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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. So, there was nothing |
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bad placing it there by default, especially for those who never |
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used computer before. |
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Even more: if they just had changed a default and allowed changing |
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it back via configuration option, I would probably switched to the |
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new place of that button later. |
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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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