Re: [gentoo-user] gnome 3 has landed

2011-11-28 Thread Allan Gottlieb
On Mon, Nov 28 2011, Frank Steinmetzger wrote: > Though I don’t use either Gnome version, I believe that we are quite safe with > Gentoo for a while longer, as compared with most other distros out there. At > least that is what I remember from my KDE experience; (almost) all distros > jumped on th

Re: [gentoo-user] gnome 3 has landed

2011-11-28 Thread Frank Steinmetzger
On Sat, Nov 26, 2011 at 11:11:27PM +0100, Stefan G. Weichinger wrote: > Right now I use some package.mask-list from a posting in the > gentoo-forums I'd be happy if the maintainers would provide us with > a way to easily chose to stay w/ long list of packages to mask). > > Stefan > Though

Re: [gentoo-user] gnome 3 has landed

2011-11-28 Thread Stefan G. Weichinger
Am 26.11.2011 23:11, schrieb Stefan G. Weichinger: > Am 2011-11-26 22:56, schrieb Stefan G. Weichinger: > >> Let me get this straight: if I want to somehow stay in the world of >> gnome-2.32 (panels, desktop, etc) I could simply avoid masking any of >> the new stuff and use the mentioned gnome-fal

Re: [gentoo-user] gnome 3 has landed

2011-11-27 Thread Lorenzo Bandieri
>> I googled how to disable the gnome-shell and get my gnome-panel back, >> along with the panel applets that I refuse to give up.  (The gnome- >> shell replaces the gnome-panel, so there is nowhere to run the old >> applets.) >> >> If you want to disable gnome-shell you can do it with the System I

Re: [gentoo-user] gnome 3 has landed

2011-11-26 Thread Mark Knecht
On Sat, Nov 26, 2011 at 12:07 PM, walt wrote: > Well, at least on ~x86 and ~amd64 gnome3 is the default now.  I have > mixed feelings about gnome3, so I let gentoo install it on a VirtualBox > VM to start with and I'll think about updating my real machines later. > > The new gnome-shell is the con

Re: [gentoo-user] gnome 3 has landed

2011-11-26 Thread covici
Vishnupradeep wrote: > Is that true, Gnome 3 available for gentoo. can i emerge it ? > > > Fedora Blog: http://xtreme-fedora.blogspot.com/ > My Blog: http://sharedonweb.blogspot.com/ > > > > > On Sun, Nov 27, 2011 at 1:37 AM, walt wrote: > > > Well, at least on ~x86 and ~amd64 gnome3

Re: [gentoo-user] gnome 3 has landed

2011-11-26 Thread Stefan G. Weichinger
Am 2011-11-26 22:56, schrieb Stefan G. Weichinger: > Let me get this straight: if I want to somehow stay in the world of > gnome-2.32 (panels, desktop, etc) I could simply avoid masking any of > the new stuff and use the mentioned gnome-fallback-setting? > > I also hesitate to leave my comfort zo

Re: [gentoo-user] gnome 3 has landed

2011-11-26 Thread Stefan G. Weichinger
Am 2011-11-26 21:07, schrieb walt: > The new gnome-shell is the controversial piece of gnome3 and (so far) > I find it counterproductive. > > I googled how to disable the gnome-shell and get my gnome-panel back, > along with the panel applets that I refuse to give up. (The gnome- > shell replace

Re: [gentoo-user] gnome 3 has landed

2011-11-26 Thread Vishnupradeep
Is that true, Gnome 3 available for gentoo. can i emerge it ? Fedora Blog: http://xtreme-fedora.blogspot.com/ My Blog: http://sharedonweb.blogspot.com/ On Sun, Nov 27, 2011 at 1:37 AM, walt wrote: > Well, at least on ~x86 and ~amd64 gnome3 is the default now. I have > mixed feelings ab

[gentoo-user] gnome 3 has landed

2011-11-26 Thread walt
Well, at least on ~x86 and ~amd64 gnome3 is the default now. I have mixed feelings about gnome3, so I let gentoo install it on a VirtualBox VM to start with and I'll think about updating my real machines later. The new gnome-shell is the controversial piece of gnome3 and (so far) I find it count