getting gnome 3
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Ok, I give up installing wheezy now, since it doesn't work. Is there an easy way to install gnome 3 and the latest packages in squeeze? Because that I can install. /Kristoffer * |
getting gnome 3
On Mon, 02 Jul 2012 20:48:53 +0200, Kristoffer Gustafsson wrote:
> Hi. (hi) No html posts, thanks. > Ok, I give up installing wheezy now, since it doesn't work. What's what does not work for you? > Is there an easy way to install gnome 3 and the latest packages in > squeeze? Because that I can install. No. If you want GNOME3+gnome-shell, reconsider wheezy. Greetings, -- Camaleón -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-REQUEST@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmaster@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/jsut5j$q1u$7@dough.gmane.org |
getting gnome 3
On 07/03/2012 06:47 AM, Camaleón wrote:
On Mon, 02 Jul 2012 20:48:53 +0200, Kristoffer Gustafsson wrote: Is there an easy way to install gnome 3 and the latest packages in squeeze? Because that I can install. No. If you want GNOME3+gnome-shell, reconsider wheezy. Now that Wheezy is frozen (and will, within 6 months or so become stable) will it be possible to keep Gnome2 when upgrading, or will we be forced to use Gnome3? Marc -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-REQUEST@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmaster@lists.debian.org Archive: 4FF79F3A.3030200@gmail.com">http://lists.debian.org/4FF79F3A.3030200@gmail.com |
getting gnome 3
On 07/07/12 03:30, Marc Shapiro wrote:
On 07/03/2012 06:47 AM, Camaleón wrote: On Mon, 02 Jul 2012 20:48:53 +0200, Kristoffer Gustafsson wrote: Is there an easy way to install gnome 3 and the latest packages in squeeze? Because that I can install. No. If you want GNOME3+gnome-shell, reconsider wheezy. Now that Wheezy is frozen (and will, within 6 months or so become stable) will it be possible to keep Gnome2 when upgrading, or will we be forced to use Gnome3? You'll have to use Gnome3. You can use it in "Gnome Classic" mode (fallback) for now, but it has been strongly hinted that that option won't be available for much longer. I've switched to XFCE, as Gnome3 was too much of a PITA to try and use on my laptop (I used pinning to keep Gnome2 as long as possible, but was missing out on important updates). XFCE is sufficiently "Gnome2" like for me, once I'd tweaked a few things. -- Dom -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-REQUEST@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmaster@lists.debian.org Archive: 4FF7B547.3020005@rpdom.net">http://lists.debian.org/4FF7B547.3020005@rpdom.net |
getting gnome 3
> You'll have to use Gnome3. You can use it in "Gnome Classic" mode
> (fallback) for now, but it has been strongly hinted that that option > won't be available for much longer. > > I've switched to XFCE, as Gnome3 was too much of a PITA to try and use > on my laptop (I used pinning to keep Gnome2 as long as possible, but was > missing out on important updates). XFCE is sufficiently "Gnome2" like > for me, once I'd tweaked a few things. > > -- > Dom Yes, it seems both Gnome and KDE want to become eye-candy, touchscreen shells to launch "apps" instead of a fully functional desktop for a graphical workstation. I lost faith in gnome when they rolled out gdm3. They removed a shit-ton of nice features and customizability to make a dumbed-down, microsoft-esque blandness for what seems to me no good reason. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-REQUEST@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmaster@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/1719029773.1409.1341642341675.JavaMail.sas2@172.29 .244.248 |
getting gnome 3
On Fri, 06 Jul 2012 19:30:18 -0700, Marc Shapiro wrote:
> On 07/03/2012 06:47 AM, Camaleón wrote: >> On Mon, 02 Jul 2012 20:48:53 +0200, Kristoffer Gustafsson wrote: >> >>> Is there an easy way to install gnome 3 and the latest packages in >>> squeeze? Because that I can install. >> No. If you want GNOME3+gnome-shell, reconsider wheezy. >> > Now that Wheezy is frozen (and will, within 6 months or so become > stable) will it be possible to keep Gnome2 when upgrading, or will we be > forced to use Gnome3? You'll be forced to upgrade to GNOME3. I see no gnome2/gnome3 packaging differentiation as it happened with kde3/ kde4 in its early stage, most sure because gnome3 is now stable enough to be safely included by default. Greetings, -- Camaleón -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-REQUEST@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmaster@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/jt960b$2af$6@dough.gmane.org |
