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Dustin2128
May 7th, 2011, 06:28 PM
With all the crap that's been flying around, hm, every technical website ever, I can't help but wonder if there's been a fork of gnome 2 yet. If not, I'd be happy to start one- not that I'd probably do well or anything, probably just bugfixes. On the 99% probability that someone has forked it, link please!
Version Dependency
May 7th, 2011, 06:45 PM
There were people that wanted to fork KDE 3...and some did. How is that going? Have you ever seen someone running a KDE 3 fork?
Why doesn't someone go back and fork Gnome 1? I'm sure there are people out there that miss it too.
Ctrl-Alt-F1
May 7th, 2011, 06:58 PM
I don't like where Gnome 3 is at right now, but I see it's potential. It is beautiful and allows you to do some things that Gnome 2 can't do on it's own.
I'm looking forward to the progress. I think it's safe to assume that the Gnome Dev's would rather change some of the stuff people are complaining about than become a third rate desktop environment.
Islington
May 7th, 2011, 07:02 PM
There were people that wanted to fork KDE 3...and some did. How is that going? Have you ever seen someone running a KDE 3 fork?
Why doesn't someone go back and fork Gnome 1? I'm sure there are people out there that miss it too.
actually the kde3 fork: trinity is hosted on the kde version control, it seems to be quite usable.
Dustin2128
May 7th, 2011, 07:54 PM
actually the kde3 fork: trinity is hosted on the kde version control, it seems to be quite usable.
Indeed, I use it quite often on lower spec'd machines. Personally though, I think that with the size and penetration of Gnome 2.x into to the market (business especially), such an endeavour would probably more successful than a kde3 fork.
Spice Weasel
May 7th, 2011, 07:58 PM
Gnome-Panel would require a complete re-write. It's code is messy to the point of being impossible to maintain.
NormanFLinux
May 7th, 2011, 08:35 PM
Its already been done! ;-)
Clem and the Linux Mint team are not going with GNOME 3 as was rumored but they have decided to stick with and polish the classic GNOME 2.32 desktop.
So if you want to stay with it, LM 11 or "Katya" will be the default choice for GNOME 2 fans when it appears later this month. \\:D/
neu5eeCh
May 7th, 2011, 08:41 PM
It also seems that Elementary OS will not be adopting Gnome3, though that could change. From what I can gather, an Elementary fork of Gnome 2 is a possibility.
NormanFLinux
May 7th, 2011, 08:43 PM
Its like with Cola. Old things never really die! :)
3Miro
May 7th, 2011, 08:44 PM
Gnome 2 has already been forked. I believe it is called XFCE 4.8. It is not only continuation of Gnome 2, it is also much better.
krapp
May 7th, 2011, 08:44 PM
Its already been done! ;-)
Clem and the Linux Mint team are not going with GNOME 3 as was rumored but they have decided to stick with and polish the classic GNOME 2.32 desktop.
So if you want to stay with it, LM 11 or "Katya" will be the default choice for GNOME 2 fans when it appears later this month. \\:D/
So Linux Mint will be more Ubuntu than Ubuntu from a certain perspective/retrospective.
aguafina
May 7th, 2011, 08:51 PM
It wont be a fork (Mint & other distros), just rather an unsupported drawn out affair like OSX-Tiger & Win2000 to be an actual fork it would need a whole huge amount of devs and a big commitment by a large part of the Linux world.
neu5eeCh
May 7th, 2011, 09:08 PM
Gnome 2 has already been forked. I believe it is called XFCE 4.8. It is not only continuation of Gnome 2, it is also much better.
I agree. The only aspect I miss is being able to "see" an image on the desktop, rather than a label that says jpeg. I also notice that my second mouse button works on the desktop but not on an app window (for switching workspaces).
Other than that, I'm glad I've moved to Xubuntu.
3Miro
May 7th, 2011, 10:10 PM
I agree. The only aspect I miss is being able to "see" an image on the desktop, rather than a label that says jpeg. I also notice that my second mouse button works on the desktop but not on an app window (for switching workspaces).
Other than that, I'm glad I've moved to Xubuntu.
Poke your settings, right-click on the application window does bring up a menu that allows you to send window to workspace.
I don't know about the .jpg on the desktop. In XFCE the desktop is not part of the Thunar file manager (on Gnome the desktop is part of Nautilus).
Dustin2128
May 7th, 2011, 10:25 PM
Gnome 2 has already been forked. I believe it is called XFCE 4.8. It is not only continuation of Gnome 2, it is also much better.
