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On Tue, 25 Nov 2014 06:53:14 +0200 Gevisz <gevisz@×××××.com> wrote: |
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> On Mon, 24 Nov 2014 21:05:16 +0000 Neil Bothwick <neil@××××××××××.uk> wrote: |
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> > On Mon, 24 Nov 2014 20:25:22 +0200, Gevisz wrote: |
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> > > I switched from Ubuntu 10.04 to Gentoo just because it forced closing |
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> > > window button "x" to the upper-left corner of the window in Unity of |
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> > > Ubuntu 12.04 while I used to look for it in the upper-right corner. :) |
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> > Wouldn't it have been easier to use the simple configuration option to |
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> > move the button back to where you expected it? Far less effort than |
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> > switching distros. |
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> No. It is not possible in Unity or, at least, it was not possible |
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> in Unity at the time when Ubuntu 12.04 was released. They really |
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> *forced* their users to accept the new place of the closing window |
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> frame button and have argued that it is more ergonomic. |
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> There was not any possibility to change the place of the closing |
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> window frame button in Unity via configuration options. Quite a |
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> lot of Ubuntu users complained about it yet in Ubuntu 10.04, |
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> where the new place of that button was a new default though |
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> it was possible to change it back via configuration options. |
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> In Unity, it was absolutely impossible. |
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> I even can agree with them that a new place of that button was |
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> logical, ergonomic and saved screen space. |
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Only now, I have realized that, logically, it was possible |
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to rearrange all the elements of Unity in such a way that |
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it was logical, ergonomic, saved space, and moreover kept |
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the window frame close button at its usual place, but |
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it was not possible with the Unity configuration anyway. |
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> It is *forcing* old users to change their habits just after upgrade |
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> from Ubuntu 10.04 LST to Ubuntu 12.04 LST make me looking for an |
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> alternative distribution. And it was the first time when I carefully |
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> looked though all the alternatives and make my choice consciously. |
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> (Before that my choice was mainly influenced by the people who |
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> helped me to install and maintain my first Linux systems: Suse |
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> at the time when it was still free :), Red Hat :(, or just advised |
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> me to try them: Alt Linux, Ubuntu.) |
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> I think that I made the right choice now and I like Gentoo |
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> distribution, though it has its own shortcomings. |
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> For example, Firefox 24.8.0 in stable Gentoo tree when outdated |
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> Ubuntu 12.04 has Firefox 33.0. (It is not that I am running for |
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> the version numbers but Google sites do not support Firefox 24.8 |
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> any more.) |
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