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Coming to terms with Gnome 3

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http://ubuntuforums.org – I actually wrote this on my blog in April of 2012, but I still hold the same conviction in my opinions about Gnome3 and Unity. I have made my opinion on Unity/Gnome Shell known, and while my opinion may be contrary to others (and it is just that -- an OPINION), it does seem to be a fairly commonly held belief among users of GNOME who feel slighted by the transition to GNOME 3. And thus all of my criticisms of the "new" desktop still stand more than an entire release cycle later. Please read and comment back. Quote: Coming to terms with Gnome 3 Whil (Hardware)

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Submitted by colm on 12/18/2012

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I am sorry if this has been here, and if it has, will a mooooooderation please occur.

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[gnome] Missing Gnome.. 34 weeks 3 days ago

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When I select gnome, it logs me into UNITY O_o

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