GNOME 3: Seven Pros and Cons | Linux Today

GNOME 3: Seven Pros and Cons

Written By
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Bruce Byfield
Apr 28, 2011

[ Thanks to James
Maguire
for this link. ]

“GNOME 3 contains many changes that average users are unlikely
to notice unless they are pointed out. For example, not many are
likely to notice that improved hardware interaction means that
GNOME 3 offers a Suspend option only on a machine that supports
that option. Nor are many going to care much that typing completion
in the Activities screen’s Search field allows you to launch an
application by pressing the Enter key. Such enhancements are easy
to overlook, and — despite their convenience — too minor to
create a large part of anybody’s reaction to GNOME 3.

“So what factors are likely to influence your decision whether
to use GNOME 3? Here are seven pros and several cons of the new
desktop that might be important to you.”


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