When 3D effects came to Linux with Compiz and Beryl - much before windows - Linux made great news. MS tried hard with Vista to take on this challenge but we all know how these compare. They hardly do. do they? :)
Anyways, fast forward to Gnome Shell. This is another first from Linux (oops Gnome). Windows 7? It will take Windows 9, 10, 11 to reach there - if at all it did :)
Gnome Shell... My initial reactions
What still needs to be done..
In short, Gnome Shell rocks and is redefining the end user computing experience.
Few more screenshots
Anyways, fast forward to Gnome Shell. This is another first from Linux (oops Gnome). Windows 7? It will take Windows 9, 10, 11 to reach there - if at all it did :)
Gnome Shell... My initial reactions
- Its super coooool way of working with desktop. Nice gimick there
- Best part is - the speed. Its so much faster to locate things - files, folder, commands, programs, places etc.
- Combine it with Gnome-do and its nice look dock at the bottom, the efficiency in navigating around the desktop is awesome.
- it is simple. Why do we need 2-3 drop downs at the top. Just have one launch point. Neat! No more trying to figure out where recent files are, network is etc.
- But where is the System Administration stuff? It did not take much to realize that I have an expanded version of all the shortcuts available from the right side of the launchpad - my name -->; System Preferences
What still needs to be done..
- i had a few applets on the panel which now disappeared and there does not seem to be a way to add these anymore :(. Hopefully, that will come back soon.
- i could not move this to bottom or to any other side of the screen. Not a big deal since I really want it on top but other might prefer it elsewhere - side, bottom
In short, Gnome Shell rocks and is redefining the end user computing experience.
Few more screenshots
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