On Mon, 28 Nov 2011 09:03:40 +0000 AG <computing.acco...@googlemail.com> wrote:
> On 27/11/11 11:04, Cam Hutchison wrote: > > I have tried GNOME 3. I have tried it with fallback mode. I've now tried > > xfce, kde and my own hacked together xsession with gnome components. > > > > I don't like any of it. > > > > What I like is the setup I had. I had GNOME 2 set up just the way I > > wanted it, and there was nothing wrong with it. > > > > Is there any way to get this back, while still using Debian? I've been > > using Debian (sid) a long time and I'm not changing distros. > > > > Are the debian patches for the last of the GNOME 2 releases still > > available? Can I build my own packages? > > > > > > > > There seems to be a lot of this negative reaction to Gnome3 and this > leads me to not want to upgrade my Debian stable (squeeze) at all. This > is the same trip that the KDE developers went down as well, which > spawned an official fork which retained the original KDE3.* > > One can but hope that the GNOME developers will listen to their user > base and offer an alternative or some kind developer will start a forked > version of Gnome2 to retain the version that those who are reacting > negatively to Gnome3 have come to know, love and trust. > > Either that, or users will engage in a mass exodus to LXDE or Xfce4 > which would be a real shame. > > AG > > Hi I was unhappy with Gnome 3 at start, but after giving it a chance I've grown to like it. for instance, ALT Tab to move between desktop is a nice feature, its less hand movement than grabbing the mouse to click on a window. And its not a two handed operation as you scroll thru all the open windows, by just clicking tab while the ALT key is down. Great for me as although I'm RH I use a LH mouse. Once the menu editing is sorted it will be a lot better than gnome2. Thats my opinion now. -- Best wishes / 73 Richard Bown e-mail: rich...@g8jvm.com or richard.b...@blueyonder.co.uk nil carborundum a illegitemis ################################################################################## Ham Call G8JVM . OS Debian Wheezy/Sid amd64 on a Dual core AMD Athlon 5200, 4 GB RAM Maidenhead QRA: IO82SP38, LAT. 52 39.720' N LONG. 2 28.171 W ( degs mins ) QRV HF + VHF Microwave 23 cms:140W,13 cms:100W,6 cms:10W & 3 cms:5W ################################################################################## -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20111128105252.4a6fb...@g8jvm.com
