[Cialug] The Linux Desktop and Window Managers - when is too much?

[Hawkins]

Aaron,

I liked gnome2 and used it almost exclusively until Fedora shifted to 
gnome3.

I hated Gnome 3. At first I figured that I did not like it because it 
was new and it would just take time to get used to it.

But after being frustrated with gnome in Fedora 15 for quite a while, I 
installed 16 in the hope things would get better. I have come to the 
conclusion that it is application centric, instead of task centric.

I can do everything with it that I used to do with Gnome 2.x but 
everything is more work. I don't run one app at a time with it on full 
screen. I almost never go full screen. I typically have 2 or 3 terminals 
open and a browser with about three tabs, all on one large flat screen 
monitor purchased to make this comfortable.

Every task under gnome3 involves extra steps, ie resizing, extra clicks 
to drill down to start the app. And to top it off they took away the 
desktop, and added a useless screen on top of everything to add another 
step just to get started. And they make you do that one extra step over 
and over. Arrrrrrrgh!

I shifted to Mint w/cinnamon.

Steve

On 7/25/13 1:33 AM, aaron wrote:
> I'm a web front-end designer, code geek at heart. So naturally I
> gravitated towards Linux and the openness of the code. One thing I've
> always found baffling with Linux, is the amount of Window Manger's as a
> whole. Personally I like the traditional set-up (Mate and/or Cinnamon),
> but the gloss of Gnome 3 and KDE 4.x have fancied me greatly.
>
> My question to the group is, When is too much? Can there be too much?
> Personally I think a more unified WM across all distros will help
> greatly bring Linux more in focus of the mass user base. What are
> everyones thoughts on Window managers and as desktop users, system
> admins and such, how does this mass cluster of varies WM's effect your
> work, does it effect your work?
>
> Ponder, respond!
>


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