[NCLUG] Fedora 17 Gnome 3

[Chris Ernst]

On 11/18/2012 11:50 PM, Bob Proulx wrote:
> Quent Johnson wrote:
>> N0WIQ wrote:
>>> I have been trying to make Gnome 3 as usuful as I nwas doing with Gnome
>>> 2.  The big thing I notice is the lack of panels that I could drop quick
>>> launch buttons in a drawer and keep them organized with different
>>> drawers.  I need a Gnome 3 user to mention how to do all the things with
>>> gnome 3 that I had been using with gnome 2.  I have installed
>>> gnome-tweak-tool and that went a long way toward making me happy with
>>> Gnome 3 but something is still lacking.
>>
>> This might not be the right answer for you, but my solution was to 
>> switch to KDE.
> 
> Of the window managers that I surveyed after the demise of GNOME 2 the
> two that were most like GNOME 2 were LXDE and XFCE.  Most people seem
> to be migrating from GNOME 2 to XFCE.  Most people who have moved from
> GNOME 2 to XFCE seem to be pretty happy with it.

Another option that is gaining popularity is MATE
(http://mate-desktop.org/).  It's literally just a continuation of the
Gnome 2 code base to keep it all up to date.  There is even work in
process to port it all it GTK+ 3.

So if you're a fan of Gnome 2 and haven't been satisfied with anything
else, you'll love MATE.

	- Chris