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Totally agree with you, people who don't like what happening can just leave and start using MATE or XFCE instead. GNOME's directions isen't even targeted at the

by klrr 14y ago

Totally agree with you, people who don't like what happening can just leave and start using MATE or XFCE instead. GNOME's directions isen't even targeted at the previous userbase anyway. I'm too young to have got into GNOME2 as much as it seems some people have done, but seriously it's just silly to complain and whine. I know some also includes very contructive critism in their complains but most people don't, and that is those I dislike.

nuclear_eclipse 14y ago
As a long time user of Gnome 2.x, I welcome most of the changes made in Gnome Shell, haven't had any worthwhile complaints since the 3.4 release. It's cleaner, faster, has better window management features, and just gets out of the way better than Gnome 2.x ever did.
- klrr 14y ago
  Okey, that's cool. I have to look into gnome-shell some time.
- snogglethorpe 14y ago
  Totally agree with you. I didn't like the gnome-shell when it first came out (slow, buggy as ...), but I like it now: it's very clean, does what I need with little effort, and stays out of the way otherwise. I wish there were more themes around though ... it seemed like themes were plentiful and easily usable in Gnome 2 but they seem kinda thin on the ground with Gnome 3. [I gather the WM in Gnome 3 is compatible with Gnome 2 themes, but GTK 3 cannot use GTK 2 themes ... or something. I dunno. The multitude of theme formats is confusing.]
  - nuclear_eclipse 14y ago
    The real key is find Gtk themes that are compatible with both the Gtk2 and Gtk3 engines. Combine that with a good Gnome-Shell theme and a good font, and things actually look really nice. I actually just found a couple new themes that are really great: - Mediterranean Dark (Gtk+/Window themes): http://gnome-look.org/content/show.php/MediterraneanNight?content=148398 http://gnome-look.org/content/show.php/MediterraneanNight?co... - Delorean Dark (Shell theme): http://killhellokitty.deviantart.com/art/DeLorean-Dark-0-94-318612217 http://killhellokitty.deviantart.com/art/DeLorean-Dark-0-94-...
vacri 14y ago
GNOME's directions isen't even targeted at the previous userbase anyway Yes, this is a criticism that has been levelled at them by devs who have left the project: they abandoned their former audience without having a clear idea of who their new audience is.
- snogglethorpe 14y ago
  To be fair, I think they never had a very clear idea of who their old audience was either ... :] [I'm a Gnome user...]

by klrr 14y ago

nuclear_eclipse 14y ago

As a long time user of Gnome 2.x, I welcome most of the changes made in Gnome Shell, haven't had any worthwhile complaints since the 3.4 release. It's cleaner, faster, has better window management features, and just gets out of the way better than Gnome 2.x ever did.

klrr 14y ago
Okey, that's cool. I have to look into gnome-shell some time.
snogglethorpe 14y ago
Totally agree with you. I didn't like the gnome-shell when it first came out (slow, buggy as ...), but I like it now: it's very clean, does what I need with little effort, and stays out of the way otherwise. I wish there were more themes around though ... it seemed like themes were plentiful and easily usable in Gnome 2 but they seem kinda thin on the ground with Gnome 3. [I gather the WM in Gnome 3 is compatible with Gnome 2 themes, but GTK 3 cannot use GTK 2 themes ... or something. I dunno. The multitude of theme formats is confusing.]
- nuclear_eclipse 14y ago
  The real key is find Gtk themes that are compatible with both the Gtk2 and Gtk3 engines. Combine that with a good Gnome-Shell theme and a good font, and things actually look really nice. I actually just found a couple new themes that are really great: - Mediterranean Dark (Gtk+/Window themes): http://gnome-look.org/content/show.php/MediterraneanNight?content=148398 http://gnome-look.org/content/show.php/MediterraneanNight?co... - Delorean Dark (Shell theme): http://killhellokitty.deviantart.com/art/DeLorean-Dark-0-94-318612217 http://killhellokitty.deviantart.com/art/DeLorean-Dark-0-94-...

vacri 14y ago

GNOME's directions isen't even targeted at the previous userbase anyway Yes, this is a criticism that has been levelled at them by devs who have left the project: they abandoned their former audience without having a clear idea of who their new audience is.

snogglethorpe 14y ago
To be fair, I think they never had a very clear idea of who their old audience was either ... :] [I'm a Gnome user...]