<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:small;color:rgb(51,51,255)">Yes I know... I HATE IT. Every time my mouse hits the edge my desktop flies away. It only makes sense if you're using a touch screen device AND I'M NOT. So.. bye bye gnome/unity/etc.. hello Cinnamon/KDE.<br>
</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:small;color:rgb(51,51,255)"><br></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br clear="all"><div><div dir="ltr"><div>-- JD Austin<br>Voice: 480.269.4335 (480 2MY Geek)<br>
<a href="mailto:jd@twingeckos.com" target="_blank">jd@twingeckos.com</a></div><br></div></div>
<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Jul 30, 2013 at 1:23 PM, Ed <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:plug@0x1b.com" target="_blank">plug@0x1b.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
<div class="HOEnZb"><div class="h5">On Tue, Jul 30, 2013 at 10:52 AM, JD Austin <<a href="mailto:jd@twingeckos.com">jd@twingeckos.com</a>> wrote:<br>
><br>
> On Tue, Jul 30, 2013 at 10:29 AM, Paul Mooring <<a href="mailto:paul@opscode.com">paul@opscode.com</a>> wrote:<br>
>><br>
>> That being said, you're right just switching distros for the desktop<br>
>> environment wouldn't make a whole lot of since, but things like apt (and<br>
>> it's overly opinionated packages) and upstart are too integral to the OS to<br>
>> make using alternatives not a huge pain.<br>
><br>
><br>
> I remember when I first switched from Slackware (everything complied from<br>
> source) to Redhat... all of their changes infuriated me; especially changes<br>
> to the boot process which resulted in a machine that wouldn't boot when I<br>
> rebuilt the kernel the 'Slackware way'. I eventually got used to Redhat's<br>
> way and have a love hate relationship with RPM/yum. I used Debian for a<br>
> long time too and liked apt-get over yum for a long time. Ubuntu's changes<br>
> are about as annoying to me as Redhat's were. Apt-get/yum are about<br>
> equivalent and both can get you into dependency hell but they work for the<br>
> most part.<br>
><br>
> I haven't liked the changes in Fedora with Gnome lately either... switched<br>
> my desktop to cinnamon instead. I want my start menu and virtual<br>
> desktops... I don't want a desktop that wants to be a tablet.<br>
><br>
> JD<br>
><br>
><br>
> -- JD Austin<br>
> Voice: 480.269.4335 (480 2MY Geek)<br>
> <a href="mailto:jd@twingeckos.com">jd@twingeckos.com</a><br>
><br>
<br>
</div></div>Hi JD - Fedora/Gnome3 has virtual desktops - wheel-o-fortune style.<br>
The menus just got their own desktop (The Activities Overview), they<br>
didn't go away. That said, the " ready for touch" parts of Gnome3 can<br>
be a PITA when mousing around, and the devs are definitely driving<br>
their own magic bus - but, if you hang in there you might notice how<br>
the whole desktop experience is compressed and your apps forced into<br>
the foreground.<br>
<br>
This really starts once you get the keyboard commands into muscle<br>
memory. One thing I did notice was a definite loss of overall,<br>
multi-Vdesktop context until I realized it was right there on The<br>
Activities Overview - that was right after I began launching apps via<br>
search. Press the meta/windows key, start to spell your app or it's<br>
function and it is there in your search results - if you did this<br>
before, it learns and sorts your app as the first one - just hit enter<br>
-> you and it open on a new virtual desktop (or you can direct it to<br>
open on a specific one if you wish) ready to go. meta,c,h,enter and<br>
chromium opens<br>
<br>
After some immersion therapy, as desktops go, Gnome3 really gets out<br>
of your way - almost as nice as i3<br>
<br>
Happy Hunting - Ed<br>
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