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I have been using Gnome in its classic form for a very long time but, I switched to Gnome 3 after the upgrade to the latest Ubuntu version. I must admit it is

I have been using Gnome in its classic form for a very long time but, I switched to Gnome 3 after the upgrade to the latest Ubuntu version. I must admit it is starting to grow on me. When I first used Gnome 3 (back when it was first released) I hated it; it was buggy and the whole concept of gnome-shell seemed flawed. Now its seems many of the bugs have been worked out and the usability improvements of gnome-shell is starting to show. Gnome 3 is still far from perfect and there are still A LOT of things missing that I had grown to rely on from classic Gnome (like being able to arrange my panels) but Gnome 3 seems to be progressing and I have high hopes for its future. I am less hopeful for the future of Unity frankly because it has so many bad ideas built in to it. One such bad idea is the heavy reliance on hidden elements that need to be hovered over for them to be visible. Personally I think Ubuntu would do well to pick up Gnome 3 and run with it instead of Unity.

bluedanieru 15y ago
Not going to happen. It's a pet project and Canonical isn't as beholden to market economics as a company that sold its OS would be. Kubuntu is great, although a lot of people who say that seem to eventually settle on XFCE anyway.
xiaomai 15y ago
I'm also liking feeling pretty good about gnome3. It's missing some important configuration options for me (I don't want windows to auto-raise in sloppy mode), and I miss my system-monitor applet in the panel, but I think it will be great in another release or two.