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I tried debian 7.2 default gnome. It feels like bloody Windows Vista. Switched back to the beloved Xfce. Debian, you are wasting time with that.. thing.

• davidgerard 13y ago
  I tried Debian Gnome 3 in wheezy. I decided "right, this is the new user-friendly desktop. Let's see how I go." I literally couldn't find anything to click on to make it work. Literally nothing. The only button I could find was how to switch it off. 'I recommend this Dusk Till Dawn quote to desktop designers: "Are you such a loser, you can't tell when you've won?".'
  • uhohuhhuh 13y ago
    I can't remember for sure, but I think I was lost at first too. Then I discovered the windows key, and never looked back. I love getting most things done without touching the mouse. Though I did have to install a panel for when I work with more than a few instances of the same program at once (at which point alt tab can sometimes not allow me to differentiate between the instances as fast as I'd like). I still think they should pop up a short tutorial when you first use it.
    • davidgerard 13y ago
      Yeah. I thought "ok, this is supposed to be user-obvious. Let's see what I can do." I wonder how that Windows key thing works out for their hypothetical tablet users.
      • adrianlmm 13y ago
        With the home key instead of the window key, it is a no brainer.
        • davidgerard 13y ago
          Can you unlock the screen without a physical keyboard yet?
          • adrianlmm 13y ago
            Yes, there is a virtual keyboard in the unlock screen.
            • davidgerard 13y ago
              Does it have tilde yet? http://news.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=3017371&cid=40835229 http://news.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=3017371&cid=4083522...
              • adrianlmm 13y ago
                I don't know that yet, I'll tell you when I get to my Linux box =).