On Fri, May 13, 2011 at 12:55, <alan(a)clueserver.org> wrote:
The networking came up as IPv6 *only*. My router does not do IPv6 and
my
ISP (Qwest) does not know when their network ever will. In order to get it
to work I had to hack files in /etc/sysconfig and use dhclient to get an
address since the Network Manager applet is dumbed down to absolute
worthlessness. (More on that later.) The networking problems seem to have
been fixed, but there were far too many of them. (Having no default route
for fixed IP addresses was a pain.)
Something seems seriously wrong here but I suspect that you would have
been able to fix it by just launching the Network Connections program
which is in the default install. This is the nm-connection-editor that
you already know and love. It's in the default applications list. This
is the first report I can recall of this type, though, so it's likely
something specific to your setup. Details would help.
Gnome screen saver's config panel is no where to
be found.
Right, DPMS (in "Screen" capplet) + lock status screen makes a lot
more sense from a power-saving perspective and use-case perspective.
To switch the desktop with a mouse now takes 2-3 clicks where it
used to take one.
We suspected that power users would use the CTRL-ALT-ARROW key combo.
The mouse to workspaces behavior is a function of solving the
long-standing "where did all my windows go after I clicked this
arbitrary part of the panel?" problem and also to make it an
intuitively discoverable feature for new users.
There are no applets to be found.
Yes, and there will not be any allowed unless they are provided via a
user-installed extension. We do not want third-party applications
putting stuff in the panel. The top panel is a safe harbor, now.
The desktop is bare,
Right, the "icons behind a bunch of overlapping windows" paradigm was
painful; we can and will do better with the finding-and-reminding work
scheduled for 3.2.
unless you use an the Gtweakui program to hack it. (Which most users
will
not ever know about since it is not installed by default.)
Right, because a power user tweak program is a bad thing to present to
new users on a default install.
The option to
use the "classic style" is a lie. It is still Gnome 3, but with a
kinda-sorta Gnome 2 look. (With all the above still missing.)
Did you try Alt-right-clicking on the Fallback Mode panel? I suspect
that you'll find that it's almost entirely like GNOME 2.x.