Am 2011-12-02 15:22, schrieb Albert W. Hopkins: > On Fri, 2011-12-02 at 15:02 +0100, Stefan G. Weichinger wrote: >> Am 02.12.2011 12:34, schrieb Albert W. Hopkins: >>> On Fri, 2011-12-02 at 07:23 +0100, András Csányi wrote: >>>> Dear Stefan, >>>> >>>> Nowadays I'm using it just at home for private. I would be so happy if >>>> it would be a gentoo my workspace! :) >>> >>> I use Gentoo at home and at work, and am running GNOME3 at both >>> locations. No problems. >> >> And you don't miss stuff like icons on desktop, applets etc ? >> Do you use fallback-mode? >> >> > If you'd look at my GNOME2 desktop you'd probably notice the lack of > icons on the desktop, applets on the panel, etc.[1] I find these things > distracting (especially in my work environment). Usually when I install > GNOME2 the first thing I do is turn most of those things off. > > When GNOME3 came out, I thought they had read my mind. I use extensions > to get rid of a few more icons on the top panel. I patched so it > doesn't show the time (if the time is shown on the desktop, I find I'm > constantly looking at the time which is also distracting (for the same > reason I don't wear a watch))[2]. So I like to keep things simple, and > for most-used apps I use keyboard shortcuts. Works for me. > > If you want icons on the desktop, etc. There are extensions and config > settings to enable that in GNOME3. gnome-tweak-tool is your friend. > > I don't use fallback mode. The gnome-shell is (almost) exactly what I > want.
Good to hear. Maybe I will give it a try after doing some snapshot of my /-fs ... quick rollback possible ... S
