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10 things I've grown to love about GNOME 3

As I require many documents open to do my work efficiently, I built myself a multi-screen PC when the other one all but died. Eyefinity cards weren't available, so I have twin nvidia cards with xinerama. Guess who can't use Gnome3? Of course, I realise that multi-card setups are not the majority, but still, they went really quickly on this without thinking that multi-card video setups wouldn't work. By the way, I have 4 screens, and twinview doesn't help as the name implies.

Gnome3 just left me behind, because the change was made before a proper replacement was made for xinerama. Of course, wayland may change this, but for the time being, Gnome3 is out, fallback mode feels defective, and there is no real solution in existence.

So although I would like gnome3 on my desktop, I can't run it. Odly enough, my laptop runs it fine with nothing more than a meager Intel video chip, but then, it has only one screen.

I really hope they know something I don't about the future of compositing with multi-card setup, because if all desktops did like gnome, I'd switch back to Windows full time.

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A year or so back, Mandriva packaged a gnome-shell preview. It was rough, but worked well enough to reveal where the team was going with gnome 3. I loved it. I told anyone who would listen that this is really a revolution in how one approaches a computer. It was like I was seeing a computer for the first time, in some ways.

I think gnome 3 will really shine on touchscreen systems. I'd buy the first tablet to run gnome 3 in a heartbeat, regardless of what OS it's sporting.

I also have to admit that using gnome 3 is quite a bit of fun. Enjoying the use of your computer is important, not essential to getting a given job done, but definitely a bonus if you look forward to using the desktop.

Can't stand the Gnome 3.. or Unity approach. I can see where either might work for a touchscreen or portable, but it just doesn't make sense on a desktop, for me. I'm Old School, I guess, and coming from windows, I like my quick launch-style bar, my application launcher and dropdown menus for navigating the file system without having to open a file explorer. I also appreciate a cluttered system tray with a ton of things in it, no hovering on anything to see what you want. I customize my desktops, anyway (I never see the desktop itself, so no icons there) but typically have a system tray and a toolbar showing (to the right, I don't understand why anything would be on the LEFT.)
But hey, that's the thing with Linux... don't like something, change it!

I don't know if it can be easily configured, I am not an expert, but I would like to use the keyboard when I am in the pager.
I mean, I press Alt-F1 and want to move with TAB or ALT-TAB or whatever through the windows and press Enter to jump the window I want or favorites. Instead, I must use the mouse, and it is annoying.

I think it should allow you to do everything with the keyboard or use the mouse if you want to. Is it something missing for the moment or it will be that way? Or I am wrong and it is possible to change it?
Regards,
Manu

Hands down, this is best desktop experience I have ever had.

I started with Unity on ubuntu 11.04, crashed it within 5 mins after installation, moved to Gnome3, and never planning to look anywhr else.

I have some issues though,

1. http://www.quora.com/GNOME/How-do-I-put-Google-before-Wikipedia-in-GNOME-3-integrated-search

2. http://www.quora.com/GNOME/How-can-I-make-an-application-sticky-on-the-top-panel-of-GNOME-3-taskbar

3. I cant find hibernate.

These are but minor issues, for which the solution is just around the corner.

Though, I hope the unity/gnome battle ends and ubuntu users get a *CHOICE* of desktop when upgrading.

One of the issues that GNOME future versions may work on is similarity to other OSes. I dont know if everyone finds this important. But I want my parents to be able to use my machine just as well as thr old (read windows) desktop. Everything invisible (hidden) from plain view may make it difficult for new-comers to adapt to it. Thr shud be clear way for them to proceed, even if they are new to the OS.

Wanted to know ur opinion Jack for long time. KUDOS, it matches mine.

Being a patient reader I rarely skip an article like this after reading a small portion of it.
Minimalism?! excuse me? In Gnome 2 I could click on my small icons on the toolbar on the screen and I had the application running. Now have to click - travel to other side of the screen - click blah blah blah. What exactly minimalism is, is what you seriously need to ask yourself.

Most elegant desk top UI I have ever used.