Re: Gnome Shell Extensions isn't shipped with Gnome Shell, WHY?!



On Wed, 2012-08-22 at 13:05 +0200, Clemens wrote:
> >> I disagree,  core should remain thin so people can easily go in whatever
> >> direction they want.  Verses the old first-I-go-remove-all-this-crap.
> > How much "thicker" does the core get by having a restart menu item in the
> > status menu?

This is an argument against the concept with an instance.

Having a restart menu item is considerably different than many of the
things people propose should 'be included'. 

I use, and cannot [on a existential and metaphysical level] understand
why most people do not use the Zeitgeist Journal and Tracker
integration. Come on! It is all upside! .... but a lot of [crazy,
IMNSHO] people do not.  But that this considerably complex feature is
not included by default doesn't bother me at all.  I just install the
extension - then I get work done.

And retrofitting GNOME3 [core] with features to make it more like GNOME2
[or windows XP/95] doesn't make sense to me either.  GNOME3 is an
attempt to make a different, and better, user experience.  I don't
retrofit my 2011 Prius Hybrid with a reverse foot-pedal because I
learned to drive on an 1919 Model-T Ford [which I did, and it is
confusing at first - but four wheel anti-lock disc brakes are awesome].
Both vehicles are what they are.

> As far is i know, the poweroff/reboot buttons were removed/are hidden 
> because suspend is a) more efficient (time + powerconsumption) b) many people 
> only use suspend and never poweroff there macine c) suspend is working an nearly 
> all devices (most of the time a shutdown my notebook using a terminal )

Yes.  This topic has been thrashed to shreds in many forums, including
here.  There is a hard-core contingent of people who rabidly despise
Suspend/Resume (for a variety of reasons);  that they have to modify
this behavior enrages them.    Please let's go into that again.

<aside>I'll confess that I am in the I-suspend-resume-camp.  I reboot
less and less as time goes on.  With my last two laptops it has worked
perfectly.  And now that most applications are network aware [via the
fantastic NetworkManager] most of the sharp edges are gone.  But doing
so still does kill your SSH sessions :)</aside>

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