<div class="gmail_quote">On Sun, Nov 20, 2011 at 9:55 AM, Liam Proven <<a href="mailto:lproven@gmail.com">lproven@gmail.com</a>> wrote: <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;"> <div class="im">> If you hate Unity, you probably will not like gnome-shell either since > they aren't all that different. I can't decide which I like better; I'm > productive and happy using either. > > 3. The attempt to save gnome 2 with the MATE fork has many problems and > it will likely go the way of the Trinity Project that was supposed to > rescue KDE 3.5. I found the MATE version of Mint 12 RC unusable, and > Clem admits that it will likely have many problems even after the > official release. He doesn't sound all that happy about the whole MATE > business on his blog but is trying hard to accommodate the many people > who want a gnome 2 version of Mint. > > 4. Gnome 2 was abandoned by its developers because it was growing > unwieldy and hard to maintain. It is effectively dead. In less than 18 > months the last Ubuntu and Mint LTS versions which used gnome 2 will > fall off maintenance. Nothing new will be developed for gnome 2, and > applications aimed at gnome 3 will not work on it because of naming > conflicts. > > 5. Michael Jackson and gnome 2 are still dead, and pretty soon the > traditional desktop computer will be too for most users. Get over it. > Use XFCE, KDE or LXDE, all of which are old fashioned desktops during > the transition if you must: stop whining. </div>Excellent post, excellent comment. I wholeheartedly agree. </blockquote></div> +1 -- Two atoms are walking along. Suddenly, one stops. The other says, "What's wrong?" "I've lost an electron." "Are you sure?" "I'm positive!"