12.1 ships with kernel 3 and GNOME 3.
I downloaded the live GNOME disks since I really didn't want to sit around for the install DVDs.
Well, I didn't really like GNOME 3 since I tried it on Lie-chan. All of my dual screens are digitally configured like this, regardless of the physical monitor location:
Monitor 1
Monitor 2
GNOME 3 focuses on minimal distractions which is fine with me, but a couple things irked me away (one more than the other).
There is a static bar at the top of the screen which gives it a very similar feel to the whole Mac OS line, with a few changes. The left side of this static "menu" is where you go to access programs (whether running or not running), next to that is what program you have focus on. In the centre is the time (clicking on it gives you the calendar and any appointments you've set up in whatever the program's called), and the right side is the network/Bluetooth/user/logout stuff.
Honestly, that doesn't bother me too much, but...
At the bottom of the main screen is the notification bar. Yep a whole f*ing bar for notifications. It auto-hides itself which is kind of nice, but remember how my monitors are set up. Since the bottom of screen 1 is the top of screen 2, the notification bar blocks the top of screen 2. Note: the notification bar is not movable! I can't maximize anything on screen 2 without having to play a speed game with the notification bar to access the window title bar.
That's where GNOME 3 fails me. I refuseto deal with the crap notification bar location. But I wouldn't really mind it for a single-screen instance like with Triela.
Milestone 5 wouldn't automatically start X on Triela (I didn't bother testing it on Lie-chan due to the notification bar problem) since the stock driver doesn't like the AMD Radeon HD 6450M that Triela has. Oh well.
I may test the beta if I get bored enough. Not quite sure. Still need to work on 11.4 first...
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