Gnome 3 came out a little while ago. Wikipedia says April 6th. ==>brian. Steven Trapp wrote: > Ron- > > When I heard what the chiefs were planning for Ubuntu 11.04 (i.e., Unity), I > dropped them like a rock. Since Ubuntu is a fork off from (they call it > *upstream* > and *downstream* these days) Debian, I converted to Debian. Debian is still > at Gnome2 currently. > > I'm writing because I thought Gnome3 wasn't officially released yet. How > did the > Fedorans get that?! > > What is your opinion on Gnome2 versus Gnome3--at the present time. That > is, is > Gnome3 kind of rough around the edges (not quite ready for prime time) > or is it > very ready. Is Gnome3 bloated? Would you rather run Gnome2 or (Gnome3 as it > is on Fedora)? > > [What I'd REALLY like to know is: > A) when does Gnome3 officially release? > B) length of time until it appears in an official Debian release. > C) how much speed and memory will a PCclone require for Debian with > Gnome3? (i.e., do I have to replace > my antiquated system?) > But then, *NOONE* knows THESE!!] > > Thank you very kindly in advance. > > So far, debian looks good. The load average drops to 0.00 when I don't > type in enough stuff. On Ubuntu-9.10?, > 10.04 and 10.10, it never dropped to below around 0.20--0.0 reminds me > of when I was working on > Solaris machines. (Do stuff--it spikes. Stop doing stuff--it drops to > 0.00. Life is good. This is how it should be!) > > Aloha. :) > -Steve > > On 04/28/2011 07:11 PM, r j wrote: >> After using Unity for a couple of hours it pales in comparison to >> gnome3 shell. >> 11.04 is getting better and unity may be your cup of tea. But not mine. >> At first I thought Gnome3 was a little clunky to operate. Then I >> started navigating Unity. >> With the apps that are avaible to down load the first app was grivin. >> So i downlod it and run the app. >> It loads then asked to install a workspace. I try to install a work >> space but it failes because there is no existing workspace files. it >> fails to create a new work space. >> And I think to my self, hmm this would be great for a new user to >> encounter. A non working app suggested as the first app to download. >> I think I will wipe the still ugly Ubuntu 1104 from my laptop. >> Fedora 15 beta wins over ubuntu today. >> ,Ron >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota >> tclug-list at mn-linux.org >> http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list >> > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota > tclug-list at mn-linux.org > http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list