On Mon, 08 Jun 2015 07:55:21 +0200, Peter Boy wrote:
> Am 07.06.2015 um 22:28 schrieb Amadeus W.M.
<amadeus84(a)verizon.net>:
>
> Someone please enlighten me. What does the current workstation spin
> actually have to do with work?
>
> On a workstation one might want to do some development, C/C++, java,
> web,
> python, latex, modeling, engineering, whatever. One might want to have
> at least windows that come with minimization buttons already, to
> configure our own shortcuts. I mean, really, do I have to get/enable
> extensions just to get minimization/maximization buttons on my windows?
….
> I know this will be classified as a rant, and there will be those who
> say "why don't you do it?". I don't mean to be negative, I just
want to
> point out the need for an actual workstation spin, in the hope that
> someone in the steering committee would agree.
>
>
It might be qualified as rant, yes. That discussion is closed and in
some way lost for those who try to use Fedora for real productive work.
And „workstation“ is not a spin but a kind of „product“ or „edition“ in
contrast to server and cloud. You must not take it literally. „desktop“
might have been more appropriate
On the login screen you can switch to „Gnome Classic“ (the round symbol
besides the login button) which gives you a desktop better for real work
(the same as with the current enterprise line). With F22 the Classic
desktop is quite ok, again, and easier to use as having to configure all
that extension stuff by yourself.
At the end you may better switch to a „real“ spin, i.e. XFCE or KDE
desktop. In particular, XFCE has obviously benefited greatly from the
disappointment of Gnome 3 in recent years and has "grown up“. For me
it's really become usable. The Gnome community is a lost case.
I'm not talking about the desktop, choosing one or another is trivial.
I'm talking about install time. I installed F22 from the live iso
(the only available), and I had no choice of customizing what's being
installed. Maybe I missed something or maybe I chose the wrong install
source.