Re: [tlug] Gnome 3

[Ondrej Martinak <omartinak@example.com>]

On 12.5.2011 11:46, Ondrej Martinak wrote:
> On 12.5.2011 8:05, Christian Horn wrote:
> > On Thu, May 12, 2011 at 12:17:45PM +0900, Raedwolf Summoner wrote:
> > > Has anybody tried Gnome 3 yet? Any comments or warnings? 
> > > Likes/dislikes?
> > I was completely on WindowMaker the last 10 years, yet I use Gnome3 
> > on one of
> > my 3 most frequently used desktops since 3 months.  Its the first 
> > windowmanager
> > after WindowMaker that did stay so long; the workflow the Gnome devs 
> > had in
> > mind is not far away from what I found efficient.
> >
> > Looking at it with Gnome2 in mind its a big change thou, curious on 
> > how many
> > people will even just give Gnome3 a try and how many features will be 
> > ported
> > back from Gnome2 world to get more of the old behaviour.
> >
> > gnome-tweak-tool allows tuning of some things.
> >
> >
> > Christian
>
> Hey there,
>
> i was trying gnome3 on Archlinux lately so here are my two cents. I 
> should also mention that i normally use tiling wms so i'm probably 
> looking at gnome from different perspective than people using more 
> mouse centric window managers.
>
> Generally i'm very pleased with the new gnome - it's stable and it 
> doesn't get in your way too much. Controlling it with mouse is pretty 
> smooth meaning you can easily switch between open windows and virtual 
> desktops in a way that doesn't clutter your usual working screen with 
> unnecessary controls/widgets.
>
> You can also use the keyboard to switch applications or desktops but 
> this is pretty similar to gnome2 or other wms i think. You can start 
> applications by pressing the 'win' key (by default) and typing their 
> name which i use a lot.
>
> One thing i don't like is switching between multiple windows of the 
> same application - when you press 'alt+tab' you can switch between the 
> applications but to switch between different windows you need to 
> select the application, press 'down arrow' and then use 'left, right 
> arrows'. So its pretty uncomfortable to switch between multiple 
> terminals for example. Maybe there's a better way?
>
> Another thing i don't like is that the virtual desktops have to follow 
> each other. You don't have a preconfigured number of desktops to start 
> with as you start with one clean desktop and when you open something 
> there you will be given a new clean desktop following it. This is 
> somewhat annoying for me as i'm used to have certain applications on 
> certain desktops so i always know where to find them.
>
> The last thing is that i wasn't able to set a chat account that is 
> accessible in the top right corner but maybe i just didn't try hard 
> enough.
>
> So to sum it up gnome3 feels really smooth and comfortable for me and 
> it has all the necessary things i would expect from a desktop 
> environment. I think i like it the most compared to other DEs or mouse 
> centric wms - it has a nice combination of usefulness and eye candy. 
> But in the end i will definitely continue using a tiling window manager.
>
> cheers,
> ondra

Oh, and one more thing. Gnome3 uses PulseAudio which broke the sound in 
some of my applications when i'm not using gnome - meaning i'll have to 
configure the applications to use PulseAudio (which sounds like a pain 
in the ass) or come up with a different solution.

cheers,
ondra