From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([208.92.234.80] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1RUTFf-0001FR-Ef for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Sun, 27 Nov 2011 01:09:51 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 88BBC21C1EE; Sun, 27 Nov 2011 01:09:33 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-gy0-f181.google.com (mail-gy0-f181.google.com [209.85.160.181]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6782521C1BD for ; Sun, 27 Nov 2011 01:07:02 +0000 (UTC) Received: by ghrr13 with SMTP id r13so5760965ghr.40 for ; Sat, 26 Nov 2011 17:07:02 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=tH49sYHTtWaXewYvmWi0dXk9T2Kt4NRX2MRdkBJKWg4=; b=MHBGZj10nON/kXWxCrqREFkkrgsjMUq3VhsCoXWz6cA6Z2+9M0mmKPYgWLZ6Kusf5x 8z5THcoQTMG8S6w5oi4eyOgDfc95SJccz1lDXVHArGJzwLg/+cTbT1Wyuig5I4Qg1dIl 8YpeYYnX6Ld5H07q48r5uSePmgcl+2qxoz/lk= Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.182.188.34 with SMTP id fx2mr11352913obc.31.1322356021853; Sat, 26 Nov 2011 17:07:01 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.182.113.10 with HTTP; Sat, 26 Nov 2011 17:07:01 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: References: Date: Sat, 26 Nov 2011 17:07:01 -0800 Message-ID: Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] gnome 3 has landed From: Mark Knecht To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Archives-Salt: 6d3d4be5-f190-42a7-b316-930209e46d02 X-Archives-Hash: 53c4c3a06d734bcc31da381991354629 On Sat, Nov 26, 2011 at 12:07 PM, walt wrote: > Well, at least on ~x86 and ~amd64 gnome3 is the default now. =C2=A0I 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. =C2=A0(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. =C2=A0Click the Graphics icon and enable the > gnome-fallback setting to disable gnome-shell. =C2=A0Ah, 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