<p>I really like GNOME 3; aside from a few (minor) bugs, it is quite nice. I could learn to use it daily, on the right base. I had to remove Fedora, though. I couldn't be productive with it. Fedora is strangely fresh, but I can't get over the package manager. It is very slow (could just be my perception), and I found a bug either in the package manager or the F15 repository, I don't know which. (Sadly, I did not save the output, and I can't remember what I was trying to install, but it failed miserably).</p>
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Sent from my phone... a G2 running CM7 nightlies!</p>
<div class="gmail_quote">On May 24, 2011 11:59 PM, "Jim Kinney" <<a href="mailto:jim.kinney@gmail.com">jim.kinney@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br type="attribution">> OK. Update finished and now I can play with this thing.<br>
> <br>> Gnome 3 is kind of slicker than I thought. It will generate new desktops on<br>> the fly as needed. The multi-hand stuff was wrong. Maybe a docs error. The<br>> usability icon is parked on the top bar and allows for easy access to things<br>
> like high-contrast, zoom, large text and other goodies. The alt-f1 is the<br>> key stroke to access the activities area.<br>> <br>> It is quite different but very slick. Unlike other UI changes, this doesn't<br>
> make me think Apple is going to sue. It is NOTHING like windows 7 from the<br>> few wretched tinkerings I saw at microcenter.<br>> <br>> On Tue, May 24, 2011 at 10:52 PM, Jim Kinney <<a href="mailto:jim.kinney@gmail.com">jim.kinney@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
> <br>>> Upgrading laptop to fedora 15 and noticed that openoffice was replaced with<br>>> libreoffice. Oracle really pissed off a lot of people.<br>>> Also I actually read the fedora docs and realized that gnome3 effectively<br>
>> requires a two handed user. The active spot to launch applications requires<br>>> both alt key and left mouse simultaneously to use. What was gnome devel<br>>> thinking?<br>>><br>> <br>> <br>
> <br>> -- <br>> -- <br>> James P. Kinney III<br>> <br>> As long as the general population is passive, apathetic, diverted to<br>> consumerism or hatred of the vulnerable, then the powerful can do as they<br>
> please, and those who survive will be left to contemplate the outcome.<br>> - *2011 Noam Chomsky*<br></div>