Linus on Gnome 3.2

Thomas Milne thomas.bruce.milne-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w at public.gmane.org
Fri Dec 2 20:34:39 UTC 2011


On Fri, Dec 2, 2011 at 11:19 AM, Giles Orr <gilesorr-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w at public.gmane.org> wrote:
> Last night Linus Torvalds posted this on Google+:
>
>     -----
>
> 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 don't know why he thinks the dock extension is useful. From what I
can see, it is simply a mirror of the application launch bar on the
left. And it doesn't even look as nice.
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