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delphinen

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Registered: 2006-10-02

Posts: 67

Your opinions on Gnome 2.16

I would like to know your opinions on Gnome 2.16 ; I have been using 2.14 for a whole year and I was wondering if upgrading to 2.16 will worth it , what are the main differences between these versions, aside from many bugfixes?

pelle.k

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From: Åre, Sweden (EU)

Registered: 2006-04-30

Posts: 667

Re: Your opinions on Gnome 2.16

It has better power managment, and consumes less memory while being a little bit snappier (not much though). It also handle removeable devices and fixed HD (automounts them and such) without much effort.

Last edited by pelle.k (2007-02-04 17:07:53)

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cougar

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From: France

Registered: 2006-06-24

Posts: 93

Re: Your opinions on Gnome 2.16

Gnome 2.16 is sooooooooo good !

bones

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From: Brisbane

Registered: 2006-03-24

Posts: 322

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Re: Your opinions on Gnome 2.16

After jumping ship and going to kde. Gnome 2.16 brought me back, don't know what is but it seems a lot more enjoyable to use, although I still switch into e17 for some things and I keep playing with fvwm, 80% of the time I use gnome

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Mefju

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From: Poland

Registered: 2006-07-12

Posts: 104

Re: Your opinions on Gnome 2.16

It's faster than 2.14 and eats less memory.

Captain Spaulding

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Registered: 2006-11-16

Posts: 115

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Re: Your opinions on Gnome 2.16

Well, that depends. Gnome 2.16 has improved a lot of things, take look here:
Gnome 2.15.99 Release Notes

If there is nothing among the improvements i'd want, i wouldn't update.