cost of ownership' brigade
P.S. Is it easy to install KDE as an alternate or will I have to read a pile of telephone directory sized references?
One of the reasons I recommend open source, (community developed) software is that it usually only changes when there's a useful improvement. This is in contrast to proprietary apps that change whenever the company wants to cash in on a new version (exhibit 'A' being Adobe Photoshop CS<n> with its yearly addition of a new menu item and a $600 bill). Unfortunately, Gnome3 seems (so far) to be a step backwards.
I use my PC as a tool; I'm not interested in being a 'Linux Guru', I just use it to do my work. If I have to spend a fortune on courses and read tomes of spurious 'for dummies' books, I might as well use a Mac.
One of the things that used to recommend Gnome 2 was everything was easy not to mention intuitive. Sure, like everyone, there were a couple of times you think 'now how the hell do I do that' but it was the exception rather than the rule. Now all the normal, simple functions one associates with a desktop manager are weird. I used to love being able to right click on a menu entry to add to desktop; now I don't even know HOW to add something to the desktop without writing a bash script. I haven't the faintest clue how to put an app on a panel. When I first installed Mint 12, I couldn't even edit the menus because alacarte isn't installed as standard. As it stands, Gnome3 seems close to useful but not close enough for it to be usable yet. And, yes, I've tried 'Mate' but it made all the screens look 'clunky' and seemed to screw all the fonts up; not nice.
And to think I used to believe releasing stuff before it's really ready was the province of M$. Unfortunately, this sort of thing plays right into the hands of the 'total cost of ownership' brigade
P.S. Is it easy to install KDE as an alternate or will I have to read a pile of telephone directory sized references?