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		aortega on Nov 12, 2012 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: I like Gnome Shell You still are talking about a x86 architecture with a discrete GPU. It would be nice if it worked fast with no GPU at all like Gnome 2 did, so it can be used in Virtual machines, OSes with crappy drivers (*BSDs), weird architectures (MIPS, ARM, etc.) Gnome 3 sacrificed all that compatibility to gain some nices graphics, I think it's not worth it.

Andrex on Nov 12, 2012 [–]

It doesn't require a GPU for hardware acceleration anymore, Gnome 3.6 uses LLVM for hardware where GPU acceleration isn't available.

http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=MTAxM...

aortega on Nov 13, 2012 | [–]

So it in case you don't have a GPU, it only requires a huge assload of CPU to work.

Why not turn the damn effects off? it is that hard?

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