Anyone else using GNOME 3?

[TNFrank]

Just wonder how many others were using Ubuntu with GNOME 3 instead of Unity or other Desktops? I ran Point Linux 2.2 for a few months and really liked it, it's Debian 7.2 Stable with MATE DE but I just wanted to try something different so I moved to Ubuntu/GNOME 13.10 and after I found out that I could set it up so I'd have a "live" desktop(i.e. create folders, have removable media show up there, have my Home folder and Trash on the desktop) and other little tweaks I really started enjoying it quite a bit. I used Tweak Tools to set it up the way I wanted it and I think it works as well for me now as GNOME 2/MATE was and it has a more modern look to it as well.
Anyway, just wanted to see if anyone else was using GNOME 3 and what you thought about it.

[Frogs Hair]

Not a support request moved to Ubuntu Linux and OS Chat

[tgalati4]

Still running MATE, waiting for you to endorse something better. I don't like the file manager changes in gnome3. There are work-arounds to get back to the old-style nautilus, but I am lazy.

[sammiev]

I test them all but gnome3 is my main desktop.

[bcschmerker]

I'm currently testing GNOME 3 as part of the Ubuntu® GNOME® 13.12a1 Trusty Tahr™ installation on an eMachines®/Acer® EL1210-09 being prepared for projection duty; found that the X.org Nouveau driver works properly on an EVGA® 8400GS low-profile VDA, whereas it was a fail on an Asus® EN210/DI/512MD2(LP) VDA (ironically, both use the nVIDIA® GT218 GPU). The GNU® GNOME® Desktop Manager seems to work as advertised, excepting the GNOME® Settings Daemon™ (borked due to a missing library?), as of 12 January 2014; we'll see whether this is still the case, or further improved yet, when Trusty is released to market as 14.04.1-LTS.

[monkeybrain20122]

I use gnome shell in Fedora but I prefer Unity. GS doesn't have the same smooth work flow and feels kind of constricted IMO. For example, all actions have to be initiated through the same activity corner which can be very awkward when you want to reach somewhere in the opposite side (say the dynamic workplaces), whereas in Unity you can use the edges to move around if you have the appropriate Compiz options enabled. Also Unity's search is a lot better than GS's (which doesn't search files) Some of gs's restrictions can be addressed through extensions (e.g something like Unity's now defunct dodged window feature and edge flip,--only vertical,--but some of these are not maintained so they break when a new version of gs comes out. If you are lucky you may find a replacement but then maybe not.

P.S. Ubuntu's gnome is not the most up to date (and heavily patched?), I would recommend Fedora if you want the latest pure gnome shell experience.

[TNFrank]

I played with Compiz in my Point Linux MATE install and it was fun but really didn't add much to productivity. I don't dig deep enough into a Distro to bother with which Desktop Manager it's running. Long as the apps I want to run work that's all I care about and everything I use seems to run fine under GNOME 3. With Tweak Tools I finally found the functionality that I wanted on the desktop that I didn't know that GNOME 3 had. Now that I've "tweaked" it I really like it though.

[monkeybrain20122]

Compiz is not just eye candies. It is very useful for multitasking.

[malspa]

I added GNOME Shell to Ubuntu 12.04. Sometimes I log into the Unity session, other times I log into GNOME Shell. I'm fine either way, and I don't know which one I like better. Typing this from GNOME Shell in Debian Wheezy, by the way.

I don't care much for Nautilus, but it wasn't my favorite file manager even before GNOME 3; so, I use SpaceFM most of the time. I'm fine with most of the other GNOME apps.

[kansasnoob]

I began testing Ubuntu GNOME before it became an official flavor mostly out of curiosity, but it's now my personal favorite DE