Linus Torvalds Ditches GNOME 3 For Xfce

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Linus Torvalds Ditches GNOME 3 For Xfce 835

Posted by samzenpus on Wednesday August 03, 2011 @10:00PM from the what-else-don't-you-like? dept.

kai_hiwatari writes "In Google+, Torvalds criticized the direction that GNOME has taken with GNOME 3. He called GNOME 3 an 'unholy mess' and said that the user experience is unacceptable, adding that because of GNOME 3, he has ditched GNOME for Xfce. He said that Xfce is a step down from GNOME 2 — but a huge step up from GNOME 3."

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Re:Change for the sake of change? (Score:5, Funny)

by lejerdemayn ( 823082 ) writes: on Wednesday August 03, 2011 @10:28PM (#36980844)

pretty obvious: he will write his own Desktop Environment. after the linux kernel and git, 'lo and behold: the BASTARD!

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Re:Change for the sake of change? (Score:5, Funny)

by DMalic ( 1118167 ) writes: on Wednesday August 03, 2011 @11:09PM (#36981166)

no, OSX is a plugin for iTunes

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by soloport ( 312487 ) writes: on Thursday August 04, 2011 @12:29AM (#36981752) Homepage

New study out shows a distinct correlation between desktop preference and IQ.

Preemptive: Looks as though it might have been a hoax.

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Re:Good idea (Score:4, Funny)

by arth1 ( 260657 ) writes: on Thursday August 04, 2011 @12:39AM (#36981802) Homepage Journal

Yeah let's just have everything stagnate and stay the same forever because poor lusers can't figure out the button moved 100 pixels and has a different icon. Wah wah wah.
What icon? You obviously haven't tried Gnome 3.
Since this is /. ...
Gnome 3 is like re-inventing the car - with no confusing dials on the dashboard, a rear view mirror that pops up when you lean to the left, and the gear shift in the glove box.
Vroom!

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Re:Change for the sake of change? (Score:4, Funny)

by flimflammer ( 956759 ) writes: on Thursday August 04, 2011 @02:15AM (#36982348)

You: "Yes."

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