Hello,
I recently dismissed Ubuntu Unity. I was following the development of LMDE for some time, so I installed it. But after doing updates and upgrades (via Terminal), the system was broken (freeze at GDM screen). Didn't know where to go from there so I played it safe and installed Linux Mint 11. That's fine, but with the new update-system, I'm really considering installing LMDE again when there's the new respin-ISO.
I would really like to have a rolling distribution with all the Mint-goodness. But I also want to use Gnome 3 with the Shell (sorry, am I weird?). As I read in some comments in the forums, Gnome 3-components are slowly coming into the repositories, eventually causing trouble, so the strategy (as I understand it) at the moment is to hold as much of G3 as possible.
OK, long story, here's the question:
So, does it make sense to install a distribution based on Gnome 2.X, that has a probably slow and painful transition to Gnome 3? Or should I wait until LMDE has a respin, when G3 is already implemented? Or does the combination of LMDE and Gnome-Shell make sense at all?
Would like to read your thoughts about that. Thank you!
LMDE and Gnome Shell: Now, later or not at all?
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Yoshiwara
LMDE and Gnome Shell: Now, later or not at all?
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Re: LMDE and Gnome Shell: Now, later or not at all?
I have Linux Mint 11 installed, and am planning to install LMDE also (in dual-boot) once the respin for that is available. You could do the same (keep a Linux Mint 11), so you always have a fallback if something goes horribly wrong with LMDE + GNOME Shell 
As for when you should be installing GNOME Shell, depends on how much you want to experiment. It can already be done I think, but you could wait for it to be available in the standard repos.
GNOME Shell worked and looked a lot better than Unity, when I tried Fedora 15 recently. But GNOME Shell doesn't agree with my way of working yet
As for when you should be installing GNOME Shell, depends on how much you want to experiment. It can already be done I think, but you could wait for it to be available in the standard repos.
GNOME Shell worked and looked a lot better than Unity, when I tried Fedora 15 recently. But GNOME Shell doesn't agree with my way of working yet
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luis.nando
Re: LMDE and Gnome Shell: Now, later or not at all?
My main computer is a laptop, where I use only LMDE. Recently, I added the experimental repositories and installed the only packages related to Gnome-Shell (then i disabled the repo when everything were stable). So now I have LMDE Gnome-Shell, I must say it was a good move, since I really like the way Gnome-Shell offers me the desktop. But in the other hand, Gnome-Shell made thinks a little slower on my machine, that and the looong boot sequence of LMDE are the only big problems for laptop users. Other than this, the conjunction LMDE + Gnome-Shell makes a great desktop.
Regards.
Regards.
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Yoshiwara
Re: LMDE and Gnome Shell: Now, later or not at all?
@xenopeek:
You're right, dual-boot (or in my case multi-boot) is a considerable option. Maybe I should just give it a try.
@luis.nando:
Thanks for sharing your experiences, this made me a lot more confident in trying GS under LMDE. Performance is not my main issue, so I don't think that GS will be much slower.
You're right, dual-boot (or in my case multi-boot) is a considerable option. Maybe I should just give it a try.
@luis.nando:
Thanks for sharing your experiences, this made me a lot more confident in trying GS under LMDE. Performance is not my main issue, so I don't think that GS will be much slower.