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i hated gnome3 at first. i even stayed on gnome2 for quite a while to avoid the upgrade. as it seemed inevitable, i bit the bullet and upgraded. linux is my on

i hated gnome3 at first. i even stayed on gnome2 for quite a while to avoid the upgrade. as it seemed inevitable, i bit the bullet and upgraded. linux is my only OS so i use gnome3 all the time. i have grown quite fond of it. what's best is that it hides so many of the distracting ui elements (either on purpose or simply because so many widgets just don't work) that used to pull me away from my work that i feel i'm actually more productive now. plus i love that my windows key launches the lens (is it called that?). i think gnome3 is much better than unity.

ajross 15y ago
That's exactly my experience too. I used unity on a netbook for a while and just couldn't make it work -- too many edge cases (even to the extent of getting my preferred side-by-side terminal and emacs to work cleanly). I stuck with it for a while, but never really came around. I similarly tried gnome-shell when Fedora 15 was released and hated it, but stuck with it for the same reasons. And it paid off. I'm a convert now -- I don't like everything (app-based Alt-Tab will never work for someone with 12 terminals running, I really do want nautilus icons on my desktop, etc...) but the things I don't I know how to tune. I'm honestly more productive now than I was on gnome2. It's a great environment, and still getting better.
- kamechan 15y ago
  not to mention the fact that i'm now hardwired to go to the left corner or "windows key" to do things, which is something i really like doing (and do intuitively now). i really like that one can just press the windows key and start typing. regarding showing nautilus style icons on the desktop, you'll want to get the gnome-tweak-tool and then go to Desktop and enable the "have file manager handle the desktop" option. You'll have to restart, logout, or restart the desktop manager to see the change, but this should do it for you.
- thristian 15y ago
  Just checking: when alt-tabbing, you know you can pause on the Terminal icon (or hit the down arrow) and switch between all your terminal windows that way, right? Granted, it's not as convenient as having all your terminals available from one keypress, but it's better than having to switch to the mouse. Also, if you want Nautilus icons on the desktop, that option's available in gnome-tweak-tools (although I just found an extension that puts a menu of Nautilus bookmarks in the menu-bar).
  - ajross 15y ago
    Yes, I'm aware of that feature. And no, it's not good enough. I want to bounce between my shell and my emacs without having to deal with the 11 other shells and 3 other emacs windows present. The idea of app-based navigation is that you'll stay in that "app". I don't, my workspaces are collections of windows. But the traditional navigation is still present (though still a little buggy -- the MRU order sometimes gets confused, and sometimes the graphical popup of each window gets the wrong location), it's just bound to a different key and can be fixed.

ajross 15y ago

That's exactly my experience too. I used unity on a netbook for a while and just couldn't make it work -- too many edge cases (even to the extent of getting my preferred side-by-side terminal and emacs to work cleanly). I stuck with it for a while, but never really came around. I similarly tried gnome-shell when Fedora 15 was released and hated it, but stuck with it for the same reasons. And it paid off. I'm a convert now -- I don't like everything (app-based Alt-Tab will never work for someone with 12 terminals running, I really do want nautilus icons on my desktop, etc...) but the things I don't I know how to tune. I'm honestly more productive now than I was on gnome2. It's a great environment, and still getting better.

kamechan 15y ago
not to mention the fact that i'm now hardwired to go to the left corner or "windows key" to do things, which is something i really like doing (and do intuitively now). i really like that one can just press the windows key and start typing. regarding showing nautilus style icons on the desktop, you'll want to get the gnome-tweak-tool and then go to Desktop and enable the "have file manager handle the desktop" option. You'll have to restart, logout, or restart the desktop manager to see the change, but this should do it for you.
thristian 15y ago
Just checking: when alt-tabbing, you know you can pause on the Terminal icon (or hit the down arrow) and switch between all your terminal windows that way, right? Granted, it's not as convenient as having all your terminals available from one keypress, but it's better than having to switch to the mouse. Also, if you want Nautilus icons on the desktop, that option's available in gnome-tweak-tools (although I just found an extension that puts a menu of Nautilus bookmarks in the menu-bar).
- ajross 15y ago
  Yes, I'm aware of that feature. And no, it's not good enough. I want to bounce between my shell and my emacs without having to deal with the 11 other shells and 3 other emacs windows present. The idea of app-based navigation is that you'll stay in that "app". I don't, my workspaces are collections of windows. But the traditional navigation is still present (though still a little buggy -- the MRU order sometimes gets confused, and sometimes the graphical popup of each window gets the wrong location), it's just bound to a different key and can be fixed.