Good year for Mint

[KBD47]

Interesting article:
http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/a ... stros.html

[tdockery97]

I think we'll be seeing a lot more favorable articles when Cinnamon becomes well known. There are a lot of Gnome users out there looking for a killer replacement for Gnome Shell.

[KBD47]

I think first Gnome 3, then Unity turned things upside down in Linux. It was interesting that Debian moved up a notch, Mint Debian may have helped with that. It is kind of strange that two of Linux's major desktops are aimed at phones and tablets yet there is no evidence to indicate they will ever find a place there.
Cinnamon is excellent. If it gets to where it will run well on old hardware I can see it very easily leading the pack in Linux desktops.
KBD47

[bimsebasse]

How is Gnome Shell or Unity tablet friendly? In Unity if you maximize a window you can't see window controls, they're only visibly on mouseover - tablet friendly? The hiding global menu? The hiding launcher? The emphasis on keyboard shortcuts? It's tablet friendly in the way it's small screen friendly (Unity was designed for netbooks), but the way you operate it makes it - currently - decidedly tablet unfriendly. Windows XP would be much easier to operate from a tablet than both Gnome Shell or Unity as things are now.

Mint will thrive as long as there is a strong wave of classic desktop nostalgia, when that dies out, and it will at some point, Mint must adjust or slowly slip into obscurity. People born ten years ago and onwards won't think or feel the Windows 95 desktop setup is the only desktop you can get work done in. I'm 32 and find Gnome Shell has enhanced my productivity greatly compared to an untouched gnome-panel under Gnome 2. Getting things done on my girlfriend's Mint 11 laptop or in a Cinnamon session is a chore now, no quick semantic launching, instead this constant mousing through menus for everything, it's a pain when you're used to speedier interaction.

[KBD47]

I think you might be in the minority regarding Gnome 3 usability I think Windows has thrived so long because its interface makes sense on a computer, it is intuitive and user friendly. Despite there being so many desktop interfaces, there really are only so many ways you can use a desktop. And Windows pretty much nailed it with XP.
My wife and daughter both got tablets for Christmas, so I got to use an Android and Ipad tablet, and I decided I'm not a tablet guy. But I tried to imagine myself ever using Unity on a tablet, and that idea is a joke. I tried to imagine Gnome 3 on a tablet, and I can see that. But even with my daughter's Ipad she is using an add on keyboard, so I'm thinking I might as well stick to my netbook. And I've noticed that my wife only uses her tablet about 1/4 as much as she uses her netbook.
KBD47

[bimsebasse]

I think you might be in the minority regarding Gnome 3 usability

The future is always in the minority

[KBD47]

The rest of us will sit around griping:
These durn kids and their crazy tablet interfaces. I remember the good old days when you could actually use a computer....

[w2ibc]

The rest of us will sit around griping:
These durn kids and their crazy tablet interfaces. I remember the good old days when you could actually use a computer....

amen!

[davdigsb]

Interesting read. Thanx!