Ubuntu Gnome Seeking Long Term Support Status

sfcrazy writes "The Ubuntu Gnome team wants to join the elite club of Ubuntu flavors which enjoy the LTS (Long Term Support) status. Ubuntu 14.04 will be an LTS release making it a good time for the Ubuntu Gnome flavor to be promoted since it will be two more years before the next LTS release."

Comments

Re:Pah ... gnome sux

[Xicor]

i liked the previous gnome... but the current one tries too hard to be apple and doesnt work very well.

Re:Pah ... gnome sux

[Anonymous Coward]

sudo apt-get -y install gnome
sudo /usr/lib/lightdm/lightdm-set-defaults -s gnome-classic

sudo apt-get install indicator-applet-session

    1. Winkey-Alt-Rightclick on the clock in the panel and select "Remove".
        (This deletes ALL the default items in the Panel, by deleting the "Indicator Applet Complete".)
    2. Winkey-Alt-Rightclick on the Panel and select "Add to Panel". Select "Indicator Applet Session"
    3. Winkey-Alt-Rightclick on the Panel and select "Add to Panel". Select "User Menu"
    4. Winkey-Alt-Rightclick on the Panel and select "Add to Panel". Select "Clock"
    5. Winkey-Alt-Rightclick on the Panel and select "Add to Panel". Select "Indicator Applet"

# sudo apt-get install compizconfig-settings-manager

  Go to system tools > preferences > compizconfig
  Check "Windows Management" > "Static Application Switcher" (WARNING: "Application Switcher" hangs the machine.)
  Check "Extras" > "Window Previews"

# Precise:
# sudo gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.interface ubuntu-overlay-scrollbars false
# Raring:
# sudo gsettings set com.canonical.desktop.interface scrollbar-mode normal

You're welcome! :)

Re:Pah ... gnome sux

[MBGMorden]

No - the current one tries to be "different". Mac OS is far more traditionally oriented than Gnome 3.

They didn't just shoot themselves in the foot with that release - they did so with almost the entire userbase screaming "Don't do it!!!!!".

Oh well. XFCE makes for a perfectly fine replacement.

Re:Pah ... gnome sux

[H0p313ss]

I agree that Gnome 3 out of the box is a bit of a train-wreck in terms of usability, but what I discovered is now that gnome-shell has been around for a while there's lots of extensions that make it highly configurable and I have to confess I like what I can do with it.

But what I can do with it is nothing like the default behavior. :)

I want Ubuntu 8.04 back.

[X10]

Why does Canonical keep fixing things that aren't broken, things that everybody's happy with? Ubuntu doesn't want to be Apple, nor does it want to be Windows. Ubuntu wants to be Ubuntu.

Re:I want Ubuntu 8.04 back.

[slashdot_commentator]

1) There are a lot of detractors of Gnome 3. Everyone is not happy with it.

2) What you don't grasp is what I admire about Canonical/Shuttleworth. What kept Linux (or Ubuntu) from dominating the desktop was an inferior GUI experience to Apple/Windows (and unequal driver support). You could chose Gnome or KDE, both too flawed and two unmotivated to compete for the general (dumb) consumer market, give up and go with some form of LXDE(?), or do what Canonical did. Canonical wanted to go after what it saw was the future, and instead of unsuccessfully negotiating with Gnome & KDE designer councils to implement what Canonical wanted, Canonical took its future into its own hands. Computing hardware was moving to tablets, phones & gear, not desktops, and they wanted a GUI that could bridge both worlds. That's why they went to Unity, and given the problems producing a compositor competitive with DirectX, they went to Wayland, then Mir.

3) Every megalomanic in Unixland operates like a bloodthirsty Bolshevik, and thinks Canonical owes them a living for failure or half a loaf.