The Gnome2 fork is called MATE, I have been using it for the past few months and have had no problems with it, though I have not tried that magnification shortcut you mentioned. On Nov 14, 2012 5:04 PM, "GEOFF BAGLEY" <geoff.bag...@btinternet.com> wrote:
> I have been looking forward to the update of > my favourite operating system Debian from > squeeze to wheezy. > > I thought it would be interesting to update > one of my machines ( an amd64 bit ASUS), > and I have just spent two days trying to use > the new desktop Gnome3. > > I have been SO disappointed that at this > moment I am re-installing squeeze. > > I was sorry to see that the very useful > GNOME web-browser Epiphany has been replaced > by a very stupid and noisy game of that > same name. I had some difficulty getting > rid of it. > > I have poor eye-sight, and make much use of > "CTRL shift +" to magnify that which I need > to see, and "CTRL -" to reverse. This was not possible in many GNOME3 > cases. > > Please why can we not have a choice of the > new-fabgled desktop (for those who like it) > and the old, well tried Gnome desktop for > folks like me ? > > I have been using the "old" version of the > Gnome desktop ever since they wrecked KDE3 > and introduced KDE4. > I think that the KDE exampled was abad one, > but has been repeated. > > Best wishes. > > Geoff > > > > > > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact > listmas...@lists.debian.org > Archive: > http://lists.debian.org/1352930650.83628.yahoomailclas...@web186102.mail.ir2.yahoo.com > >