I am an xfce user, but gnome 2 and xfce 4.8 are not the same even if they behave similarly.
Dry Lips
May 7th, 2011, 11:02 PM
I think what is needed is a fork that takes the best of Gnome2
and adds new features from Gnome3, in other words, combines
the best of both worlds, only without that horrible Gnome 3 shell.
Wish-list for a fork of Gnome:
- gnome 2's ease of use and simplicity
- the visual elegance of Gnome3
- it should be customisable
- support for KDE-like widgets.
kabloink
May 7th, 2011, 11:16 PM
Gnome 2 has already been forked. I believe it is called XFCE 4.8. It is not only continuation of Gnome 2, it is also much better.
They are not the same, but xfce 4.8 will let you choose nautilus as your default file manager. So, with a little customizing, it's close enough for me.
Happily using Xubuntu natty now after years with gnome.
neu5eeCh
May 7th, 2011, 11:36 PM
They are not the same, but xfce 4.8 will let you choose nautilus as your default file manager. So, with a little customizing, it's close enough for me.
Happily using Xubuntu natty now after years with gnome.
Here too. Just installed Nautilus Elementary. Works beautifully. I *do* wish, as I just commented elsewhere, that it were possible to add a button or keyboard shortcut for always keeping the window "on top".
I love XFCE's ability to go full screen with applications. I also love the fact that I can move apps from one workspace to the next using the workspace switcher (drag & drop), not something I could do in Gnome.
Dry Lips
May 7th, 2011, 11:44 PM
I love XFCE's ability to go full screen with applications. I also love the fact that I can move apps from one workspace to the next using the workspace switcher (drag & drop), not something I could do in Gnome.
You can move apps in gnome as well. Rightclick>Move to another workspace.
neu5eeCh
May 8th, 2011, 12:41 AM
You can move apps in gnome as well. Rightclick>Move to another workspace.
I know you can do that in Gnome. What you can't do is to drag the app within the window switching tray of the panel. That is a nice touch.
BigCityCat
May 8th, 2011, 01:49 AM
Gnome Shell is awesome. Most of you will be using it in 6 months and talking about how much you like it. :D
Exodist
May 8th, 2011, 02:01 AM
Gnome 2 has already been forked. I believe it is called XFCE 4.8. It is not only continuation of Gnome 2, it is also much better.
LOL Yea in a way old Gnome2 style will live on in XFCE.
I wouldn't doubt that XFCE become to new defacto business standard for Linux GUIs do to its stability and low resource demand.
And yea if I wanted to stay with the Gnome2 style of things, XFCE has been growing slightly better the past few years anyway.
wolfen69
May 8th, 2011, 02:20 AM
only without that horrible Gnome 3 shell.
I love the gnome shell and can be very productive with it.
Timmer1240
May 8th, 2011, 04:20 AM
XFCE would be what Id use if I couldnt get gnome no more it seems pretty good!
akand074
May 8th, 2011, 04:41 AM
Gnome Shell is awesome. Most of you will be using it in 6 months and talking about how much you like it. :D
This. Same with Unity. 6 months to a year for most people.
Dry Lips
May 8th, 2011, 12:27 PM
I love the gnome shell and can be very productive with it.
Read my critique of Unity here:
http://ubuntuforums.org/showpost.php?p=10747124&postcount=96
This was written before I had the chance to try out Gnome3, but I think
most of what I have against Unity, also is true regarding Gnome3.
I believe both Gnome3/Unity has merits; but first and foremost as a
desktop environment for netbooks and touchscreen computers.
Dry Lips
May 8th, 2011, 01:21 PM
I know you can do that in Gnome. What you can't do is to drag the app within the window switching tray of the panel. That is a nice touch.
All right, I admit that's neat ;)
frankbooth
May 8th, 2011, 01:35 PM
Instead of using peoples time and resources to fork gnome2, wouldn't it be better to improve XFCE to behave/look like gnome2? Pretty much looks like gnome2 anyway...
Dustin2128
May 8th, 2011, 05:48 PM
Gnome Shell is awesome. Most of you will be using it in 6 months and talking about how much you like it. :D
Not a major gnome user, but I sat down and used it for something like 2 weeks when it was in the later days of being in beta and I just don't like it, same with unity. I also like kde 3.5 over 4.x but not to the degree that I prefer gnome 2 over 3.
pookiebear
May 8th, 2011, 06:10 PM
yea why did they have to change it?
I like gnome 2. I would like to see the fork.