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On 07/07/12 07:20, cletusjenkins wrote:
> You'll have to use Gnome3. You can use it in "Gnome Classic" mode > (fallback) for now, but it has been strongly hinted that that option > won't be available for much longer. > > I've switched to XFCE, as Gnome3 was too much of a PITA to try and use > on my laptop (I used pinning to keep Gnome2 as long as possible, but was > missing out on important updates). XFCE is sufficiently "Gnome2" like > for me, once I'd tweaked a few things. > > -- > Dom Yes, it seems both Gnome and KDE want to become eye-candy, touchscreen shells to launch "apps" instead of a fully functional desktop for a graphical workstation. I lost faith in gnome when they rolled out gdm3. They removed a shit-ton of nice features and customizability to make a dumbed-down, microsoft-esque blandness for what seems to me no good reason. I know I go against most people when I say that now I've gotten used to Gnome3 I really like it and would not want to go back. It may be that I run a two screen set-up, but for me the really nice features are a) The management of the workspaces - particularly the ability for me to keep my secondary screen constant whilst I switch around workspaces on my primary screen. During the day I normally fire up my mail program (thunderbird as it happens) and leave it there and immediately have access to it, I then sometime am working with a windows virtual machine on one workspace, perhaps other things in another. If ever life gets too complicated with too many open windows on one, I just drag them down to a new workspace and carry on. During the evening, I can watch TV (via Mythtv front end on one screen) and still continue working with multiple workspaces. Even when I want to switch windows, the TV continues in the slightly shrunken windows that gnome displays whilst I do b) I've gotten used to flicking my mouse to the top left to have all the windows open to switch to another window. If its a full screen app, where the hotspot doesn't work the logo key on my keyboard has the same effect. In fact I am now so used to it, that I find it frustrating when I am sitting inside my windows virtual machine and can't do the same thing there. c) the ability to drag to either side (of either screen) to get a window to size at exactly half size of the screen you've done that on. I find that except very occassionally, the 12 programs that I have in my dock cover everything I use on a day to day basis. So all my normal applications are there. Even when my work shifts focus for a few weeks its pretty easy to switch which programs are . I must admit, I used to be really frustrated with the fact that there was only a suspend and not a power off - but now the shell extensions are available to add that facility back I don't have any issues at all. I don't miss the taskbar or the minimize button, and so far I haven't missed the menu either. -- Alan Chandler http://www.chandlerfamily.org.uk -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-REQUEST@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmaster@lists.debian.org Archive: 4FF88269.6040904@chandlerfamily.org.uk">http://lists.debian.org/4FF88269.6040904@chandlerfamily.org.uk |
getting gnome 3
On 07/06/2012 09:04 PM, Dom wrote:
On 07/07/12 03:30, Marc Shapiro wrote: On 07/03/2012 06:47 AM, Camaleón wrote: On Mon, 02 Jul 2012 20:48:53 +0200, Kristoffer Gustafsson wrote: Is there an easy way to install gnome 3 and the latest packages in squeeze? Because that I can install. No. If you want GNOME3+gnome-shell, reconsider wheezy. Now that Wheezy is frozen (and will, within 6 months or so become stable) will it be possible to keep Gnome2 when upgrading, or will we be forced to use Gnome3? You'll have to use Gnome3. You can use it in "Gnome Classic" mode (fallback) for now, but it has been strongly hinted that that option won't be available for much longer. I've switched to XFCE, as Gnome3 was too much of a PITA to try and use on my laptop (I used