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Gnome 3 will not span across dual monitors properly. Fix this Gnome!

Posted on December 20, 2011 by Admin — 1 Comment ↓

This is what Gnome 3 looks like on dual monitors, the wallpaper is spanned across both screens on the wide desktop but the Gnome panels are stuck on one screen. This is one of the consequences of developing a desktop…

Tagged with: dual, gnome3, on, one, panels, screen, screens, spanned, sucks, wallpaper
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Thoughts on the Ubuntu Unity design.

Posted on December 5, 2011 by Admin — No Comments ↓

I have had a look at the newest version of the Ubuntu Unity interface and it is not the theme-able interface that the Gnome 2 and Xfce desktops are. When I had Gentoo installed with the Gnome 2 desktop, the…

Tagged with: desktop, Gnome 2, gnome3, interface, ubuntu, unity
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Trying out Gnome 3 again.

Posted on November 13, 2011 by Admin — No Comments ↓

I have decided to try this desktop out once again, even though it is not to everyone`s taste. I have switched to The Mist metacity theme and the Raleigh GTK theme. Pop up dialog windows appear and disappear very quickly…

Tagged with: annoying, gnome3, plugins, rematch, success, themes, wallpapers
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Are we really progressing with the Unity/Gnome 3 mess?

Posted on November 1, 2011 by Admin — No Comments ↓

The Ubuntu Unity interface has caused a stir in technology circles with the Mac OS X styled interface that works quite differently to Gnome 2. At least they got rid of the April fools circular windows. The Gnome 3 interface…

Tagged with: crap, fedora, gnome3, mess, unity
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Gnome 3 traditional layout in Ubuntu 11.10?

Posted on September 22, 2011 by Admin — 2 Comments ↓

This is a good question, should they add the traditional Gnome 3 layout in Ubuntu 11.10? Linux Mint are staying with the traditional layout when they switch to Gnome 3 and Ubuntu should keep the traditional layout as well, the…

Tagged with: debian, fedora, gnome2, gnome3, mint, ubuntu
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Fedora 16 Alpha released.

Posted on August 24, 2011 by Admin — No Comments ↓

The Alpha release of Fedora Core 16 has been released with Gnome 3.1.4 and it is not impressing anyone so far, the Gnome 3/Unity desktop is a step backwards compared to the Gnome 2.30 desktop that it is gradually replacing.…

Tagged with: 16, alpha, fedora, gnome2, gnome3, unity
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Linux is getting bloated.

Posted on August 8, 2011 by Admin — No Comments ↓

Is there a real reason the Linux distributions like Ubuntu, Linux Mint & Fedora have to be so bloated? The Debian distribution is very fast and usable compared to the Ubuntu distribution that has moved from the Gnome 2.32.1 desktop…

Tagged with: debian, fedora, gnome2, gnome3, linux, mandriva, mint, speed, ubuntu
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