[ale] gnome3. I give up.

Scott Castaline skotchman at gmail.com
Wed Jun 8 07:42:28 EDT 2011


On 06/07/2011 11:23 PM, Richard Faulkner wrote:
> Just burned a live disk of F15 and took it for a test drive.  I agree 
> with Jim...110%.  Gnome3 is Gnot for me in the least.  Why does it 
> seem that Fedora is taking ques from Canonical?  In my opinion it is 
> way too geared for a newbie user with limited exposure to M$ and/or 
> too heavy on the look and feel for a tablet edition.  Rather 
> disappointing on first look....
>
> First boot wasn't too smooth either.  Likely issues with my dual XFX 
> 6800 GS (SLI) GPUs -- something that F12 had nailed right out of the 
> box!  I won't even go into the UI.  Couldn't even right-click to 
> change desktop properties (or did I miss something?)
>
> Sorry these comments aren't very technical but if first impressions 
> make lasting opinions...I have a very low opinion of Gnome3 after this 
> first look.  Hoping the development team gets it together for future 
> releases.
>
> RinL
Richard, yum install gnome-tweak-tool
Once installed run it crom the alt-f2 command prompt
Once running click on last tab there is only one option to turn on, go 
ahead and set it on and you have a more familiar desktop.


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