Why I uninstalled FC 15 and reinstalled FC 14
I was looking forward to FC 15 largely because it came with the new Gnome 3 Desktop and Libre Office.
I have two main reasons for uninstalling 15 and reinstalling 14.
First, and by far most importantly, FC 15 seemed to demand way more from my hardware. Whereas on FC 14 my admittedly whimpy mother board and quite hardy AMD dual core CPU float along quite well at around 40-60C, on FC 15 the CPU was consistently over 80C. It seems clear to me that the display demands of FC 15, or more specifically, Gnome 3, may have been contributing to this temperature increase. OK, I built this box myself using the best materials I could get for the price, but still, on FC 14 and before this box has performed very well.
Secondly, and almost as important, is that the usability of Gnome 3 just does not match that of Gnome 2+. I can see what they’re aiming for in Gnome 3, but the bottom line is that I found that it took, on average, one extra click to do something onĀ Gnome 3 than it took me to do on FC 14 using Gnome 2+. There probably, almost certainly, is a way to make things work more efficiently on Gnome 3, but they didn’t jump out at me. No right click menues, no dragging and dropping, etc.
OK, I’m working on a 15 inch monitor, so that may have had something to do with it, but it shouldn’t. FC 14 works great. I’m reinstalling. My advice, if you’re considering upgrading to FC 15, is to play around with the live CD first.
Finally, I found that FC 15 gave me much less immediate control over my computer. With FC 14, you have much more access to root-level GUI interfaces. Play around with the live CD first.
I think Gnome 3 will find its stride eventually. But for now, one extra click is way too much time wasted.