Grass is always greener on the other side of the fence.
Actually this can be an issue on all platforms, be it a Mac, Windows or Linux machine. For better or worst software has grown to make use of the latest hardware to give the user a "richer" environment. The problem is this seriously loads older hardware thus many OS'es support turning off some of these features.
A really good solution for that is a second monitor.
No actually they aren't. Gnome might not be a good fit for you but that is no reason to hate it, because for somebody else it might just be the nuts. Beyond that I suspect that you need to be more flexible in how you use your system.
Now you are equating gnome with Linux. That isn't right as there are plenty of other desktop environments to choose from. Linux is not gnome!!!
That being said I did switch to a Mac for my laptop needs. This has been a very positive development for me. I get a laptop that works without issue with a very good UNIX variant, without the Linux laptop struggles. Outside of the OS there is a good mix of commercial and open source software available for the platform. In some ways the grass is greener on the other side of the fence, but honestly no platform is perfect. Look hard enough and you will find issues with the Macs GUI too. In the end you need to be able to turn the platform into something usable for you, if gnome makes that difficult then you are on the wrong platform.
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2. I use to keep several termina on each of my workspace, and I need to switch between them very fast.
- a taskbar is absolutely required
- minimizing button is absolutely required
3. I use to switch between my desktop just going on the panel applet and rolling the mouse weel: that was just easy and fast. Now I have to
- a) use both my hands (not comfortable)
- b) making 1/2 mile with mouse and wait while gnome3 render its unuseful animations
4. I liked having an always visible notification area because I have made some application which display informations I NEED to constatly keep an eye on
- a taskbar is absolutely required
- minimizing button is absolutely required
3. I use to switch between my desktop just going on the panel applet and rolling the mouse weel: that was just easy and fast. Now I have to
- a) use both my hands (not comfortable)
- b) making 1/2 mile with mouse and wait while gnome3 render its unuseful animations
4. I liked having an always visible notification area because I have made some application which display informations I NEED to constatly keep an eye on
and I could go on for half an hour.
Well, these are reasonable (I think) reasons to hate gnome3.
Well, these are reasonable (I think) reasons to hate gnome3.
I'm a 10+ years linux user, and honesty it has always been fun to use linux.
Now it really sucks, and for the first time since 1998 I'm seriously thinking about trying something else.
Now it really sucks, and for the first time since 1998 I'm seriously thinking about trying something else.
That being said I did switch to a Mac for my laptop needs. This has been a very positive development for me. I get a laptop that works without issue with a very good UNIX variant, without the Linux laptop struggles. Outside of the OS there is a good mix of commercial and open source software available for the platform. In some ways the grass is greener on the other side of the fence, but honestly no platform is perfect. Look hard enough and you will find issues with the Macs GUI too. In the end you need to be able to turn the platform into something usable for you, if gnome makes that difficult then you are on the wrong platform.
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