Re: is anyone here using the new ubuntu, 11.10?

On Fri, 2011-11-11 at 08:36 +0000, Robin Paulson wrote:
> i'm having a few issues with the new UI. i wasn't impressed at all with 
>  unity, so i switched to gnome, which is now v3.
> 
>  it's different enough to v2 to be annoying, and i can't figure out how 
>  to change things - searching the web hasn't helped either. perhaps 
>  someone can help?
> 
>  is there a way to make the top and bottom panels autohide? there's no 
>  right-click menu anymore
> 
>  and how do i get back the 'system' menu?
> 
>  any clues on how to add launchers to the top panel as well?
> 
>  how do i get rid of the workspace switcher?
> 
>  any other suggestions to make v3 more like v2?

 I went through the transition when Fedora moved to Gnome 3 in Fedora
15, and found a lot of things didn't work the same - some still not
fixed in Fedora 16 either, like lack of option to set Terminal to open
using the "Open Terminal" keybind (you have to manually set some keys
via CLI)

 My first suggestion - stop hoping GNOME 3 is GNOME 2. It's not, and it
won't ever be. You can try Linux Mint or move to XFCE, if that is an
issue - as many appear to have done. Heck some people even started using
KDE.

 People use a Mac then try to make it work like Windows, and vice versa,
and we all know how useful that time sink is.

 By the 'System menu', I assume you mean the administrative tools.
A number of them have been deprecated, and yet to be replaced. GNOME is
simplifying the controls a user sees, and moving a lot more into the
config via CLI. The controls they are adding tend to have less options
in the UI, more options to tweak via DConf etc.

Launchers get added on the left-side dock "Favourites" (you can
right-click application icons to do certain things), otherwise you need
an extension. Most things added to, or changed on, the top and bottom
bar are done via extensions.
 They're all written using the GJS javascript, which I have heard isn't
so different, but you need a good read of documentation to tweak the
right components in the UI.
 
 NOTE: Extensions for GNOME Shell can adversely affect the GNOME Shell
performance, especially buggy extensions causing CPU to race away.

 Overall, I don't use GNOME 3 on a tablet or touchpad, and I find it
works fine once I have been using it for a while, and adjusted to how it
is intended to work.

 My biggest complaint was, and still is, the default theme looks damn
ugly, takes up too much space. I recommend people try Zukitwo theme ;)

 Also, try Fedora 16 LiveCD with the new GNOME 3.2 as it has some
updates and tweaks, that I am not sure Ubuntu has properly carried,
since they concentrate on Unity.

 cheers,
 Dagan


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