For me it does not need to be fancier. It just needs to work. (no changes for the sake of changes...)
They should have concentrated on making it faster, use less battery power in a laptop.
If they wanted it fancier they should have just made theme installation even easier and called it a day.
fork it and call it gnugget-gnome !
koenn
May 8th, 2011, 09:32 PM
What you can't do is to drag the app within the window switching tray of the panel.
you mean this ?
CraigPaleo
May 8th, 2011, 10:01 PM
you mean this ?
He means the taskbar.
msrinath80
May 8th, 2011, 10:07 PM
Instead of using peoples time and resources to fork gnome2, wouldn't it be better to improve XFCE to behave/look like gnome2? Pretty much looks like gnome2 anyway...
A sound suggestion indeed. But whatever happens, lets hope the GNOME 2 disease of removing existing features doesn't affect the XFCE dev camp. In many ways, XFCE is merely GNOME 2 after weight loss :-)
Johnsie
May 8th, 2011, 10:19 PM
Gnome2 is the only DE that has good support for accessing and bookmarking shared folders. 'Places' and icons on the desktop make that so much better than anything else currently available.
Add that capability to XFCE, Gnome3 or Unity and I will happily move to something new.
In the meantime I'm hanging on to Gnome 2 as long as sanely possible, and will be supporting the future maintenance of Gnome 2. Access shared folders are absolutely critical for my job and I don't want to have to go into sub-menus to do that!!
XFCE may look like Gnome2 but it doesn't have the same shared folder capability.
neu5eeCh
May 8th, 2011, 10:24 PM
you mean this ?
Yeah... like that...
How come that never worked on my install of Gnome?
3Miro
May 8th, 2011, 10:28 PM
Gnome2 is the only DE that has good support for accessing and bookmarking shared folders. 'Places' and icons on the desktop make that so much better than anything else currently available.
Add that capability to XFCE, Gnome3 or Unity and I will happily move to something new.
In the meantime I'm hanging on to Gnome 2 as long as sanely possible, and will be supporting the future maintenance of Gnome 2. Access shared folders are absolutely critical for my job and I don't want to have to go into sub-menus to do that!!
XFCE may look like Gnome2 but it doesn't have the same shared folder capability.
This is a feature of Nautilus, which is the File Manager for Gnome. XFCE uses file manager Thunar.
You can change that and under XFCE you can install Nautilus. Then you can have all the File options of Gnome under XFCE. Note that Nautilus still lives on in Gnome3.
The XFCE looks like Gnome, but it is an independent project. The end of Gnome2 will not have any effect on XFCE.
neu5eeCh
May 8th, 2011, 10:33 PM
Gnome2 is the only DE that has good support for accessing and bookmarking shared folders.... [snip] XFCE may look like Gnome2 but it doesn't have the same shared folder capability.
Interesting. Since I don't need that functionality, I obviously don't miss the lack of it. XFCE has been as good as and better than gnome. My suggestion would be to request the feature in XFCE (Thunar), go to ubuntu brainstorm (http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/). Even if you think it's a waste of time, it may be less of a waste of time than counting on a fork of Gnome2. Don't put all your eggs in one basket.
Asraniel
May 8th, 2011, 10:37 PM
Just customize KDE to look like gnome 2. Done in a few minutes.
CraigPaleo
May 8th, 2011, 10:52 PM
Just customize KDE to look like gnome 2. Done in a few minutes.
Viola!
https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/_5TpWn9MxsFs/TY-PU-GVb7I/AAAAAAAAAMk/Fsr0-gwrdes/s720/GNOMIFIED.png
dh04000
May 8th, 2011, 10:53 PM
I've been thinking lately that xfce should import gnome 2 in bulk and create a new cleaner DE with the xkce design and thought process, but with 100% compatibility with gnome 2. They seem to always wanted to be gnome, this is their chance, and a chance to get some much needed developers. That would be a HIT with enterprise users and the BSD folks I'm sure. They love simple well tested DE's. I'm sure Red Hat would move to xfce is they made it 100% gnome 2 compatible and kept up the development of that tested code base. Call it xfceGE. (xfce gnome edition)
(don't chew my head off, its just an idea)
3Miro
May 8th, 2011, 11:03 PM
I've been thinking lately that xfce should import gnome 2 in bulk and create a new cleaner DE with the xkce design and thought process, but with 100% compatibility with gnome 2. They seem to always wanted to be gnome, this is their chance, and a chance to get some much needed developers. That would be a HIT with enterprise users and the BSD folks I'm sure. They love simple well tested DE's. I'm sure Red Hat would move to xfce is they made it 100% gnome 2 compatible and kept up the development of that tested code base. Call it xfceGE. (xfce gnome edition)
(don't chew my head off, its just an idea)
XFCE 4.8 is much cleaner than Gnome2. One of the main issues of Gnome 2 is that the old gnome-panel is deprecated and full of bugs, something that XFCE has way better. The other big problem of Gnome2 is the Windows Manager, metacity is very simple and very fast, but notably lacks features. The XFCE native xfwm4 wins easily in that category ... Porting Gnome2 into XFCE will actually hurt XFCE.
