Removal of Categories in Gnome Shell? Won't happen! | Linux Today

Removal of Categories in Gnome Shell? Won’t happen!

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Web Webster
Web Webster
Aug 11, 2012

There were some reasons why Gnome developers discussed and decided to drop categories, and I personally was over it, not fanatical over it, but sure I was in favor. Most of people seem to be against that move, and Gnomers listened to these complains and changed direction (at least for now!). Yeap it is better to allow people to personalize their applications in an OS. Yes Gnome3 is moving to a complete core but not isolated (no Gnome OS distro) Operating System.

Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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