[GRLUG] GNOME3 [Was: Ubuntu 11.10 (Oneiric Ocelot) released!!]

[Michael Mol]

On Thu, Oct 27, 2011 at 9:25 AM, Adam Tauno Williams
<awilliam at whitemice.org> wrote:
> On Thu, 2011-10-27 at 08:31 -0400, John-Thomas Richards wrote:
>> I installed Fedora 15 in a VM to check out GNOME 3.  Disaster.
>> Terrible.  Apparently it needs more hardware than I can give it in a VM,
>> which is odd given my machine's specs.
>
> Actually GNOME3 is quite lite;  but you *need* OpenGL acceleration.
> "Need" as in "must have".
>
> People say things like "you need 3D acceleration" - that statement is
> false.  If your OpenGL is working correctly you should be OK.
>
>>  However, GNOME 3 is now in
>> Debian Sid so I installed Sid into a VM.  I rather like GNOME 3's
>> interface (especially the dark theme in Debian).
>
> +1 I've found GNOME 3 to be very productive and stable.

Request for clarification: I take it that Mesa's software rendering is
insufficient? I would think it should be able to make for a tolerable
experience as long as fancy effects like transparency are avoided.

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