What do you mean by Gnome2 compatibility? XFCE panel can already run the applets from Gnome2. Regular applications don't care if they use Gnome or XFCE. There are some Gnome2 daemons in the background, but those features are usually covered by XFCE simply in another way.
Gnome Nautilus does have more features than Thunar, however, Thunar is notably snappier. You can argue this one either way (I don't use file shares for example), but on the other hand you can always use Nautilus with XFCE (it is a minor tweak).
I don't see what else is "incompatible".
el_koraco
May 8th, 2011, 11:14 PM
I'm sure Red Hat would move to xfce is they made it 100% gnome 2 compatible and kept up the development of that tested code base.
Red Hat was one of the primary driving forces behind Gnome 3. Why do you think Fedora is gonna be the first stable release distro to run Gnome 3?
neu5eeCh
May 8th, 2011, 11:28 PM
Red Hat was one of the primary driving forces behind Gnome 3. Why do you think Fedora is gonna be the first stable release distro to run Gnome 3?
I've read that and am surprised.
Did Red Hat know what they were getting? I have a hard time imagining Gnome3, all tricked out, blinged, and prettified, is something Corporation X wants to deal with or see in a production environment. The simpler the DE, the better. As far as Corporation X is concerned, the Win2000 DE was just-fine-thank-you-very-much.
neu5eeCh
May 8th, 2011, 11:30 PM
Viola!
Yeah, I could do the same thing with XFCE or Lubuntu, minus the admittedly pretty blurred-glass effect. If only KDE weren't so laggy on my laptop.
CraigPaleo
May 8th, 2011, 11:47 PM
Yeah, I could do the same thing with XFCE or Lubuntu, minus the admittedly pretty blurred-glass effect. If only KDE weren't so laggy on my laptop.
If you could only do that with Unity or Gnome shell. I'm a firm believer that the UI should adapt to the user, not the other way around. Hopefully it'll come with time.
dh04000
May 8th, 2011, 11:49 PM
I've read that and am surprised.
Did Red Hat know what they were getting? I have a hard time imagining Gnome3, all tricked out, blinged, and prettified, is something Corporation X wants to deal with or see in a production environment. The simpler the DE, the better. As far as Corporation X is concerned, the Win2000 DE was just-fine-thank-you-very-much.
That's what I'm thinking. Gnome 2 is enterprise validated. Xfce is basically 95% gnome 2 compatible, but if they want to make the enterprise happy, then continuing gnome 2 development within xfce would get them the enterprise credit that could really help the project. Some stuff in xfce is better, but some stuff in gnome is better. Mix the two, and make it gnome 2 like enough to keep inflexible users from getting confused. Make it some thing that if a user picks up xfce, they nor their applications could tell something changed. No gnome 2 directory in home, the applications actually just use xfce and gnome 2 -rebranded-as-xfce parts natively. Enterprise would love that. They hate change.
(Again, please don't get upset with me, just ideas. I have to post this becuase people are sooooo passionate about DE's.)
Paqman
May 9th, 2011, 12:15 AM
The simpler the DE, the better. As far as Corporation X is concerned, the Win2000 DE was just-fine-thank-you-very-much.
Do you think that recent versions of Windows and OS X are somehow not intended for corporate use? I doubt Red Hat would have a problem deploying a modern-looking desktop with a customer.
neu5eeCh
May 9th, 2011, 01:07 AM
Do you think that recent versions of Windows and OS X are somehow not intended for corporate use?
The Apple DE hasn't really changed since the late 80's. While Linux DEs go chasing geese in the wild blue yonder, Apple has felt little need to change a good formula. So I'm not sure holding up "OS X" serves you in the least. It's consistent and stable, just what businesses want. OS X is really more like Gnome 2 (or the other way around) than Unity or Gnome 3 - and I say that based on the drop down menus.
