On Tue, Aug 28, 2012 at 11:57 AM, Jacob Albretsen <[email protected]>wrote:
> On Tuesday, August 28, 2012 10:23:07 AM Levi Pearson wrote: > > > A feature of Gnome Shell that I really like is the ability to have > > one monitor out of a pair have a fixed workspace while the other switches > > between workspaces via the workspace-switching keys or mouse > interactions. > > This lets me keep my primary task always in view while I swap between > > secondary tasks, which helps me stay focused on what I'm doing. > > This was about the only thing I liked about Gnome 3. > > To name a few items that bugged me: > > I hated that when I wanted to open a NEW terminal window, clicking the > icon on > my bar would bring me to the one I already opened. > > I hated that Desktop 4 with my web browser didn't stay Desktop 4 if I > closed > everything on Desktop 3. Is it a crime to have Desktop 3 empty? > > Yes yes, I know that I can change all this if I can find an RPM that > changes > it. If my distro has built one. If not, roll the dice and hope one that > someone has made one that works. I hate that too. > > I'm all for lightweight keyboard oriented desktops if that suits you, and > they > are out there. Gnome (2) and KDE are not lightweight, and those of us that > choose to use one of them needs to accept that. If I want to change the > default functionality of my desktop, I want to be able to right click or go > into a control panel and check / uncheck a checkbox. Not have to hunt > down an > RPM that supposedly changes my desktop behavior that my distro may or may > not > have. > > But that's just me and my two cents. > > - Jake > > /* > PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net > Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug > Don't fear the penguin. > */ > I agree with Linus Torvalds. This article is actually pretty funny. I was using xfce because I got sick of all the Gnome and KDE eye candy (I mean "features") slowing me down. I thought what he had to say about it was hilarious: http://digitizor.com/2011/08/04/linus-torvalds-ditches-gnome-for-xfce/ All I care about are applications that run on X. I could care less about the rest, including my desktop. The simpler, and more stable the better. -- Sincerely, C. Ed Felt [email protected] (801) 833-5274 /* PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug Don't fear the penguin. */
