[OpenIndiana-discuss] Gnome and the future

[Udo Grabowski (IMK)]

On 11/ 3/12 04:55 PM, Milan Jurik wrote:
> Hi,
>
> On út, 2012-10-30 at 13:27 -0400, låzaro wrote:
>> Hi all, as many people don't wanna see, gnome future is like a submarine
>> without roof. So, my question. What about make the new gnome's fork as
>> default desktop enviroment, just like is making linux mint. OI always
>> have the step in the next time. That project look like very good with a
>> lot of good toys...
>>
>
> at first - why to make new fork if there is one already - MATE ?
>

 > On 11/ 1/12 02:29 PM, Alan Coopersmith wrote:
 >
 >https://mail.gnome.org/archives/distributor-list/2012-November/msg00002.html
 >
 >The GNOME community today announced the EOL of their "fallback" mode, 
 >forcing
 > GNOME 3 users to full OpenGL support or finding another desktop.

In view of these changes, and the fact that this will probably
also not work inside a VM, I would indeed suggest to move to MATE,
as this is a way to advance Gnome2, and gtk3 may be implemented
there, since I suspect that a lot of programs will move to gtk3
in the not so far future. And XFCE as a lightweight alternative
for those who don't need the full-scale desktop.
In the long term, Gnome3 Shell together with full OpenGL is
something that will quickly vanish, only residing as a niche
product in a few mobiles not running Android or MS ...they try
to couple two totally orthogonal usages into one, which simply
cannot sell. A shoot into their own head.
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