As for Windows... I can't read Microsoft's mind, but I'm willing to go out on a limb and say 'No'. No, the "Windows 7" DE is not intended for corporate use. They're having a *** of a time weaning corporate America off XP.
They've made it a point to offer Windows 7 with 3 other DEs (decorations).
1.) Windows Classic (Windows 2000)
2.) Windows Basic (Windows 2000 with shading.)
3.) Windows Standard (No Aero but most everything else.)
My assumption is that they're doing this for businesses who don't want the fiddle-faddle of glassy effects and retraining employees. Also worth noting, Aero is packaged with Home Premium. Whenever I've walked into business offices, I have seldom seen anyone using anything other than Windows Classic or Vanilla XP.
3Miro
May 9th, 2011, 01:19 AM
Red Hat was one of the primary driving forces behind Gnome 3. Why do you think Fedora is gonna be the first stable release distro to run Gnome 3?
:D Arch beat them to it. Gnome 3 is officially stable for Arch.
At any rate, I don't know what Red Hat are thinking, but Gnome-shell is strange. I am professional and I definitely find it dysfunctional. GS works great for some people, but I am afraid they are a minority.
josephellengar
May 15th, 2011, 04:40 AM
Given that whoever said that Mint is forking Gnome 2, will this package be available in future versions of Ubuntu? I just can't stand the "shell" paradigm. Hate Unity. Hate Gnome Shell.
matthewbpt
May 15th, 2011, 10:24 AM
You guys do realize that Gnome 3 has a fallback mode which switches to a classic "Gnome2 like" desktop which is in many ways BETTER than the current Gnome2 desktop because the gnome-panel in this mode has finally been fixed up so it doesn't have a million bugs anymore! This mode is usually enabled when the user has no desktop effects (similar to what is done in Unity) but this mode can be made the default login. Use the classic mode desktop in Gnome 3 and you'll be just as happy as in Gnome2 if not happier.
3Miro
May 15th, 2011, 12:55 PM
You guys do realize that Gnome 3 has a fallback mode which switches to a classic "Gnome2 like" desktop which is in many ways BETTER than the current Gnome2 desktop because the gnome-panel in this mode has finally been fixed up so it doesn't have a million bugs anymore! This mode is usually enabled when the user has no desktop effects (similar to what is done in Unity) but this mode can be made the default login. Use the classic mode desktop in Gnome 3 and you'll be just as happy as in Gnome2 if not happier.
Source please! Gnome3 does have Metacity + Gnome-panel as a fallback mode, however, I don' think they fixed any bugs associated with either of the two. From what I understand, Metacity and Gnome-panel are included, but no longer supported and/or developed.
josephellengar
May 15th, 2011, 03:26 PM
Source please! Gnome3 does have Metacity + Gnome-panel as a fallback mode, however, I don' think they fixed any bugs associated with either of the two. From what I understand, Metacity and Gnome-panel are included, but no longer supported and/or developed.
That's how I understood it as well. Soon they will be deprecated as the libraries go out of date or change too much.
matthewbpt
May 16th, 2011, 06:56 AM
Source please! Gnome3 does have Metacity + Gnome-panel as a fallback mode, however, I don' think they fixed any bugs associated with either of the two. From what I understand, Metacity and Gnome-panel are included, but no longer supported and/or developed.
http://www.vuntz.net/journal/post/2011/04/13/gnome-panel-is-dead%2C-long-live-gnome-panel%21!
Looks to me like they've been doing some gnome-panel development ...
3Miro
May 16th, 2011, 02:44 PM
http://www.vuntz.net/journal/post/2011/04/13/gnome-panel-is-dead%2C-long-live-gnome-panel%21!
Looks to me like they've been doing some gnome-panel development ...
I definitely didn't see that coming. This is good news indeed.
josephellengar
May 16th, 2011, 03:12 PM
http://www.vuntz.net/journal/post/2011/04/13/gnome-panel-is-dead%2C-long-live-gnome-panel%21!
Looks to me like they've been doing some gnome-panel development ...
yay!
Dry Lips
May 16th, 2011, 05:17 PM
The question now is, will the Gnome3 fallback mode be available in 11.10,
or would your only choice be between Unity and Gnome Shell?
screaminj3sus
May 16th, 2011, 06:13 PM
The question now is, will the Gnome3 fallback mode be available in 11.10,
or would your only choice be between Unity and Gnome Shell?
