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Today I finally managed to get GNOME Shell installed so I could get a preview of what is to come on the Linux desktop (at least through the eyes of GNOME). This new GNOME will arrive sometime this year (2010) and will, I promise you, change the way you use your desktop. Finally someone has looked at the current desktop metaphor and said “It’s over!” Think about it, the current paradigm has been in play since, when, Windows 95? Earlier you say? CDE? Let’s stick with Windows 95, because that really solidified the whole “taskbar, start button, icons, notification try” metaphor in the eyes of the public. Well, public, that is about to change - drastically.

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A Gnome fanboy speaks.

If you want to see something new in a desktop, try the latest KDE 4.4. At least it works now. As a bonus, it is written in C++ and you wont have to worry about Miguel sneaking Mono into its foundation.

And a KDE fanboy responds.

Meh. We get these stories every time Gnome or KDE puts out a major release.

Lol, true.

you've seen the future and it's a cluttered menu with likely no usable editor?

From the desktop environment frying pan into the text editor flame war fire.

hehe -- but I meant menu editing, not vi