Comment Re:I thought GNOME was like apple? (Score 1) 204
I could see this being the case for new users, because they wouldn't know any better. I'm glad some people like it, and hope it speeds adoption of desktop Linux.
However, as a person who was already productive with Gnome2, I found Gnome3 irritating. They took away a lot of options for window placement and menu arrangement.... and _I'm_ supposed to flush _my_ time down the toilet because someone decided this was a "better way". Thankfully, we're in Linux-land, so I'm not strictly beholden to their whims like the poor bastards that use windows and mac. I think MATE is the way forward, which is sad for me in some ways. Gnome3 should have been the one to take a the new name, because it was such a departure from the previous version. It's like going to your favorite dive-bar for your daily Ike-Turner, and discovering that they only serve mojitos from now on.
However, as a person who was already productive with Gnome2, I found Gnome3 irritating. They took away a lot of options for window placement and menu arrangement.... and _I'm_ supposed to flush _my_ time down the toilet because someone decided this was a "better way". Thankfully, we're in Linux-land, so I'm not strictly beholden to their whims like the poor bastards that use windows and mac. I think MATE is the way forward, which is sad for me in some ways. Gnome3 should have been the one to take a the new name, because it was such a departure from the previous version. It's like going to your favorite dive-bar for your daily Ike-Turner, and discovering that they only serve mojitos from now on.