GNOME3 is largely alike KDE 4.0.0 on the aspect of matureness seen now.
On Mon, Feb 28, 2011 at 02:17, Tom H <tomh0665@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
On Sat, Feb 26, 2011 at 6:35 PM, Bill Davidsen <davidsen@xxxxxxx> wrote:You're welcome. AFAIK the (silly IMHO) reason for this decision is to
> Tom H wrote:
>> On Sat, Feb 26, 2011 at 11:33 AM, Bill Davidsen<davidsen@xxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>
>>> I read in a non-Fedora list that GNOME3 has dropped the ability to do power
>>> management, and that all laptops will suspend when the cover is closed, like it
>>> or not. Hopefully that's just a users who doesn't know how to do config, but
>>> some feedback would be helpful, that behavior would be a total show stopper.
>>>
>>> It's desirable in many cases to turn off the display and lock, but in business
>>> use the computer is likely to be doing something useful the users needs to continue.
>>
>> AFAIK, changing the laptop-cover closing behavior won't be possible
>> through the GUI but will be possible though gconf or whatever G3's
>> equivalent is, if it's different.
>
> Thanks for the prompt reply. I understand this choice came because some Apple
> laptops melt if you don't suspend when you close the cover, but after reading
> the article I checked the CPU temp on a few of mine, and they seem likely to
> survive. Fan may or may not work a little harder, though.
have fewer options available because too many options are confusing
and a bad thing and to have a consistent behavior when closing a
laptop cover when using GNOME. Feel free to google away and enjoy the
discussions/arguments...
--
users mailing list
users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
To unsubscribe or change subscription options:
https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users
Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines
-- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines
