GNOME 3.8 to drop fallback mode [LWN.net]

GNOME 3.8 to drop fallback mode

Posted Nov 9, 2012 22:32 UTC (Fri) by vonbrand (guest, #4458)
In reply to: GNOME 3.8 to drop fallback mode by dskoll
Parent article: GNOME 3.8 to drop fallback mode

Your second point (again, just like in Gnome 1 --> 2) should read "Some technically-savvy people dislike GNOME 3 and are able to switch to XFCE, KDE, or whatever. I'm in this camp, complain loudly on LWN and $ELSEWHERE, and will quietly switch back to Gnome once I get bored with $REPLACEMENT." (Yes, Linus famously decreed Gnome 2 was useless junk when it came out. Now he complains Gnome 3 is different...).

GNOME 3.8 to drop fallback mode

Posted Nov 10, 2012 1:48 UTC (Sat) by dskoll (subscriber, #1630) [Link] (1 responses)

and will quietly switch back to Gnome once I get bored with $REPLACEMENT

Very unlikely. I've been a dedicated XFCE user for many years and see no reason to abandon it.

I'm not complaining about GNOME 3 for my own sake... I don't use it. However, it's going to be wrenching for my users (I'll probably switch them to XFCE instead) and I believe it will drive quite a few people away from Linux altogether.

GNOME 3.8 to drop fallback mode

Posted Nov 22, 2012 16:30 UTC (Thu) by TRauMa (guest, #16483) [Link]

Also, the sky is falling.