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Re: Ubuntu in 2013

#11

Post by mattdeboard »

andrewcooke wrote: post #8

it's hard to read that without feeling the huge weight of criticism (all the kow-towing and talking about experts). and then i come here and 2 out of 4 posts are complaining. really, can't you just go somewhere else? ubuntu is fine for my laptop. it might even do for my mother's next time i visit. if you want something else, either use something else or at least have the graciousness to complain without "fuck up" and…

"Works on my machine!"

I'm more pissed about the fact that there are so many show-stoppers moving from 12.04 to 12.10. I like 12.04. It's solid. 12.10 is not. I'm going to bitch about it.

edit: By the way, I did not know "muckety muck" had a negative connotation. I just use it as a synonym for boss. I should probably quit telling my boss he's a muckety muck.

Re: Ubuntu in 2013

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Post by mattdeboard »

w1ntermute wrote: post #10
mattdeboard wrote: post #4

> "That’s why Unity in 2013 will be all about mobile" Cool, but don't fuck up my desktop experience with your experimentation like you have been doing.

Just switch to Xubuntu. Xfce isn't changing any time soon. None of the "interface innovation" Unity is notorious for.

I may eventually, but for the time being I'm going to stick with 12.04 and Unity 2D which I like a lot.

Re: Ubuntu in 2013

#13

Post by mtgx »

mattdeboard wrote: post #9
gnaritas wrote: post #5

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Unity is all about fucked up. And gnome3 in 12.10 has been very unstable for me, getting rather frustrated.

Well, Unity 2D was actually really ok for me, but Unity 3D -- now the only option out of the box -- is really FUBAR. I just rolled my girlfriend's laptop back to 12.04, and am going to sit there until next LTS probably.

Didn't they kill Unity 2D recently?

Re: Ubuntu in 2013

#14

Post by gnaritas »

mattdeboard wrote: post #9
gnaritas wrote: post #5

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Unity is all about fucked up. And gnome3 in 12.10 has been very unstable for me, getting rather frustrated.

Well, Unity 2D was actually really ok for me, but Unity 3D -- now the only option out of the box -- is really FUBAR. I just rolled my girlfriend's laptop back to 12.04, and am going to sit there until next LTS probably.

Rolled back? Can I do that, or did you just reinstall? 12.04 was solid.

Re: Ubuntu in 2013

#15

Post by mtgx »

talloaktrees wrote: post #6
gnaritas wrote: post #5

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Unity is all about fucked up. And gnome3 in 12.10 has been very unstable for me, getting rather frustrated.

I just switched to lubuntu, i recommend it even for powerful pcs

If Canonical could make a pretty interface that is as fast as Lubuntu, that would be great. For example Lubuntu works much better on Cortex A9-based Nexus 7 than Ubuntu.

Re: Ubuntu in 2013

#16

Post by zanny »

w1ntermute wrote: post #10
mattdeboard wrote: post #4

> "That’s why Unity in 2013 will be all about mobile" Cool, but don't fuck up my desktop experience with your experimentation like you have been doing.

Just switch to Xubuntu. Xfce isn't changing any time soon. None of the "interface innovation" Unity is notorious for.

Is there a way to drag / drop arbitrary files onto the panel (ie, directories, executables, scripts, etc)? Setting up launchers and what not is so cumbersome.

Re: Ubuntu in 2013

#17

Post by jiggy2011 »

andrewcooke wrote: post #8

it's hard to read that without feeling the huge weight of criticism (all the kow-towing and talking about experts). and then i come here and 2 out of 4 posts are complaining. really, can't you just go somewhere else? ubuntu is fine for my laptop. it might even do for my mother's next time i visit. if you want something else, either use something else or at least have the graciousness to complain without "fuck up" and…

Ubuntu has the big advantage of being the most widely supported Linux distribution.

Of course if you don't like it you could switch to arch or something, but then you have the problem that you want to install program X that only has ubuntu install instructions and you end up having to read forums just to install the thing.

Re: Ubuntu in 2013

#18

Post by stingraycharles »

mattdeboard wrote: post #11
andrewcooke wrote: post #8

it's hard to read that without feeling the huge weight of criticism (all the kow-towing and talking about experts). and then i come here and 2 out of 4 posts are complaining. really, can't you just go somewhere else? ubuntu is fine for my laptop. it might even do for my mother's next time i visit. if you want something else, either use something else or at least have the graciousness to complain without "fuck up" and…

"Works on my machine!" I'm more pissed about the fact that there are so many show-stoppers moving from 12.04 to 12.10. I like 12.04. It's solid. 12.10 is not. I'm going to bitch about it. edit: By the way, I did not know "muckety muck" had a negative connotation. I just use it as a synonym for boss. I should probably quit telling my boss he's a muckety muck.

The problem is that bitching about past issues adds little value. We all know that they made bad choices in the past, it just isn't really useful to keep reminding everyone about those facts every time something about Ubuntu comes up.

Re: Ubuntu in 2013

#19

Post by xradionut »

mattdeboard wrote: post #4

> "That’s why Unity in 2013 will be all about mobile" Cool, but don't fuck up my desktop experience with your experimentation like you have been doing.

"Cool, but don't fuck up my desktop experience with your experimentation like you have been doing."

Yes, Microsoft has a patent on that with the release of Windows 8... :D

Re: Ubuntu in 2013

#20

Post by thejosh »

talloaktrees wrote: post #6
gnaritas wrote: post #5

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Unity is all about fucked up. And gnome3 in 12.10 has been very unstable for me, getting rather frustrated.

I just switched to lubuntu, i recommend it even for powerful pcs

Been using LXDE with Ubuntu for over a year now.

HUGE fan of LXDE, stable as a rock and perfect for my requirements. I require a couple of minutes of fiddling around with the launcher to get the positioning right but apart from that it's a very solid desktop.

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