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On Sat, May 28, 2011 at 12:19 PM, Alan McKinnon <alan.mckinnon@×××××.com>wrote: |
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> Apparently, though unproven, at 18:38 on Saturday 28 May 2011, Daniel da |
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> Veiga |
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> did opine thusly: |
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> > On Thu, May 26, 2011 at 20:28, Kevin O'Gorman <kogorman@×××××.com> |
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> wrote: |
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> > > It looks like it's time to take Gentoo off of my main machine. I feel |
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> a |
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> > > little sad about it, or I'd just quietly go away. |
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> > > So, since I am familiar with Ubuntu from work, and have it on a couple |
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> of |
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> > > laptops, I'm installing from the Ubuntu 11.04 live disk (video is just |
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> > > fine). |
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> > Good luck. |
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> > A friend just dropped Ubuntu cause they simply decided to use Unity, and |
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> > the dashboard is just (his words) weird. He was used to the Gnome look, |
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> > and they simply changed everthing with an upgrade. |
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> > I stick with Gentoo, at least I know my next upgrade won't change my |
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> whole |
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> > interface... |
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> Ubuntu are simply doing what KDE already did - take a risk, go with |
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> something |
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> new, try to stay ahead of the curve. |
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> Unity works fine on my netbook with 600 vertical pixels. I'm not sure it |
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> would |
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> work well on my 1920x1200 notebook though. That's the risk one takes with |
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> disruptive technologies, you might annoy some of your users |
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My hardware is not capable enough to run unity, so it logs into Gnome 2, the |
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familiar |
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interface. I'm eventually going to upgrade the mobo and video, and I'll get |
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to visit |
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with Unity on my own schedule. I generally stick to the LTS versions, which |
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remain |
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supported for 3 years. I don't see the point of more frequent upgrades |
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because |
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as an old-timer, I am perfectly happy with the tools I'm used to and find |
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myself |
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increasingly exhausted on the learning curves. I can do it, but I want |
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there to be |
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a really good view at the top. :o) |
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Kevin O'Gorman, PhD |