On 2 December 2011 23:33, john lewis <johnlewis@???> wrote:
> Debian isn't perfect and changing to Gnome 3 is IMHO a bad choice but
> XFCE allows me to set up the desktop the way I want and not how some
> geeky developer thinks it should be. Not all of us are tablet/touch
> screen users!!
I have used and liked Unity during the days of Ubuntu netbook remix .
Compared to unity as of today I think gnome 3 is quite usable . But
yeah the old easy menu thing is missing .
> With luck the Mint modifications to Gnome 3 will filter back into
> Debian.
Same here would love to see mint stuff coming back to ints grand
mother/mother debian . I have spoken to some DD 's about LMDE and the
role it plays strengthening the debian system , as usual they were not
amused :(
> I have run the Mint Debian Edition 'live' on my spare system
> and it looks quite good. It installed OK but seems reluctant to
> 'aptitude safe-upgrade' the 488 packages needing an upgrade plus the
> 50 new packages it thinks I need ;-)
Hey be careful with LMDE and update . You will get into a mess . They
do something like update packs
http://blog.linuxmint.com/?p=1836
Regards,
Pavi
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