GNOME 3 -- officially released today is a similar kind of 'big break' for the GNOME project, but it's not in my opinion the same nightmare the KDE 4 unleashed on its users.
The big ticked item that should define GNOME 3 is the GNOME Shell interface.
"The new GNOME Shell is an entire new user experience that was designed from the ground up to improve the usability of the desktop and giving both designers and developers a quick way to improve the desktop and adapt the user interface to new needs," Miguel de Icaza, one of GNOME's founders said in a statement. "By tightly integrating Javascript with the GNOME platform, designers were able to create and quickly iterate on creating an interface that is both pleasant and exciting to use. I could not be happier with the results."
Ubuntu doesn't use GNOME Shell, though Red Hat, Novell and likely every other Linux distro that include GNOME likely will. Personally, I like GNOME Shell and am looking forward to seeing it as the default in the upcoming Fedora 15 release.
Backwards compatibility is also a key hallmark of GNOME 3 (holy cow did I have compatibility issues with KDE 4), which is a big deal too.
This is a release, five plus years in the making and it really shows. The way we all use our desktops and access information is now a bit different and the need to streamline menus and user interface is necessary.
The only issue I have is that this took a long time to accomplish, but hey, I'm also a fan of technology being done -- when it's done.
I'm not so naive as to think that there won't be a vocal group of GNOME users that hate GNOME 3 and now decide to move to KDE, but considering how long that GNOME 3 has been baking, there are few surprises.
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