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GNOME 3.4 Released
supersloshy writes "The popular GNOME desktop environment has just announced the release of version 3.4. User-facing updates include, among others, a new look for many GNOME applications, smooth scrolling support in GTK, integrated document search in GNOME Shell, a new dynamic background, improved accessibility configuration options, new high-contrast icons, and more documentation. Developer-facing improvements include the release of GTK+ 3.4 and updates to standard GNOME libraries as part of the latest GNOME Developer Platform."
What's to flame? GNOME 3 was good, now it's better
<runs and hides>
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Yet another new look for no apparent reason. (shrug). I guess it ain't so bad. I'll adjust. Or just keep using Lightweight ubuntu/LXDE instead.
My AC stalker: " I personally agree with your posts most of the time, but that won't keep me from modding you troll"
After getting used to GNOME 2 with Compiz Fusion, I can't stand GNOME 3, and I'm having an impossibly difficult time finding a replacement. I've tried GNOME 3, GNOME Classic, Mate, and even KDE, and at this point, I have to either endure xfce's bugs, or wait until Mate's are ironed out. All along, my install of Mint 10 is aging, and given that its support period is ending, I'm basically stuck between a rock and a hard place. I don't understand why GNOME's devs would screw its supporters this way. Not only is 3 inferior to anyone who likes any sort of flexibility, but its interface is downright maddening at times.
i'm using a real desktop and have no use for tablets, so gnome made itself irrelevant as of 3.0 already. happy new release day anyway!
These comments give me a chuckle. It's pretty obvious you've not seriously even tried to *use* Gnome3/Shell. It makes pretty heavy use of the keyboard use (and, in fact, shines when you rely on your keyboard instead of a mouse).
Does the GNOME3 team have any plans to make their DE run on Wayland?
No. That would result in such an accumulation of suck in one place that the universe would implode.
Cinnamon is not a nice compromise. It is simply great. Its a way of accessing everything that is great about Gnome3 without any of the short term regressions.
My graduate students and I happily live in blissful ignorance of all this, running GNOME 2 under Ubuntu LTS (long term support) 10.04. I am able to configure my entire desktop without any need for downloading extensions. I have been able to go for a long time without a reinstall; this wonderful stable setup was an LTS to LTS upgrade from Hardy.
Now 10.04 is not going to be supported forever. I am greatly looking forward to flushing all my hard-won knowledge of this desktop down the drain and spending time looking on line for this-or-that extension that will enable us to maintain the smooth workflow we have had so far. Indeed who am I to question to the wave of progress in GUI engineering. I bow down to my software engineer overlords who will enlighten me with the flaws in my current workflow and who will teach me to use my time in more efficient ways. I am grateful to you, GNOME 3 dev team, for this bountiful treasure of GUI improvement that awaits me in the near future.
(Mate) looks like a dead-end. I'm sticking with xfce. Those guys should, too. It will probably be easier to do what they want with that base instead of the Gnome 2 base
Using cinnamon http://cinnamon.linuxmint.com/ its a step forward from Gnome 2 without the regressions.
The other alternative was to start fixing Gnome 2's numerous bugs, and where's the fun in that?
Yeah, why fix bugs we know when we can go write a whole bunch of NEW ones!