Linus on Gnome 3.2

[Thomas Milne]

On Fri, Dec 2, 2011 at 1:11 PM, Lennart Sorensen
<lsorense-1wCw9BSqJbv44Nm34jS7GywD8/FfD2ys at public.gmane.org> wrote:
> On Fri, Dec 02, 2011 at 11:19:57AM -0500, Giles Orr wrote:
>> Last night Linus Torvalds posted this on Google+:
>>
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>>
>> Hey, with gnome-tweak-tool and the dock extension, gnome-3.2 is
>> starting to look almost usable.
>>
>> Now I just hope those things become part of the standard gnome shell
>> setup and made available in the regular "system config" thing rather
>> than hidden off. Sure, make them default to off if you want that
>> "clean default", but make them easy to find and part of the standard
>> install.
>>
>> Or would that be too close to "Ok, we admit we were wong" and thus not
>> politically acceptable?
>>
>>      -----
>>
>> That's the full post.
>>
>> I've heard a lot of unkind things about Gnome 3.2, and Linus has been
>> one of its best known detractors.  Given that his opinions are based
>> on pragmatism rather than zealotry (Stallman anyone?), I'm always
>> interested in what he has to say.  It'll be interesting to see how
>> this plays out.
>
> I had gnome 3 pop up by default on a login on a new setup.  I gave up
> finding anything after 5 minutes and logged in with kde instead.
>
> Some ideas are just not that good and gnome 3 is one of them.
>

I have had exactly the same experience, but with KDE, so I think it is
more a matter of personal preference. KDE always seems like a
nightmare to make anything work the way I want it, and I find the look
of it kind of awkward. I hate the file chooser dialogue beyond
comprehension.

I only use maybe half a dozen apps on a regular basis, so maybe that
has something to do with it. I hate the KDE menu, I don't need even a
fraction of the applications.

Gnome 3 without the Tweak Tool would be infuriating for anyone with a
desire for a lot of personalization, but now that I have that working
I honestly don't see what's missing.
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