[ from the how-it-is dept. ]
Note that GNOME 2 is new and under development, bear this in mind when reading my comments below.
First impressions seem to matter more and more these days, GNOME 2 is no exception. My first impression was that it’s an unworkable piece of shit. This is a shame as I have been a die hard fan for a number of years. Read more…
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After having to fix a broken ppc package so that it actually installed on my box (ok so only one package is actually broken, but it fscks everything else), I noticed things go downhill. Enlightenment is my window manager of choice, but it apparently isn’t “compliant” and so has a few minor issues. So I’ve switched to sawfish as a temporary measure (I don’t like it, I’ve lost my transparent effects, etc.). asclock is not in the new panel-applets and I can’t build the old one – is that a Debian thing (I hope not), or a GNOME one?
Aside from broken Debian packages (nothing new there), the environment does not feel polished, has issues and I’m not really sure what to say yet. It’s not quite enough to push people towards KDE though I do think they’re doing quite a good job at getting that effect unless something changes.
I’m annoyed with GNOME 2, stick with GNOME 1 until 2 is much better.
Jon.