Archive for the ‘Gnome’ tag
Gnome 3.0 and the new interface
Gnome 3.0 will be a disaster with Shell. KDE 4 caused many disgruntled users (including me, formerly a die-hard KDE fanboy) to switch to Gnome. People don’t like “different”.
I think Byfield is sort of wrong. I seriously doubt that the Shell was hard to install on purpose. But I do agree that, intentionally or not, it will end up with less users testing, which means an even bigger problem than KDE 4.
At the end of the day, most users (even techies like me) don’t want fancy interfaces. Compiz works because it adds both usability and features that don’t get in the way of normal, everyday work. It blends into your daily routine. Gnome Shell will change everything. Change isn’t always a good thing.
Why I moved to Gnome
I’ve been a KDE user basically since I started using Linux. The Qt toolkit’s default theme was much more visually appealing than GTK+, KDE’s purple and silver (remember back when there was no blue to speak of in Kubuntu?) was a nicer mix than Ubuntu’s orange and brown, and the KDE apps were pretty awesome. Despite this, I’m now sitting here in front of a clean Ubuntu Intrepid install.
Ronnie Tucker on switching to Gnome
The last KDEer at Full Circle Magazine has left, now that editor Ronnie Tucker has finally gone Gnome. Of course, the only KDEers to begin with were Ronnie and I, so it’s not that amazing. Still, if you’re a KDE user a little fed up with KDE 4 (like me), check out Ronnie’s blog post on why he switched to Gnome.
