Re: GNOME 3.8 and the "new" Classic Mode using 3D acceleration

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On 03/29/2013 01:44 PM, Adam Tauno Williams wrote:
> On Wed, 2013-03-27 at 21:22 +0100, . wrote:
> > So now that GNOME 3.8 has "Classic Mode"[1] I'll see how loud my
> > notebook's fan gets, since from the picture it seems that it uses 3D
> > acceleration. 3D acceleration was always something which gets my (and my
> > friends') notebook fan very loud and decreases battery time. 3D for
> > desktop, at least for older notebooks, is unnecessary (I don't know if
> > > =Sandy Bridge notebook are louder too when using 3D). 
> > [1] https://help.gnome.org/misc/release-notes/3.8/
> Sounds like a hardware/driver issue to me.
>
> I use GNOME Shell on a 6+ year old Toshiba laptop with a lame Intel i9xx
> series GPU.  The laptop runs cool and long;  there is not excessive
> utilization.
I'd like to test it but can't find a live CD. I expect it to appear here
https://www.gnome.org/getting-gnome/ in a few days?