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

[Adam Tauno Williams]

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.



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