[64studio-devel] Backport of GNOME 2.18

[Free Ekanayaka]

Hi Steve,

|--==> Steve A writes:

  SA> Hi Free,
  SA> I took the plunge, everything installed without a hitch.

  SA> Only limited usage so far (about 2 hours):

  SA> Findings:

  SA> 1/ Visually, no difference
  SA> 2/ Performance, can't detect any noticeable difference (but my system
  SA> is not stressed)
  SA> 3/ Stability, no problems

  SA> Looking at the release notes, I've not yet tried out the new stuff
  SA> (like applets and Tomboy) also,  the power saving features don't apply
  SA> to my desktop.

Thanks for having tested it. I basically had the same experience on my
system, so probably the wisest thing to do is to stick to GNOME 2.14
for the next release as well, as the benefits of 2.18 wrt 2.14 seem
very limited.

Other reports/opinions?

Ciao,

Free