Re: Metacity, Mutter, GNOME Shell, GNOME-2.28

[Xavier Bestel <xavier bestel free fr>]

On Tue, 2009-03-24 at 12:46 -0500, Jason D. Clinton wrote:
> There is nothing good about compiz other than as a spectacle and
> general proof of concept.

Eh, for now compiz is working and is the reference WM for linux (and
more). gnome-shell would be the proof of concept :)

> It has myriad application compatibility
> issues and configuring it is a usability nightmare. It tried to be
> desktop agnostic, so now it has four configuation backends and three
> window decorators--all of which are half-baked. The community around
> it very nearly died about a month ago.

True, but all of this would be implementation details, sort-of.

> I would encourage you to try gnome-shell before you lament compiz.
> You'll see that already it is quite functional and there's lots of
> bling for those who care about such things. And since it's based on
> Metacity, all the app. compatibility bugs in compiz are gone.

The problem isn't just with me - who cares ? After a few linux installs
I can reasonably say compiz is addictive for newcomers, and these people
don't care about configuration or backends or community behind the
product (yet).

But I don't want to sound negative or start a flamewar at all. I'll try
gnome-shell if it's not too time-consuming, instead of babbling.

Thanks,
	Xav