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I wonder what will happen when Gnome 4 rolls out in the future. Will users jump to it like what happened from Windows Vista -> Windows 7? Will they still yearn for the days of Gnome 2, like some people still wish for Windows XP even though Windows 8 has been released? And why does every situation happening with Gnome seem to have a Windows analogy?


people are often rosy-eyed about things they used first/most so they often think things are nicer than they really are.

i remember for the longest time i thought my time with dwm were some of the nicest and yearned for tiling wm's in windows, but after trying it again i'm really glad i switched to win vista/7.


They will yearn for Gnome 3, just like they yearned for Gnome 1 when Gnome 2 was released.




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