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diff --git a/_posts/few-thoughts-on-gnome-3.rst b/_posts/few-thoughts-on-gnome-3.rst new file mode 100644 index 0000000..208b1eb --- /dev/null +++ b/_posts/few-thoughts-on-gnome-3.rst @@ -0,0 +1,46 @@ +title: Few thoughts on Gnome 3 +categories: + - computer +date: 2011-03-14T11:00:00 +tags: +--- + +While reading articles like `Jon’s`_ or `the Nicu’s one`_ (actually, +`this one`_ is really funny, although IMHO wrong) I have couple of +thoughts I would like to write down: + +1. Yes, the user interface will be VERY different. Deal with it! Take + `this book`_ (find it in the library or in a second hand bookstore) + as your good night companion. If you need a professional help, Fedora + won’t cover it though. + +2. Yes, given that all Gnome developers will most likely just struggle + with crashes and similar lovely stuff until GA, I don’t expect much + change in UI, and yes it will be probably kind of “1.0” (hopefully, + we’ll do better than KDE 4.0, but who knows?). Deal with it! Yes, I + have some pet peeves as well, but I won’t mention them here on + purpose. + +3. Yes, there will probably some people who will leave for + XFCE/LXDE/twm/Fluxbox or other distros which are not changing in + their user interface this release cycle (Debian, Arch, Gentoo?). + +4. No, I am afraid, in the end, it is not possible to do fundamental + changes in an user interface in more gentle way. + +5. No, I don’t think the current Gnome2 user interface is the Holy Grail + of user interfaces, and I would expect that other DE now holding + against the change, will either change in next few years as well + (with similar bumpy road on start), or they will become irrelevant + (which is not the worst thing to happen … I don’t see Google and + Microsoft exactly to fight over Fluxbox, but I know about many happy + Fluxbox users). + +.. _`Jon’s`: + http://www.jonmasters.org/blog/2011/03/13/on-switching-to-kde-xfce/ +.. _`the Nicu’s one`: + http://nicubunu.blogspot.com/2011/03/breaking-news-fedora-15-beta-leaked-now.html +.. _`this one`: + http://nicubunu.blogspot.com/2011/03/f16-name-proposal-lock-up-your-daughter.html +.. _`this book`: + http://www.amazon.com/Tyranny-Status-Quo-Milton-Friedman/dp/0380698781/ |