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Re: holy shit! your competition did it

 

and seriously does it matter what Linus thinks in this very case?

On Mon, May 28, 2012 at 4:51 AM, Pedro Bessa <pedbessa@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> with Gnome Shell Extensions, programmers can change the Gnome interface!
>
> from Gnome-Tweak-Tool, users can turn on or off a Gnome Shell Extension!
>
> Linus Torvalds said: "Hey, with gnome-tweak-tool and the dock extension,
> gnome-3.2 is starting to look almost usable."
> - https://plus.google.com/102150693225130002912/posts/WTLyn7dqYoR
>
> from the official Gnome Shell Extension web site, users can download,
> then install a Gnome Shell Extension!
> - https://extensions.gnome.org/
>
>
> do you remember, people?
> I used to ask:
> - let programmers reposition, add, edit and remove anything
> in the Ubuntu interface
> - let users install apps that change the Ubuntu interface from
> Ubuntu Software Center
>
>
> since Unity competes with Gnome Shell, Unity Extensions
> will have to be better than Gnome Shell Extensions
>
>
> without downloading, burning and installing a new distro,
> you can see what I asked:
> 1. install Gnome Shell (less than 30 MB) from Terminal
> 2. log out -> where Unity is, select Gnome not Gnome Classic -> log in
> 3. install Gnome Shell Extensions from PPA
> 4. install Gnome Tweak Tool from Ubuntu Software Center
> 5. run Gnome Tweak Tool from Terminal
> 6. select Gnome Shell Extensions
> 7. turn Dock and Applications Menu on
> done! you changed the Gnome interface twice! isn't that cool?
>
> Best regards,
> Pedro Bessa
>
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