On Tue, Mar 01, 2011 at 05:07:22PM -0500, Roy wrote:
> http://news.softpedia.com/news/Linux-Mint-11-Will-Be-Based-on-Ubuntu-11-04-185617.shtml
>
> Clem's blog. Note comment 4 below from Clem:
> http://blog.linuxmint.com/?p=1665
>
> It seems they will be *not* going with GNOME Shell but will be going with
> GNOME 3 that will look similar to what they have now. This could be an
> GNOME 3 without the panel and with a Java interface. It is just too
> different and will confuse many newbies. Bad enough moving to Linux from
> Windows and then to find a very foreign environment without a start button,
> menu or panel. And for veterans there are no virtual desktops and no Compiz
> which is what many people like about Linux. I am not sure if GNOME 3 without
> the shell will support Compiz, but virtual desktops should be available.
> This is also an opportunity for KDE and XFCE where both still work fine.
Judging from what I'm seeing on Fedora forums, a lot of folks just don't
like it. On the other hand, as Jeff said in the past (on this list?), a
lot of folks didn't like OS X's interface either. (Looking at pictures
of OS X's upcoming Lion interface, there may be reaction there too--for
folks who put everything on their desktop, it's not leaving much room,
looks like an iphone or ipad interface.
Several folks on Fedora forums are talking of changing to Scientific
Linux or CentOS when it comes out, solely because of this. Others are
talking of switching to KDE.
As for me, I use fluxbox or openbox, so it's not important to me,
personally, though, looking at the changes, I see why folks are getting
irked.
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Scott Robbins
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