Jeremy Visser wrote: > On 12/11/2011, at 22:21, Simon Rumble wrote: > > Gnome and Ubuntu have totally lost the plot. They seem to think removing > > options is the key to usability. At this point the Windows 7 GUI is looking > > good by comparison! > > Those who forget history are bound to repeat it. People > complained the same way in the transition from GNOME 1 > to GNOME 2, and everyone eventually agreed it was better.
Well the transition from G1 to G2 broke all existing config tweaks but the same functionality was basically there. The breakage from G2 to G3 is far, far bigger and some of the changes are just insane (eg having multiple terminal windows is disabled by default). My issues with Gnome3: - When I try to start a second uxterm it brings the first one to the foreground. How do I disable this. I'm used to having multiple terminals. It makes sense for what I do. - I want to disable the stupid desktop search rubbish. How? - I want a constant predefined number of workspaces and want to switch between them with Ctl+Alt+Left/Right. Something like the old G2 workspace manager. Where is it? - I want to be able to set the background image from a command line program. How? - Where the hell is the configuration? Erik -- ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Erik de Castro Lopo http://www.mega-nerd.com/ -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
