[Trisquel-users] Should future releases have Modern (Gnome 3/Unity) and Classic desktops?

[tegskywalker]

Seeing that Ubuntu 11.10 is around the corner with full support for Gnome 3  
and GTK3 in its default programs and its repositories, where will the  
Trisquel team move forward? Obviously the future of the OS will use GTK3  
based programs, but how about the look of the OS? I know this question has  
been asked many times, but Gnome 3 and Unity have been tweaked over the past  
half year.

I've been testing out both Gnome 3 and Unity over the last half year and at  
this point with the Ubuntu 11.10 beta, Unity (in my opinion) has matured more  
than Gnome 3. I know that Unity is backed by an actual company (Canonical) so  
I do not know where the grey areas lie in it being a true "free" desktop  
environment in comparison to Gnome 3.

Many desktop users in general are stubborn to change and the with Trisquel  
team having a loyal userbase, will the Trisquel team maintain two desktop  
options for the user with the more modern Gnome 3 or Unity in addition to a  
Classic desktop? That way users who prefer to stick with "what they know" can  
stick with a look that mimics Trisquel 4/5 and be content. I understand that  
it will take work getting Gnome 3 in classic (fallback) mode but I'm not the  
leader of this team.

Either way if the Trisquel team does not consider their future, there could  
be a risk of someone using Trisquel as a base and then making their own Gnome  
3 or Unity based distro based on it.