Re: web page with instructions for getting 'gnome 2' experience back

[Giovanni Campagna <scampa giovanni gmail com>]

2012/8/7 Bob Frazier <bobf mrp3 com>:
> I created a web page specifically to help people get their 'gnome 2'
> experience back, or at least as much as I could figure out in a couple of
> days with some significant research.  I used Ubuntu 11.10 a few months ago,
> then later installed debian 'wheezy' to confirm my suspicions.
>
> web page:  http://mrp3.com/making-gnome3-usable.html
>
> I thought I'd let others know of its existence.  I happen to agree with
> Linus on this matter, and thought that those of us who PREFER THE GNOME 2
> INTERFACE ought to at LEAST have some say so as the customer SHOULD 'always
> be right'.  So let people have their fondleslab interfaces, bulbous fonts,
> too much space between icons on the desktop [if they actually figure out how
> to enable it without reading my web page], and so forth, if they really want
> them.
>
> BUT WHY CANNOT THE REST OF US KEEP WHAT WE HAD IF WE LIKED IT???

There are better ways to stay on GNOME 2, if you liked it:
1) Use a long term supported distro (Debian, RHEL, CentOS), which will
keep GNOME 2 for the next years at least
2) Use, and help develop, MATE
3) Use, and help improve, some other DE, with different design goals
(such as Xfce, LXDE, KDE)
Sorry, but please recognize that shouting in this way is not
productive for the hundreds of developers who everyday work in GNOME.
Also, please remember you're not our customer in any way, unless you
have a support contract from one of the GNOME AB members (In which
case you probably already get GNOME 2).

Thank you,

Giovanni