Gnome2?

Rukiri · n00b Joined: 28 Oct 2011 Posts: 55

Okay just hearing a podcast about gentoo on youtube, I'm still surprised a linux distro would still have Gnome2 unless it's enterprise and well they want something that just works and no fuss or bugs.

So is gnome2 really available in repos?

The Doctor · l33t Joined: 27 Jul 2010 Posts: 936

http://packages.gentoo.org/package/gnome-base/gnome-light

gnome 3 is not stable yet. Once it goes stable gnome 3 will disappear. I am sure some die hard fans will try to maintain gnome2 in an overlay somewhere, and there is cinnamon.

EDIT: this contains a typo it should be "Once gnome 3 goes stable, gnome 2 will disappear". I'll leave it alone for comic relief.
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Rukiri · n00b Joined: 28 Oct 2011 Posts: 55

I thought Gnome 3.4 was stable? But thanks for answering.

Also, you mean Gnome 2 will be disappear, stating 3 will means gentoo doesn't want gnome 3 (and why would it.. unless fallback is truly gnome 2).

epsilon72 · Guru Joined: 20 Sep 2007 Posts: 530

GNOME 3.4 is considered stable by the GNOME devs but not stable by Gentoo standards. Yes, once GNOME 3 is marked as 'stable' in Gentoo GNOME 2 will disappear soon thereafter.

Doogman · Apprentice Joined: 24 Sep 2004 Posts: 238

Gentoo has been thin on Gnome devs for a long, long time and it's really starting to show. That's the main reason you are seeing a two-year old Gnome desktop as the default install.

epsilon72 · Guru Joined: 20 Sep 2007 Posts: 530

I know, KDE is almost up-to-date in Gentoo but there isn't even a gnome-3.4 meta-ebuild yet, with gnome-3.6 releasing next month.

alexcortes · Posted: Thu Aug 09, 2012 2:57 am Post subject:

Until Gnome 2 gone the MATE desktop maybe can go to portage tree, it's a option for Gnome 2 fans. Also MATE being looking for people to make MATE ebuilds for Gentoo.

http://mate-desktop.org/

Rukiri · n00b Joined: 28 Oct 2011 Posts: 55

epsilon72 · Guru Joined: 20 Sep 2007 Posts: 530

Unity isn't in the portage tree but it is available in the unity-gentoo layman overlay.

alexcortes · Posted: Fri Aug 10, 2012 7:49 pm Post subject:

Anyone already tested the razoqt? Just curious about that.

krinn · Advocate Joined: 02 May 2003 Posts: 3678

I hope we will get mate soon, the gnome team might keep telling it's ok while everyone cry against gnome3, it's not, i've read debian is now dropping gnome3 for xcfe, GG gnome team !

Tony0945 · Apprentice Joined: 25 Jul 2006 Posts: 180

XFCE has come a long way since I last tried it. It still has bugs. I'm logging into Gnome2 and XFCE, trying to get used to XFCE. Fallback mode sounds OK, but I'm afraid it won't last, lagacy things rarely do. My computer is not a damn iphone, and I don't want an iphone interface. Instead of Gnome3, they should have branched off to iGnome and left Gnome alone.

Go ahead, try XFCE, use Slim instead of gdm so you can flip back and forth to Gnome. The rat is objectionable, but no more than the bare foot was.