I'm under the impression Ubuntu Unity is based on gnome3, too. Compare the running processes, there is not much difference.

I guess Bradleys state was kind of normal for the army: SNAFU.

Yeah right XFCE: as slow as gnome, but all the useful stuff (configuring external displays, automounting) does not work.

Actually it was last year. http://www.netmarketshare.com/report.aspx?qprid=9&qpaf=&qpcustom=Linux&qptimeframe=M&qpsp=143&qpnp=13
You missed it.

I can't stand Windows 95 interfaces any longer.

Well, of course that doesn't mean Linus is wrong with his comments on Gnome.

Gnome 3 is great. I'm looking forward to the next release. I used Unity for two days and switched.

I'm certain the Gnome team will get most issues fixed soon, as did the KDE team with their 4.0 version.

Gnome is still heavily backed by Redhat, as Unity is by Ubuntu. And seriously, who do you think will write the better code?

You are using Windows without ever touching the command line, seriously?

Isn't Mint just a fork from Ubuntu with a few extra packages in the repository and a few homebrewn apps?

My guess is, people 'flock' to Mint, because Mint 11 is still on Gnome 2. Last time I checked Mint application version numbers were far behind Ubuntu.

I just want to go back to Debian unstable, but I'm soooo lazy.

you may use sudo -i as well.

Benchmarked:
* Nexuiz
* Open Arena
* Warsow
* World of Padman
* Urban Terror

I'd be interested in Wine performance: Word of Warcraft with OpenGL, borderless window mode in a dual monitor/twinview setup.

Compositing window managers are just a bad idea for anything besides office work:
* problems with gaming, even in fullscreen mode
* problems with hd video playback, tearing
* problems with suspend

First you can't assume something is named as *you* would expect it. More often than not operations are named by people who know what they are doing, but the people using the software only have a faint idea about their task. That's normal: as users search for the best/easiest way to accomplish a task they learn the vocabulary and methods of the specific field, thus becoming specialists themselves. Regarding documentation, take a look at GUI users, they have to read this GUI. It's basically a book, think formulary: You have to read every menu to "know" the software. Users take a spatial approach, remembering places to click on. This explains why nobody wants to use the "new" MS Office, they don't want to memorize the menus again. And to be honest, to really know a GUI you have to click them all and see how these menus and dialogs interact. Anyways, both systems have their strength.

You basically start an X server inside wayland and are done with it.

Actually my provider does: If I'd buy internet, phone and TV these would be three different vlans.