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On 25/11/14 23:35, Emanuele Rusconi wrote: |
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> On 25 November 2014 at 23:42, Neil Bothwick <neil@××××××××××.uk> wrote: |
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>> The point was that it could be changed. […] |
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>> |
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>> […] It's about as on-topic and relevant as WinXP. |
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> No, the point was that sometimes even a small annoyance is plenty |
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> enough to drive people away. |
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Let ma add a "me too" |
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I was quite happy on ubuntu with gnome2 and compiz on the desktop |
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then unity came along with the sidebar that you couldn't move/hide and a |
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semi broken compiz |
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so i moved to bodhi and jeff had really done well to create it but |
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importantly i had my desktop cube back |
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then bodhi 2 with the new version of enlightenment and i lost my compiz cube |
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i could live with the loss of the 3d cube because enlightenment is awesome |
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but then i tried update my system and sadly jeff had slipped with the |
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update of the distro, and because it is esentially ubuntu i thought no |
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bother, here we go. |
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it _sort of_ worked |
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so i tried gnome3 on a live disk and omg even less configurable when |
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that came out without about 100 extra utils that some work for some |
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version and others for another.... yeah i've no time for that |
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so i thought look, i have gentoo on all servers why the big headache |
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with gentoo on the desktop? |
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i already knew loads about X and session management etc but all of this |
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was useless to me, all i needed was gentoo and an enlightenment overlay |
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and i was 90% there |
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in short: the power of linux is that mostly data and programs are very |
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separated and it is very easy to jump ship when you lose features. also |
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long term release jumps do not upgrade well. I can tell you more |
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stories of having to "reinstall over the top" every five years and then |
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apt-get install $fromsavedfile |
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> The point was that when you feel that the distro you're using takes a |
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> direction that doesn't fit you, you look for alternatives. |
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> And that's perfectly on-topic. |
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> |
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> What's off-topic is to figure out if the damn buttons could actually |
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> be moved or not. |
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> -- Emanuele Rusconi |
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