From: Mark Knecht <markknecht@gmail.com>
To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] gnome 3 has landed
Date: Sat, 26 Nov 2011 17:07:01 -0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <CAK2H+ef32a0EhS5ANtcDWnaG9wxmbP1+oVZYkXhBmhVWVHpAcw@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <jargu9$g1m$1@dough.gmane.org>
On Sat, Nov 26, 2011 at 12:07 PM, walt <w41ter@gmail.com> wrote:
> Well, at least on ~x86 and ~amd64 gnome3 is the default now. I have
> mixed feelings about gnome3, so I let gentoo install it on a VirtualBox
> VM to start with and I'll think about updating my real machines later.
>
> The new gnome-shell is the controversial piece of gnome3 and (so far)
> I find it counterproductive.
>
> I googled how to disable the gnome-shell and get my gnome-panel back,
> along with the panel applets that I refuse to give up. (The gnome-
> shell replaces the gnome-panel, so there is nowhere to run the old
> applets.)
>
> If you want to disable gnome-shell you can do it with the System Info
> function in System Settings. Click the Graphics icon and enable the
> gnome-fallback setting to disable gnome-shell. Ah, much better :)
Slashdot today had an announcement of a Linux Mint 12 release which
notably had comments about something called Mint Gnome Shell
Extensions which supposedly lets them use Gnome 3 with a 'Gnome 2-Like
Experience'. (How's that for marketing?!?)
Maybe there's something there that could help you?
Cheers,
Mark
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2011-11-27 1:09 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 12+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2011-11-26 20:07 [gentoo-user] gnome 3 has landed walt
2011-11-26 20:45 ` Vishnupradeep
2011-11-26 21:05 ` [gentoo-user] " Remy Blank
2011-11-26 22:37 ` [gentoo-user] " covici
2011-11-26 21:56 ` Stefan G. Weichinger
2011-11-26 22:11 ` Stefan G. Weichinger
2011-11-26 23:36 ` [gentoo-user] " walt
2011-11-28 18:05 ` [gentoo-user] " Stefan G. Weichinger
2011-11-28 21:48 ` Frank Steinmetzger
2011-11-28 23:56 ` Allan Gottlieb
2011-11-27 1:07 ` Mark Knecht [this message]
2011-11-27 11:49 ` Lorenzo Bandieri
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