11.10 will most likely be just uniy + unity2d fallback
josephellengar
May 16th, 2011, 06:15 PM
11.10 will most likely be just uniy + unity2d fallback
I don't know. I think that the fallback mode is part of the gnome project, rather than part of Ubuntu. I would assume that the Ubuntu devs would keep it in as long as it is supported as part of gnome. If not I guess that I'll move to KDE or maybe even XFCE (ugh).
3Miro
May 16th, 2011, 06:17 PM
The question now is, will the Gnome3 fallback mode be available in 11.10,
or would your only choice be between Unity and Gnome Shell?
Default would be Unity 3d with Unity 2d as a fall-back. Gnome-shell and Gnome classic would probably be available in the software center.
wewantutopia
May 16th, 2011, 06:57 PM
Will classic gnome mode in gnome 3 still work with compiz and emerald?
3Miro
May 16th, 2011, 07:27 PM
Will classic gnome mode in gnome 3 still work with compiz and emerald?
Probably, they haven't changed the Metacity standard, so it should be compatible with compiz.
screaminj3sus
May 16th, 2011, 11:19 PM
Will classic gnome mode in gnome 3 still work with compiz and emerald?
I have heard of people running compiz in fallback mode just fine.
murderslastcrow
May 17th, 2011, 12:22 AM
Okay, as someone who's actually done it, instead of just 'heard of it', compiz works great in Fallback mode, and aside from Alt+right-clicking to edit the panels, it's identical to Gnome 2's panels. Also, in Ubuntu in particular, the fallback mode IS essentially Gnome 2 (it retains the properties of your Gnome 2 panel set up).
But if you're really that into a Gnome 2 style environment, you may be better off with Xfce4, as it is current, updated, and has roughly the same functionality as Gnome 2 (without scrubbing menus and applets so far, but I doubt this can't be changed in future releases). Xfce4 is probably your best bet if you want to be up to date and integrated.
CraigPaleo
May 17th, 2011, 07:47 AM
http://www.vuntz.net/journal/post/2011/04/13/gnome-panel-is-dead%2C-long-live-gnome-panel%21!
Looks to me like they've been doing some gnome-panel development ...
Yes! Gnome Panel lives! :guitar:
murderslastcrow
May 17th, 2011, 08:58 AM
After reading that article, I almost hope everyone tries to port their applets to GTK 3 and use the new gnome-panel. Those are some great features- I hope the Elementary OS and Linux Mint guys find a way to use Gnome 3 in Fallback-only to continue their gnome-panel setups. The improvements are definitely worth it from this release alone.
CraigPaleo
May 17th, 2011, 09:25 AM
the fallback mode is going to be maintained for the GNOME 3 lifecycle. That's the plan. This has been mentioned multiple times already...
This is reassuring and makes it more likely that applets will be ported.
If not Elementary or Mint, I can see at least a few distros offering Gnome 3 in fallback mode by default.
josephellengar
May 17th, 2011, 02:22 PM
After reading that article, I almost hope everyone tries to port their applets to GTK 3 and use the new gnome-panel. Those are some great features- I hope the Elementary OS and Linux Mint guys find a way to use Gnome 3 in Fallback-only to continue their gnome-panel setups. The improvements are definitely worth it from this release alone.
I'm more worried that they won't port my themes/icons to gtk 3. (Elementary theme, Aw0ken icons)
Megaptera
May 17th, 2011, 03:03 PM
I found this on Distrowatch:
"In general you will feel the diference in iQunix when you will first boot in it's desktop enviroment
Sleek and Fast Gnome desktop environment.
Nothing is pre-installed as usually seen in other Linux distributions.
You have the power of control to install anything you want and create YOUR own desktop experience.
Both Live CD environment and Install environment are included in just 400MB."
"After you install iQunix OS in your PC, you will get a minimum software stack that is required to make a functional desktop enviroment. Here is a list of what you get with iQunix OS:
Gedit -- Simple text editor
Terminal -- For those who know the power of linux shell
2Click Update -- A simple, yet intuitive system maintenance app
Nautilus -- The best file manager to manage your files and folders
Remastersys -- To make a backup of your entire operating system with all your installed programs
Hardware Drivers installer -- To automatically detect you systems graphic card and wireless network card and install the apropreate drivers
Software Center -- To install the programs of your choice."
http://iqunix.sourceforge.net/index.html
There's a 10.10 version and an 11.04 with 'old' Gnome.
screaminj3sus
May 17th, 2011, 04:29 PM
This is reassuring and makes it more likely that applets will be ported.
If not Elementary or Mint, I can see at least a few distros offering Gnome 3 in fallback mode by default.
I am fairly sure mint's plan is to use gnome 3 without the shell.
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