pinning to keep Gnome2 as long as possible, but was missing out on important updates). XFCE is sufficiently "Gnome2" like for me, once I'd tweaked a few things. Thanks, Dom, and everyone else who replied. Until recently, I avoided all DMs and simply used fvwm2. I had a hard drive failure, however, and needed to reinstall (but I managed to retrieve most of my data). I let the installer take its defaults, which meant gnome2. I decided to see what gnome was like these days and there are certainly advantages to a full DE over a WM. My daughter likes the way gnome works, too. Gnome3, however, just looks like a royal pain. I may install XFCE and use it myself (while my wife and daughter can continue to use gnome). This will give me a chance to see how it will work out now, while I still have options, rather than suddenly having gnome3 thrust upon me. Marc -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-REQUEST@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmaster@lists.debian.org Archive: 4FF8BA48.4060104@gmail.com">http://lists.debian.org/4FF8BA48.4060104@gmail.com |
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On 08/07/12 04:13, cletusjenkins wrote:
> I know I go against most people when I say that now I've gotten used to > Gnome3 I really like it and would not want to go back. It may be that I > run a two screen set-up, but for me the really nice features are > > > -- > Alan Chandler > http://www.chandlerfamily.org.uk I'm not the best person to argue against gnome because I still use it on my main laptop (2.3 on stable). I have LXDE on most of my home systems because they are a bit on the old and slow side (much like myself). But I haven't tried gnome3 much. I tried it in a vm to play with for a while, but my main experience of it was when I upgraded my laptop from debian 5 to 6 (I stuck with 5 for a looong time). My laptop originally came pre-installed with Ubuntu so I tried the latest version of it for a couple of days, and ran screaming for the hills after that experience. Lets take this back to the list rather than have a private conversation! You don't say why you wanted to run screaming to the hills. Sure the interface is different to what people have become used to in the past and it took me a few weeks to get over the hill of expecting the old way of it working. But now I have this new way I find it better for the reasons I stated. What I am not really hearing from people how say they don't like is why their way of working is slowing them down in Gnome3. There is lots of "I don't like it" but not much of "this is why I don't like it" (other than the argument that its just different). -- Alan Chandler http://www.chandlerfamily.org.uk -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-REQUEST@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmaster@lists.debian.org Archive: 4FF92428.8040702@chandlerfamily.org.uk">http://lists.debian.org/4FF92428.8040702@chandlerfamily.org.uk |
getting gnome 3
On Sat, Jul 7, 2012 at 6:19 AM, Camaleón <noelamac@gmail.com> wrote:
> > You'll be forced to upgrade to GNOME3. Yes, and and that forced upgrade comes from more than just Debian. > I see no gnome2/gnome3 packaging differentiation as it happened with kde3/ > kde4 in its early stage, most sure because gnome3 is now stable enough to > be safely included by default. It's because the GNOME team deliberately broke the ability to keep both GNOME 2 and GNOME 3 at the same time. While effort could be expended to allow them to live side by side, the API uses the same names for functions and yet are incompatible with each other. GNOME upstream decided that they didn't want people able to have both. Since GNOME has moved forward with version 3, they reason, everyone else must be forced to move forward, as well. While I use GNOME Shell on my desktop and don't mind it so much (I don't care about its features, I just use it as a window manager), I think this attitude on the part of the GNOME developers is inexcusable. -- Chris -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-REQUEST@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmaster@lists.debian.org Archive: CAOEVnYtWfiLuX6jNMSRXNzoTxd0jzG0oXQOVfiJTrL8qgRFC9 Q@mail.gmail.com">http://lists.debian.org/CAOEVnYtWfiLuX6jNMSRXNzoTxd0jzG0oXQOVfiJTrL8qgRFC9 Q@mail.gmail.com |
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