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Gnome 3.8 added Classic Mode back: https://help.gnome.org/misc/release-notes/3.8/ https://help.gnome.org/misc/release-notes/3.8/ It's important to understand t
by Andrex 12y ago
Gnome 3.8 added Classic Mode back: https://help.gnome.org/misc/release-notes/3.8/ https://help.gnome.org/misc/release-notes/3.8/
It's important to understand that this isn't just "Gnome 2," but actually full Gnome 3 underneath with all the benefits that contains. That's why just continuing with Gnome 2 was a non-starter.
- bachmeier 12y ago> That's why just continuing with Gnome 2 was a non-starter. There wasn't enough time to maintain the existing Gnome 2, but there was enough time to create an entirely new desktop environment? I don't think that's possible. The reason Gnome 2 was a non-starter was because developing a new DE is a lot of fun, and maintaining an old DE is not. It's their choice, of course, but let's not pretend that abandoning Gnome 2 was anything other than a desire to work on something new.
- sp332 12y agoGnome 2.32 was released in September 2010. Gnome 3.8 was released in March 2013. That's 3 years that a decent Gnome 2 replacement didn't exist. You don't have to drop 2.x support during development on 3.x.
- dTal 12y agoClassic mode sucks. I'm using it right now because I can't arsed tinkering with this particular Ubuntu install, but here's what I found in 30 seconds: -Taskbar cannot be resized (!) -Systray widgets cannot be added, moved or removed -The entire concept of a "panel" is gone. Gnome 2 was extremely flexible. Gnome 3's "Classic Mode" is more like Microsoft Windows, although even Windows lets you resize the taskbar!