Re: GNOME Panel dropped in 11.10

2011-05-06 Thread Matthew Garrett
On Thu, May 05, 2011 at 11:46:24PM +0300, pec...@gmail.com wrote: > No, it is not the plan. Current GNOME Panel maitaner claimed that he > will support it as long as there will be neccessity. And bear in mind > that even if he drops towel, someone can take his place (not everyone > of course, but

Re: GNOME Panel dropped in 11.10

2011-05-05 Thread Francis Bolduc
> JFTR, that sounds a lot like the KDE target audience.  My experience with > seeing other long term Gnome users switch is that they are initially > overwhelmed by the number of options and the customability, but once they get > over trying to tweak everything, just because they can, and take a lit

Re: GNOME Panel dropped in 11.10

2011-05-05 Thread Scott Kitterman
On Friday, May 06, 2011 12:23:40 AM Francis Bolduc wrote: > When computers are concerned, I'm usually stubborn and conservative. I > know exactly what I like and dislike and I do everything I can to get > rid of what I dislike on my own computer. JFTR, that sounds a lot like the KDE target audienc

Re: GNOME Panel dropped in 11.10

2011-05-05 Thread Francis Bolduc
Thanks for all the answers. I'll try to give a few answers of my own to questions and concerns that were addressed directly to me. Jeremy: You're right about misconceptions. I had to dig quite a bit to find the few items of verfiable information about the future of Ubuntu and GNOME concerning the

Re: GNOME Panel dropped in 11.10

2011-05-05 Thread pec...@gmail.com
2011/5/5 Manish Sinha : > On 05/05/2011 09:22 AM, Bilal Akhtar wrote: >> >> Hello there! >> >> As you've said, in Ubuntu 11.10 users will have the option to install >> GNOME 3 + Shell instead of Unity. One thing to note is that GNOME Panel >> hasn't died (yet), its still being actively developed as

Re: GNOME Panel dropped in 11.10

2011-05-05 Thread Manish Sinha
On 05/05/2011 09:22 AM, Bilal Akhtar wrote: Hello there! As you've said, in Ubuntu 11.10 users will have the option to install GNOME 3 + Shell instead of Unity. One thing to note is that GNOME Panel hasn't died (yet), its still being actively developed as a GNOME Shell fallback for systems with

Re: GNOME Panel dropped in 11.10

2011-05-05 Thread Patrick Goetz
From: Jeremy Bicha Date: Wed, 04 May 2011 23:24:17 -0400 Unity actually is customizable, perhaps not to the extent that power users like. I'm hoping that a simple user-friendly tool will be available in 11.04 to change the settings without needing to dig around CCSM or dconf-editor. I think yo

Re: GNOME Panel dropped in 11.10

2011-05-05 Thread Rodrigo Moya
On Wed, 2011-05-04 at 22:52 -0400, Francis Bolduc wrote: > > Then, I started reading about Unity on the web. I found out that in > the next version of Ubuntu, the "Ubuntu Classic" session will be > dropped, leaving me with a choice between Unity and GNOME 3. Not > knowing what GNOME 3 was, I decid

Re: GNOME Panel dropped in 11.10

2011-05-05 Thread Fergal Daly
On 5 May 2011 09:55, Alexandre Strube wrote: > On Thu, May 5, 2011 at 4:52 AM, Francis Bolduc wrote: >> >> I'm left with this dilemma. Neither Unity nor GNOME Shell fits my >> needs. What am I going to do in 6 months? > > Adapt and move on. And what is with the thing about do not recognizing > ic

Re: GNOME Panel dropped in 11.10

2011-05-05 Thread Alexandre Strube
On Thu, May 5, 2011 at 4:52 AM, Francis Bolduc wrote: > I'm left with this dilemma. Neither Unity nor GNOME Shell fits my > needs. What am I going to do in 6 months? > Adapt and move on. And what is with the thing about do not recognizing icons? Do you have some psychological disability or are y

Re: GNOME Panel dropped in 11.10

2011-05-04 Thread Bilal Akhtar
Hello there! As you've said, in Ubuntu 11.10 users will have the option to install GNOME 3 + Shell instead of Unity. One thing to note is that GNOME Panel hasn't died (yet), its still being actively developed as a GNOME Shell fallback for systems with GPUs not being able to run GNOME Shell. GNOME

Re: GNOME Panel dropped in 11.10

2011-05-04 Thread Daniel Chen
On Thu, May 5, 2011 at 5:52 AM, Francis Bolduc wrote: > ... I'm a software developer and I like to have > updated development tools every 6 months ... > I'm left with this dilemma. Neither Unity nor GNOME Shell fits my > needs. What am I going to do in 6 months? A false dichotomy. You have numero

Re: GNOME Panel dropped in 11.10

2011-05-04 Thread delan
Hi Francis, > I'm left with this dilemma. Neither Unity nor GNOME Shell fits my > needs. What am I going to do in 6 months? You may get a 'better' answer from someone who is more involved in Ubuntu development, and this is my opinion. Being a moderately long user of Ubuntu (though I wasn't there

Re: GNOME Panel dropped in 11.10

2011-05-04 Thread Jeremy Bicha
On 04/05/11 22:52, Francis Bolduc wrote: > Then, I started reading about Unity on the web. I found out that in > the next version of Ubuntu, the "Ubuntu Classic" session will be > dropped, leaving me with a choice between Unity and GNOME 3. Not > knowing what GNOME 3 was, I decided to try it that s

GNOME Panel dropped in 11.10

2011-05-04 Thread Francis Bolduc
Hi, I'm not certain if I'm writing in the proper mailing list. If it's the case, kindly direct which one I should express the following concern. I've been using Ubuntu since 5.04, so it's been a good 6 years now that I'm with Ubuntu at home and at work. I chose Ubuntu for my desktop computers bec