*Official Announcement:* Ubuntu Studio is switching to XFCE.

[Michael Dickson]

My understanding is you get something similar to the current interface.
The Gnome shell requires 3d support hence the need to have it.  But no
reason you cant use it if you dont like or are concerned about
performance of the new interface.

Mike

On Sat, 2011-05-14 at 17:43 -0400, Mike Holstein wrote:
> 
> 
> On Sat, May 14, 2011 at 5:34 PM, Michael Dickson
> <mike.dickson at rivendellnh.com> wrote:
>         If you don't like the new GNOME3 interface, can't you just
>         turn on
>         compatibility mode?  Switching to a whole new DE is a pretty
>         radical
>         change that's bound to have issues of its own.
>         
>         Mike 
>         
>         
>         
> i am interested in hearing about compatibility mode... what i am
> finding in google searches is a fallback compatibility mode in gnome3
> that supports hardware without 3d. im not seeing that there is a
> compatibility mode built in to gnome3 that = gnome2. like stated
> before, we are being forced to switch to something even if that switch
> is to gnome3.. does gnome3 compatibility mode = gnome2?
> 
> 
> thanks in advance for confirming this for us.
>         Sat, 2011-05-14 at 14:38 -0500, Scott Lavender wrote:
>         >
>         >
>         > On Sat, May 14, 2011 at 12:43 AM, aYo Binitie
>         <ayobinitie at gmail.com>
>         > wrote:
>         >         Why the change? I love gnome and its been great so
>         far
>         >         A
>         >
>         >
>         >         On 14 May 2011 06:24, "Ralf"
>         <ralf.mardorf at alice-dsl.net>
>         >         wrote:
>         >         > The wild enthusiasm when using XFCE IMO quickly
>         will switch
>         >         to
>         >         > disillusion. You should stay at GNOME.
>         >         >
>         >         > Anyway, XFCE is a good choice compared with
>         similar light
>         >         weighted
>         >         > environments, such as e.g. e17.
>         >         >
>         >         > What are the reasons to switch the WM/DE?
>         >         >
>         >         > There's a win for the performance etc. when using
>         Ion, a
>         >         frame based
>         >         > environment, but that causes issues regarding to
>         windows
>         >         opened by some
>         >         > apps. There's no noticeable win when using
>         Fluxbox, e17,
>         >         XFCE etc., but
>         >         > a lot of PITA.
>         >         >
>         >         > IMO GNOME is the best choice for a DAW.
>         >         >>
>         >         > 2 Cents,
>         >         >
>         >         > Ralf
>         >         >
>         >         >
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