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. -- JD Austin Voice: 480.269.4335 (480 2MY Geek) jd@twingeckos.com On Tue, Jul 30, 2013 at 1:23 PM, Ed wrote: > On Tue, Jul 30, 2013 at 10:52 AM, JD Austin wrote: > > > > On Tue, Jul 30, 2013 at 10:29 AM, Paul Mooring wrote: > >> > >> That being said, you're right just switching distros for the desktop > >> environment wouldn't make a whole lot of since, but things like apt (and > >> it's overly opinionated packages) and upstart are too integral to the > OS to > >> make using alternatives not a huge pain. > > > > > > I remember when I first switched from Slackware (everything complied from > > source) to Redhat... all of their changes infuriated me; especially > changes > > to the boot process which resulted in a machine that wouldn't boot when I > > rebuilt the kernel the 'Slackware way'. I eventually got used to > Redhat's > > way and have a love hate relationship with RPM/yum. I used Debian for a > > long time too and liked apt-get over yum for a long time. Ubuntu's > changes > > are about as annoying to me as Redhat's were. Apt-get/yum are about > > equivalent and both can get you into dependency hell but they work for > the > > most part. > > > > I haven't liked the changes in Fedora with Gnome lately either... > switched > > my desktop to cinnamon instead. I want my start menu and virtual > > desktops... I don't want a desktop that wants to be a tablet. > > > > JD > > > > > > -- JD Austin > > Voice: 480.269.4335 (480 2MY Geek) > > jd@twingeckos.com > > > > Hi JD - Fedora/Gnome3 has virtual desktops - wheel-o-fortune style. > The menus just got their own desktop (The Activities Overview), they > didn't go away. That said, the " ready for touch" parts of Gnome3 can > be a PITA when mousing around, and the devs are definitely driving > their own magic bus - but, if you hang in there you might notice how > the whole desktop experience is compressed and your apps forced into > the foreground. > > This really starts once you get the keyboard commands into muscle > memory. One thing I did notice was a definite loss of overall, > multi-Vdesktop context until I realized it was right there on The > Activities Overview - that was right after I began launching apps via > search. Press the meta/windows key, start to spell your app or it's > function and it is there in your search results - if you did this > before, it learns and sorts your app as the first one - just hit enter > -> you and it open on a new virtual desktop (or you can direct it to > open on a specific one if you wish) ready to go. meta,c,h,enter and > chromium opens > > After some immersion therapy, as desktops go, Gnome3 really gets out > of your way - almost as nice as i3 > > Happy Hunting - Ed > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >