Alternatives to Unity

[Liam Proven]

On 8 December 2012 21:22, Johnny Rosenberg <gurus.knugum at gmail.com> wrote:
> 2012/12/8 Liam Proven <lproven at gmail.com>:
>> On 8 December 2012 19:04, Johnny Rosenberg <gurus.knugum at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> Why did they do that…?
>>
>> Which part?
>
> I guess I should have snipped out some text. I'll try again:
>
>> Explanation: the GNOME project has trimmed so many
>> features from Nautilus in GNOME 3.4…
>
> Why did they do that…?

OIC.

Well, the GNOME project is still developing GNOME 3 actively and
pushing in new directions, and part of this is a desire to simplify it
and remove things.

3 features that have been removed from Nautilus are compact view, type
ahead find and split panes. I must admit, personally, I never used any
of these, but many people have been really angry about their removal.

See:
http://blogs.gnome.org/mccann/2012/08/01/cross-cut/

And:
http://www.h-online.com/open/news/item/Linux-Mint-team-forks-Nautilus-1660545.html

http://www.zdnet.com/linux-mint-developers-work-on-gnome-file-manager-fork-7000002232/

http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2012/08/ubuntu-12-10-may-ship-with-older-but-more-featured-nautilus

There is also a new file manager called Marlin which Ubuntu might go
with in future:
http://www.iloveubuntu.net/latest-nautilus-and-marlin-side-side-comparison

Marlin is part of the Elementary project, a quite bold new distro:
http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2010/11/nautilus-elementary-is-dead-marlin-file-browser

I have not yet looked at Elemenary but I like some of their ideas a
lot. It seems a bold new OS, based on Ubuntu plus Gtk3 and GNOME
technologies, but their own strong ideas about simplicity, cleanliness
and a healthy dollop of Mac-derived inspiration. It could grow into
something great.
http://elementaryos.org/


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