Thread: Gnome Shell -- anyone try it?

This article makes it clear that it's still pre-beta, but also that it sounds pretty cool. http://maketecheasier.com/gnom...vironment/2009/09/09 My time spent trying KDE 4 convinced me that kwin did some neat things and KDE4 is pretty -- but at that time it was beyond my level of experience or desired frustration to get it all working like I wanted. (This is nothing against KDE4, it wasn't awful, just not for me yet -- I haven't...

Gnome shell stuff is part of the push for 'Gnome 3.0' which should be out in beta form about mid-next year. Basically the idea is to clean up Gnome dependencies by allowing a break in the API/ABI (nothing like KDE4 though), introduce a updated user interface, and integrate more internet services. Something like that. The fancy stuff that you see with things like Maemo and Moblin are Gnome 3.0-type things. Some interesting things:...

quote: Originally posted by resedit: This is in jaunty. I'm running Shiretoko in place of firefox, maybe that's way. Either way, I'll figure it out. I'm running Shiretoko on jaunty too but had no issues with it. Aside from a laundry list of dependencies, that is.

quote: Originally posted by Derek Wildstar: So can one of you gurus tell me how to uninstall it? I've never installed anything using the methods in the article before and don't really know what to do to get rid of it. It's not hurting anything I suppose, but at some point I'm going to want to uninstall. It seems to be a typical source install in your home directory (unless maybe you deviated from instructions and ran the...

No, although it has Gnome-Do like functionality built into it.

The screenshots make the whole thing look terrible to me. The entire premise of it rubs me the wrong way. If that is really what is coming next, I may dump Gnome.

Not my cup of tea. Isn't this like GNOME + Do on steroids?