GNOME 3.2 released

Posted Sep 30, 2011 5:02 UTC (Fri) by brouhaha (subscriber, #1698)
In reply to: GNOME 3.2 released by tetromino
Parent article: GNOME 3.2 released

I gave it a week before I gave up in disgust. It made everything I do more tedious. If it takes longer than that, I'll never acquire a taste for it. I maintain that I shouldn't *need* to acquire a taste for it.

Clearcase was another one of those software packages that I was told was great once you acquired a taste for it. I was forced to use it for more than a year. It started out awful, and the more time went on, the more awfulness I discovered in it.

I don't at all mind that new versions of software and new ways of doing things; sometimes the new ways work out well for me, and other times not. I do object when they take away the old ways entirely. Contrary to the claims that have been made, "fallback mode" is not equivalent to the GNOME 2 environment. It works a little better for me than the default GNOME 3 mode, but still reduces my productivity compared to GNOME 2.

GNOME 3.2 released

Posted Sep 30, 2011 11:53 UTC (Fri) by ovitters (guest, #27950) [Link] (3 responses)

I don't see the difference with fallback?

But if nobody uses it, we'll probably remove it in a future version. It does take quite some development resources to ensure it keeps working.

GNOME 3.2 released

Posted Sep 30, 2011 13:01 UTC (Fri) by vonbrand (subscriber, #4458) [Link] (1 responses)

I can't really give line and verse now, but when I updated my Fedora rawhide netbook to Gnome 3 for some reason 3D didn't work at first, the Gnome3-fallback was quite grating for Gnome2 accustomed fingers/brain.

GNOME 3.2 released

Posted Oct 2, 2011 22:56 UTC (Sun) by ovitters (guest, #27950) [Link]

There is work going on to make software rendering work. I initially thought it would be ready at the 3.2 stage, but guess it will take until 3.4 for it to be ready. As long as software rendering is not working, nothing will happen to fallback... (aside from determining if people use it)

GNOME 3.2 released

Posted Sep 30, 2011 15:53 UTC (Fri) by dashesy (guest, #74652) [Link]

I am using the fallback mode.
I first tried Gnome3 it felt like my smartphone which I like but not as much as a full desktop.
I tried LXDE spin but it was crashing just by changing the background, so I went back to the Gnome3 fallback mode.
I am using that everyday now, and I kind of am getting used to it.
I have not had time yet to try XFCE.