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openSUSE 11.2 M2 (Gnome)

May 29th, 2009 by

Well, today I downloaded the Gnome Live CD first, and had no luck at all. That was no fun watching the busy cursor over and over again after selecting the Live CD option from the Menu so I decided to get the DVD just to see if things went different (actually not the only reason for), and sure they were. First, I installed the KDE Desktop, not a deal through the install process. Then came the first log in and all well. Of course I chose the Ext4 file system and I can tell it feels faster than our good old Ext3 ;).

Then it was time for Gnome. As usual, default install took longer than KDE’s. One thing I removed from the software was Desktop Effects, since I started to believe that that could cause the problem with the Live CD Media. So on through the install process, it went down really well. Then at first log in I got alerted over GDM and Metacity. I got this:

waring_metacity

By default, the Slab Menu Icon looks like this when Main Panel’s Size is 24 pixels:

Computer_icon24

Looks like your computer is not your computer, right? Well, I just resized Main Panel up to 26 pixels so it looks like better:

Computer_icon26

I must admit that I like the default theme. Absolutely new, darkish, professional. First time I feel comfortable “out of the box”. One feature that is not workig 100% is the System Monitor. At this time I cannot switch between tabs. The rest of the system is pretty running smoothly to me. Here you have a screenshot of my desktop:

opensuse112m2

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2 Responses to “openSUSE 11.2 M2 (Gnome)”

  1. Anonymous

    Sonar is ugly, especially dark menus.

  2. Sonar isn’t so ugly, but it’s not so classy and stylish as Gilouche.

    Oh, and Fifth Leg in window decoration looks awful. Completely out of place. It should be used for heading, logos but nothing more…