According to DistroWatch, Linux Mint has dethroned Ubuntu as the top linux distribution downloaded. To me the reason is clear: Gnome 3 sucks!
OK first some disclaimers: My first test of Gnome3 was on an atom powered (but still high-end) netbook. While this particular netbook chugged along just fine with Gnome2, it completely choked on Gnome3. On a nice big machine you won't notice a difference, but philosophically that upsets me. If Gnome3 did much more than Gnome2 then I wouldn't mind it hogging more system resources. But from what I can see, Gnome3 does less while still using more resources. It is horribly inefficient from my user perception.
Linux Mint comes with Gnome3 by default, but has another gui called MATE, intended to restore the Gnome2 user environment for people who need to get work done.
Wednesday, December 21, 2011
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