On Sun, Apr 06, 2014 at 09:12:05AM +0100, Joe wrote: > On Sat, 5 Apr 2014 20:22:55 -0400 > Stephen Allen <marathon.duran...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > I see this mentioned a lot that Gnome-Shell won't run on hardware more > > than a "few" years old. This is patently false. I've run it on a > > laptop more than 7 years old with no issue what-so-ever. Gnome-Shell > > just disables stuff if it isn't supported hardware wise - some of the > > more interesting video effects that is. > > > > The issue isn't so much the hardware but the amount of ram one has on > > the applicable hardware. Even 7 year old hardware often has 1Gb of ram > > or even more. > > > > > > OK, I did investigate it somewhat, and I'm being simplistic here. But > this investigation was begun when I upgraded to Gnome3 and on login I > was presented with a new, empty Gnome 'legacy' desktop after being told > somewhat curtly that my video hardware wasn't good enough for the > wonderful new desktop experience, and that the Gnome developers weren't > interested in 'legacy' hardware. My previous Gnome desktop > configurations had disappeared. > > I call that 'not running well'. I would too. > Yes, I recovered it all, and even got Gnome3 working, but after a few > days I decided I didn't like all the extra keystrokes and steps to do > my usual jobs, and the distinct loss of speed, so I switched to LXDE. > And it is indeed the shell, and not Gnome itself which was the issue, > but that took a few days to get explained properly. I have no idea if > the 'legacy' shell is still being maintained, because at the time it > was made clear that it was only a temporary measure, presumably while > we all bought new video cards. I am still using some of Gnome3 itself > now, just not the desktop shell. To be blunt - a couple of days doesn't give it a fair shot. I too didn't like it at first but stuck with it for a month, I came to like it a lot and appreciate all the thought given to it by the Gnome Developers. It's also bloody fast. Never saw a warning on login ever and I was running it on a 9 year old IBM laptop with 1 Gb of ram. It if can run on a laptop well surely it will run on any legacy desktop of the same era. Personally I don't think most give it a fair shot - just because of the change. But then some people didn't like it when a mouse was introduced to computing .... -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/20140409104626.GA10859@Jessie
