On 04/17/2011 04:11 PM, James McKenzie wrote:
BTW, you can change the front door on your Linux system
...and that's exactly what I've done. Both my laptop and my desktop are
now running XFCE instead of Gnome because I don't like the direction
Gnome is taking. If the Gnome Shell were optional, and the type of UI
that's been part of Gnome for years were still part of Gnome 3 for those
of us who prefer it, I'd never have considered changing. As it is, not
only have I jumped ship, I'm suggesting that all of my friends who use
Gnome take a look at XFCE in case they end up feeling the way I do.
(From what I can see, the Gnome Shell is designed to appeal to young
computer users who've always used a GUI and want the Latest and
Greatest, partially *because it's the Latest and Greatest. Most of the
computer users I know personally grew out of that mindset decades ago,
meaning that we're not part of the target demographic.)