Yes I know, people complain about GNOME 3 -- if you think this is just going to be like every other thread complaining that "GNOME 3 sucks", go away. This is my rant and I don't care what you think.
No for -my- rant. I CAN'T TAKE IT ANYMORE !!! GNOME 3 SUCKS.
Ok, now that I have that done with, I would like to tell just why I think GNOME 3 sucks.
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With Gnome 2 no longer an option we lost one of the most important upstream components our Linux Mint desktop was based on. Our entire focus shifted from innovating on the desktop, to patching existing alternatives such as Gnome Shell.
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With Gnome 2 no longer an option we lost one of the most important upstream components our Linux Mint desktop was based on. Our entire focus shifted from innovating on the desktop, to patching existing alternatives such as Gnome Shell.
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GNOME 2.28.2 Stable Release
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This is the last update to GNOME 2.28. It contains many fixes for
important bugs that directly affect our users, documentation updates
and also a large number of updated translations.
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GNOME 2.26.2 Stable Release
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This is the second update to GNOME 2.26. It contains many fixes for
important bugs that directly affect our users, documentation updates
and also a large number of updated translations. Many thanks to all
the contributors who worked hard on delivering those changes in time.
We hope it will help people feel better in their daily use of computers!
The next stable version of GNOME will be GNOME 2.26.3, which is due on
July 1st.
MATE, the open-source desktop environment whose name no one is sure how to pronounce, is now nearly a year old. Many of us never thought it would make it this far, but the interface has held own against competitors like Unity and GNOME Shell. But does MATE have a long-term future in the fast-evolving world of desktop Linux?
Introducing Cinnamon
With Gnome 2 no longer an option we lost one of the most important upstream components our Linux Mint desktop was based on. Our entire focus shifted from innovating on the desktop, to patching existing alternatives such as Gnome Shell.
The development team behind the MATE desktop environment proudly announces that the stable 1.6 version of the popular project is now available for download and upgrade.
MATE 1.6 is a fork of GNOME 2, providing a traditional desktop environment for Linux operating systems and low-end machines.
Highlights of MATE 1.6:
• Support for systemd-logind in mate-session-manager, mate-screensaver and
It’s already been well over a year since the initial release of Gnome 3, and the world of Linux desktop environments has dramatically changed since then.
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