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On 07/11/2012 09:30 PM, david wrote:

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> On 07/11/2012 09:25 AM, Folderol wrote:

>> On Wed, 11 Jul 2012 19:18:09 +0200

>> Ralf Mardorf  wrote:

>>

>>>

>>>> So now I'm running Gnome Classic (no effects).

>>>

>>> You're aware that GNOME Classic soon or later will be dropped? Last time

>>> I tested GNOME3 IIRC "Classic" had another name and needed more

>>> resources than GNOME2.

>>>

>>> I switched to Xfce, for older installs it's a good replacement for

>>> GNOME2, for new installs Xfce and GNOME apps won't work together, since

>>> font and background colors sometimes are painful, LXDE might be the

>>> better choice nowadays.

>>>

>>> YMMV!

>>> Ralf

>>

>> Personally I think Gnome jumped the shark years ago with their 'we

>> know best'

>> attitude. These days I use a simplified debian install, with openbox

>> as both

>> the window and session manager. Apart from a few gtk based apps, I

>> don't touch

>> Gnome at all.

>

> I'm firmly convinced that the GNOME design team begins every session

> with the question, "What more functionality can we remove from users

> today?" Eventually, the GNOME UI will consist of a single button in the

> middle of the screen reading, "Shutdown computer". ;-)

>

.. which will only appear if you hold down ALT.

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