Few thoughts on Gnome 3
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:date: 2011-03-14T11:00:00
:category: computer
:tags: gnome

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/