I upgraded 3 days ago and downgraded yesterday as well... it loses the perennial wisdom of "keep simple things simple and make complex things possible"...
simple things are no longer simple... i know this is just a rant, but gnome is not a primary focus for me, more a utility to efficiently using other apps to get things done... if i have to spend years configuring gnome again... well no time, so time to switch to something simpler... On Mon, Nov 14, 2011 at 9:22 AM, Simon Rumble <[email protected]> wrote: > On Nov 13, 2011 11:52 PM, "Jeremy Visser" <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > On 13/11/2011, at 17:59, Simon Rumble wrote: > > > The problem here is that with Gnome3 (and they started this attitude in > > > Gnome2), they make it very difficult to do things any way other than > the > > > default. > > > > I work in tech support, doing a lot of phone support for non-technical > users. Let me tell you, and I feel this with all my heart: that's a > feature, not a bug. > > Which might be a sensible approach if the defaults were in any way > functional or obvious. When Gnomescreensaver removed all the configuration > from the xscreensavers they wrapped, there was no way to work out where the > pictures came from, or change it. That'd be a support call in your model. > > Still no closer to a solution here... > On Nov 13, 2011 11:52 PM, "Jeremy Visser" <[email protected]> wrote: > -- > SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ > Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html > -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
