GNOME vs Canonical

[Mathieu Trudel-Lapierre]

On Mon, Mar 14, 2011 at 5:04 PM, george.standish at gmail.com
<george.standish at gmail.com> wrote:
> Darcy,
>
> Regarding your statement about Gnome 3s "install-ability", you may
> want to see https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-shell/+bug/690045
>
>> 3) I don't imagine there will be any problems getting Gnome 3 running
>> in Natty (or Oneiric if it's not packaged in time for Natty) with a
>> click of a button in Software Centre, if that's what you prefer.
>
> Looks like gnome-shell is blacklisted, for the moment.

Well, that's partly true, but there is still a way to install
gnome-shell on natty: through a PPA. The Desktop team provides a PPA
for the gnome3 stack, including gnome-shell, and theboard, linked
here:

https://launchpad.net/~gnome3-team

Note that it goes as usual for PPAs; if it breaks your computer you
get to keep the pieces. I haven't tested it myself, but this is
probably in the PPAs I'd trust a bit more than the others, given its
source.

Regards,

Mathieu Trudel-Lapierre <mathieu-tl at ubuntu.com>
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