Giving GNOME 3 a GNOME 2 Look 181
nanday writes "GNOME Shell Extensions have done more than any other set of features to make GNOME 3 usable. Nearly 270 in number, they provide a degree of customization that was missing in the first GNOME 3 releases. In fact, if you choose, you can use the extensions to go far beyond Classic GNOME and re-create almost exactly the look and feel of GNOME 2 while taking advantage of the latest GNOME 3 code."
why bother? (Score:5, Informative)
I know this will invite a flame or three, but the proper response here is Mate [mate-desktop.org].
Mate Cinnamon and Gnome3+Extensions (Score:5, Informative)
I know this will invite a flame or three, but the proper response here is Mate [mate-desktop.org].
Mate http://mate-desktop.org/about/ [mate-desktop.org]
"MATE is a fork of GNOME 2.
It provides an intuitive and attractive desktop to Linux users using traditional metaphors."
Cinnamon (although same as Gnome 3 with extensions) http://cinnamon.linuxmint.com/ [linuxmint.com]
"Traditional layout, advanced features, easy to use, powerful, flexible."
Can you not see the difference. The real question is why use Mate.
Re:As someone who uses GNOME 3... (Score:5, Informative)
The hate against GNOME 3 has mixed origins. Some are natural, as "they changed now it sucks" reactions; the fact GNOME 2 was/is great also doesn't help at all. Some are because the software is new and nowhere mature. But some are genuine complaints from the users for GNOME 3 not actually improving their experience, but getting in the way to do common tasks - the devs confused "simple" with "simplistic" and are completely deaf for users' requests (some as simple as putting back in 3.7 a background configuration already present in 3.6 [gnome.org].
As for me, I just moved to MATE when the whole thing happened and I'm quite happy with it.
Why not just use gnome3 classic mode? (Score:4, Informative)
It will be default in RHEL 7, so it will be supported going forward. Gnome extensions seem to break with every other release.