GNOME Panel dropped in 11.10

[Jeremy Bicha]

On 04/05/11 22:52, Francis Bolduc wrote:
> Then, I started reading about Unity on the web. I found out that in
> the next version of Ubuntu, the "Ubuntu Classic" session will be
> dropped, leaving me with a choice between Unity and GNOME 3. Not
> knowing what GNOME 3 was, I decided to try it that same day. To my
> dismay, I realized that GNOME 3 comes with GNOME Shell and it suffers
> from the same flaws as Unity (those listed above). Finally, I was
> shocked to learn that GNOME 3 will not include the GNOME Panel I like
> so much.

Francis, there are a lot of misconceptions around Ubuntu and Gnome 3.
Ubuntu 11.04 will be built on Gnome 3 which is simply a major update to
Gnome 2. Gnome Shell is the frontend to Gnome 3 and will not be on
11.04's CD but will be in the repository. You can use Gnome 3 without
using Gnome Shell; Gnome includes things like the Nautilus file manger,
gEdit text editor, Gnome Terminal, Yelp help browser, etc.

Gnome Panel 3 will also be in the repository as it used upstream as
Gnome 3's Fallback mode for those without suitable graphics devices or
drivers. Gnome Panel 3 is not the same as Gnome Panel 2 as Gnome would
like to have it resemble Gnome Shell more but it is clearly a Gnome
Panel and not Gnome Shell. In other words, Unity 2D looks a lot more
like Unity than Gnome Panel looks like Gnome Shell. I have Gnome Panel 3
on my Ubuntu development computer now.

It is true that only Unity and Unity 2D (or alternately named Ubuntu and
Ubuntu 2D) will be on Ubuntu 11.04's install CD.

Also, it's not too difficult to set the Unity Launcher to neverhide. My
wife uses this mode and then it's easy to see at a glance which programs
are running (white triangles next to them). Unity actually is
customizable, perhaps not to the extent that power users like. I'm
hoping that a simple user-friendly tool will be available in 11.04 to
change the settings without needing to dig around CCSM or dconf-editor.

Jeremy Bicha

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