Lame attempt to make it right

Having not looked in the general direction of Gnome 3 after its abysmal debut, I recently learned about Gnome Flashback, supposedly an attempt to keep the UI same as Gnome 2's but using Gnome 3 technology.

Splendid, said I, and installed brand-spanking-new Debian 12 with that desktop option. What did I get? Your guess is right! I got a black screen. Pure pitch-black. No text console, no XOrg. Nothing.

I am not easy to confuse, so I switched to tty2 and got a text login. We are making progress! Type startx, hit Enter and voila, we got XOrg running, and it does even look like Gnome 2. There the joy ends.

I have no idea what the creators of Flashback mean by it being same as Gnome 2. It is not. It only appears the same to an eye, at the first glance. The user interaction (experience) is totally different. The main menu design is different. Right-click does not work on the panel or anywhere for that matter. This is enough to wipe the VM out and forget about the whole thing, for another 10 years or so.

When you, genius FOSS developers, make a claim that something WORKS THE SAME as something you have to live by your claim, not just throw it up. You failed.

Posted by: LinuxLies at 11:30 AM | No Comments | Add Comment
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