From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Dec 29 17:49:25 2014 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [8.8.178.115]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher AECDH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 8E20F80E for ; Mon, 29 Dec 2014 17:49:25 +0000 (UTC) Received: from wonkity.com (wonkity.com [67.158.26.137]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (Client CN "wonkity.com", Issuer "wonkity.com" (not verified)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 3C0D13E95 for ; Mon, 29 Dec 2014 17:49:25 +0000 (UTC) Received: from wonkity.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by wonkity.com (8.14.9/8.14.9) with ESMTP id sBTHnNWf080186 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 bits=256 verify=NO); Mon, 29 Dec 2014 10:49:23 -0700 (MST) (envelope-from wblock@wonkity.com) Received: from localhost (wblock@localhost) by wonkity.com (8.14.9/8.14.9/Submit) with ESMTP id sBTHnNNg080183; Mon, 29 Dec 2014 10:49:23 -0700 (MST) (envelope-from wblock@wonkity.com) Date: Mon, 29 Dec 2014 10:49:23 -0700 (MST) From: Warren Block To: Valeri Galtsev Subject: Re: Xwindow advise needed In-Reply-To: <55358.128.135.70.2.1419874589.squirrel@cosmo.uchicago.edu> Message-ID: References: <55358.128.135.70.2.1419874589.squirrel@cosmo.uchicago.edu> User-Agent: Alpine 2.11 (BSF 23 2013-08-11) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed X-Greylist: Sender IP whitelisted, not delayed by milter-greylist-4.4.3 (wonkity.com [127.0.0.1]); Mon, 29 Dec 2014 10:49:24 -0700 (MST) Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18-1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 29 Dec 2014 17:49:25 -0000 On Mon, 29 Dec 2014, Valeri Galtsev wrote: > Dear All, > > I just upgraded my workstation from 10.0 to 10.1. Which made me to make > "step up" from Gnome 2 to Gnome 3. And after a few days of frustration > (which was just trying to do the work on workstation as usually) I > realized that I'm not ready to join ipad generation yet. > > I don't think there is any need to describe all that displeases (to use > polite word) someone who attempts to do this transition. I'm sure, many of > you have been though this already, and majority with success. I wonder if > some of you can suggest some alternative to gnome 3. Basically, I really > like logical tree-like arrangement of tolls we had in Xwindow since its > very origin (though we are made to use search instead of brain these > days). I do not like most of the fanciness that had been added in a step > from Gnome 2 to Gnome 3. Because each particular one ends up taking more > of my time doing what I need to do. > > Any suggestion anybody? To prolong my not joining ipad generation for just > a bit longer. See x11/mate or x11-wm/xfce4.