Many useful configurations are missing from GNOME 3, I deeply hope them be back in later GNOME revise builds. GNOME3 is largely alike KDE 4.0.0 on the aspect of matureness seen now.
On Mon, Feb 28, 2011 at 02:17, Tom H <tomh0...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Sat, Feb 26, 2011 at 6:35 PM, Bill Davidsen <david...@tmr.com> wrote: > > Tom H wrote: > >> On Sat, Feb 26, 2011 at 11:33 AM, Bill Davidsen<david...@tmr.com> > wrote: > >>> > >>> I read in a non-Fedora list that GNOME3 has dropped the ability to do > power > >>> management, and that all laptops will suspend when the cover is closed, > like it > >>> or not. Hopefully that's just a users who doesn't know how to do > config, but > >>> some feedback would be helpful, that behavior would be a total show > stopper. > >>> > >>> It's desirable in many cases to turn off the display and lock, but in > business > >>> use the computer is likely to be doing something useful the users needs > to continue. > >> > >> AFAIK, changing the laptop-cover closing behavior won't be possible > >> through the GUI but will be possible though gconf or whatever G3's > >> equivalent is, if it's different. > > > > Thanks for the prompt reply. I understand this choice came because some > Apple > > laptops melt if you don't suspend when you close the cover, but after > reading > > the article I checked the CPU temp on a few of mine, and they seem likely > to > > survive. Fan may or may not work a little harder, though. > > You're welcome. AFAIK the (silly IMHO) reason for this decision is to > have fewer options available because too many options are confusing > and a bad thing and to have a consistent behavior when closing a > laptop cover when using GNOME. Feel free to google away and enjoy the > discussions/arguments... > -- > users mailing list > users@lists.fedoraproject.org > To unsubscribe or change subscription options: > https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users > Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines >
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