Re: Gnome 3: it's time to let go of the past

From	Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies>
Newsgroups	comp.misc
Subject	Re: Gnome 3: it's time to let go of the past
Date	2014-04-29 04:06 +0000
Organization	Miskatonic U
Message-ID	<slrnllu9a1.1rn9.g.kreme@amelia.local> (permalink)
References	<lirc49$t9k$1@solani.org> <slrnlljrsu.la8.g.kreme@amelia.local> <20140428151448.c6ee3468.rsw@therandymon.com>

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In message <20140428151448.c6ee3468.rsw@therandymon.com> 
  RS Wood <rsw@therandymon.com> wrote:
> On Fri, 25 Apr 2014 05:16:14 +0000 (UTC)
> Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> wrote:

>> In message <lirc49$t9k$1@solani.org> 
>>   RS Wood <rsw@therandymon.com> wrote:
>> > GNOME 3 has gotten lots of criticism from some users, but it's time to accept
>> > it for what it is and let go of the past.
>> 
>> Yes, an utter pile of crap.


> I happen to agree - I love 'new' or 'interesting' interfaces, but have
> so far avoided this one like a tornado full of syphilitic sharks.  So:

> Which interface would you recommend or do you enjoy on a daily basis,

I dislike all of the Linux windowing systems, but Gnome 2 is tolerable
for minutes at a time.

The only Unix GUI that is any good at all is OS X, but I really do most
of my work from the command line.

> and why?  I use KDE4 reluctantly, but my heart is still with KDE3,
> Windowmaker, and for almost all routine stuff now, the CLI.

Yet, one CLI to rule them all.

unzip, strip, touch, finger, grep, mount, fsck, more, yes, fsck, fsck,
fsck, umount, sleep

-- 
I wrote this song two hours before we met. I didn't know your name, or
what you looked like yet....

Thread

Gnome 3: it's time to let go of the past RS Wood  <rsw@therandymon.com> - 2014-04-18 14:16 +0000
  Re: Gnome 3: it's time to let go of the past Shadow <Sh@dow.br> - 2014-04-25 00:12 -0300
  Re: Gnome 3: it's time to let go of the past Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2014-04-25 05:16 +0000
    Re: Gnome 3: it's time to let go of the past RS Wood <rsw@therandymon.com> - 2014-04-28 15:14 +0000
      Re: Gnome 3: it's time to let go of the past Marko Rauhamaa <marko@pacujo.net> - 2014-04-28 18:19 +0300
        Re: Gnome 3: it's time to let go of the past Bob Eager <news0002@eager.cx> - 2014-04-28 16:51 +0000
        Re: Gnome 3: it's time to let go of the past Shadow <Sh@dow.br> - 2014-04-28 18:23 -0300
        Re: Gnome 3: it's time to let go of the past Mike Easter <MikeE@ster.invalid> - 2014-04-28 17:41 -0700
        Re: Gnome 3: it's time to let go of the past Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2014-04-29 04:07 +0000
          Re: Gnome 3: it's time to let go of the past Marko Rauhamaa <marko@pacujo.net> - 2014-04-29 07:25 +0300
            Re: Gnome 3: it's time to let go of the past despen@verizon.net (Dan.Espen) - 2014-04-29 10:15 -0400
              Re: Gnome 3: it's time to let go of the past RS Wood <rsw@therandymon.com> - 2014-04-29 17:25 +0000
                Re: Gnome 3: it's time to let go of the past despen@verizon.net (Dan.Espen) - 2014-04-29 15:51 -0400
                Re: Gnome 3: it's time to let go of the past Gordon Henderson <gordon+usenet@drogon.net> - 2014-04-30 09:30 +0000
                Re: Gnome 3: it's time to let go of the past despen@verizon.net (Dan.Espen) - 2014-04-30 10:13 -0400
                Re: Gnome 3: it's time to let go of the past Rich <rich@example.com> - 2014-04-30 20:26 +0000
                Re: Gnome 3: it's time to let go of the past despen@verizon.net (Dan.Espen) - 2014-04-30 22:33 -0400
                Re: Gnome 3: it's time to let go of the past Rich <rich@example.com> - 2014-05-01 02:52 +0000
                Re: Gnome 3: it's time to let go of the past Tim Watts <tw_usenet@dionic.net> - 2014-05-01 08:06 +0100
                Re: Gnome 3: it's time to let go of the past Johny B Good <johnny-b-good@invalid.ntlworld.com> - 2014-05-01 19:44 +0100
                Re: Gnome 3: it's time to let go of the past Andreas Karrer <ak-4a@gmx.ch> - 2014-05-01 09:23 +0000
                Re: Gnome 3: it's time to let go of the past Marko Rauhamaa <marko@pacujo.net> - 2014-05-01 16:38 +0300
                Re: Gnome 3: it's time to let go of the past despen@verizon.net (Dan.Espen) - 2014-05-01 12:26 -0400
      Re: Gnome 3: it's time to let go of the past Kara M'bola <maxupixu@in.val.it> - 2014-04-28 15:47 +0000
        Re: Gnome 3: it's time to let go of the past Mike Spencer <mds@bogus.nodomain.nowhere> - 2014-04-29 01:10 -0300
      Re: Gnome 3: it's time to let go of the past Huge <Huge@nowhere.much.invalid> - 2014-04-28 16:50 +0000
      Re: Gnome 3: it's time to let go of the past Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2014-04-29 04:06 +0000
        Re: Gnome 3: it's time to let go of the past Huge <Huge@nowhere.much.invalid> - 2014-04-30 21:19 +0000
          Re: Gnome 3: it's time to let go of the past Johny B Good <johnny-b-good@invalid.ntlworld.com> - 2014-05-01 19:54 +0100
      Re: Gnome 3: it's time to let go of the past Anssi Saari <as@sci.fi> - 2014-04-29 16:44 +0300
  Re: Gnome 3: it's time to let go of the past RS Wood <rsw@therandymon.com> - 2014-05-01 21:06 +0000
    Re: Gnome 3: it's time to let go of the past Roger Blake <rogblake@iname.invalid> - 2014-05-02 01:49 +0000

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