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Re: Fix Ubuntu

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Post by gecko »

danielweber wrote: post #12
facorreia wrote: post #3

I fixed it by switching to Mint. I'm liking it so far.

It's so depressing that I need to keep on devoting mental energy to Linux environments. When I use Windows or OSX I don't have to keep on guessing on what-the-what is going on. Then I go back to Linux for something and everything I used to know is now completely useless.

I'm pretty openly not a Linux desktop user, but come on: if Windows hasn't rearranged core functionality in the XP to Vista/7 transition, and again in the 7 to 8 transition, and again (less so, but noticeably) in the 8 to 8.1 transition, then I don't know what your standard is. (Apple's been better about it following the initial iOS-esque feature landings, but that, too, was disruptive.) Conversely, Ubuntu's operated roughly the same way since Unity initially landed, and if anything, has become more coherent. I can't speak to other distros, but I doubt it's been a radically different story there.

Re: Fix Ubuntu

#23

Post by vidarh »

danielweber wrote: post #12
facorreia wrote: post #3

I fixed it by switching to Mint. I'm liking it so far.

It's so depressing that I need to keep on devoting mental energy to Linux environments. When I use Windows or OSX I don't have to keep on guessing on what-the-what is going on. Then I go back to Linux for something and everything I used to know is now completely useless.

Surely this comment must be satire...

Re: Fix Ubuntu

#25

Post by levosmetalo »

daniel-levin wrote: post #18

I use XMonad, and don't have these problems to fix (in a sense, because XMonad 'fixes' them). For those who are on Linux who've never used XMonad, I suggest you give it a try. It's awesome. I'm on Ubuntu 13.04 and have never been bothered by ads. Also, I find the instantaneous desktop switching and fullscreen windows, resizable tiling invaluable.

For people that love Emacs and Lisp, I would suggest to also take a look at StumpWM. It's implemented in Common Lisp, and you can customize and develop extension on the fly.

Re: Fix Ubuntu

#27

Post by Piskvorrr »

danielweber wrote: post #12
facorreia wrote: post #3

I fixed it by switching to Mint. I'm liking it so far.

It's so depressing that I need to keep on devoting mental energy to Linux environments. When I use Windows or OSX I don't have to keep on guessing on what-the-what is going on. Then I go back to Linux for something and everything I used to know is now completely useless.

ahem Windows 8 ahem

Re: Fix Ubuntu

#28

Post by cs702 »

Ubuntu provides by default an on/off slider in its privacy settings for disabling the display of online search results in the dash[1], BUT I'm not sure if changing that slider to 'off' will also disable the sharing of searches with Canonical's servers. (The language used by the settings app is ambiguous: "When searching on the dash, include online search results - ON/OFF.")

Moreover, I don't particularly feel like spending time & effort examining Unity Dash source code to figure out if and how my information might be shared with Canonical and/or other third parties. Canonical should make an unambiguous promise not to transmit any data to anyone, right there on the privacy settings screen, whenever that slider is set to the 'off' position. I would trust such an unambiguous promise.

So thank you for submitting this website here -- I've bookmarked it for when I upgrade my desktops from 12.04 LTS to 14.04 LTS next year.

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[1] http://b2b.cbsimg.net/blogs/screenshot-from-2013-03-24-09342...

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Edit: Added second paragraph.

Re: Fix Ubuntu

#29

Post by nisa »

My personal fix Ubuntu:

Be careful, this is pretty rude and may break stuff - it is also not complete but some dependencies are too entangled. Only geoclue and indicator-datetime still annoy me. The idea to poll the internet regulary to check for the timezone of the machine is beyond me.

   apt-get purge ubuntuone* # I don't use it
   apt-get purge unity-lens-music unity-lens-video unity-lens-photos # I don't need the integration
   apt-get purge friends* # I don't use this either
   apt-get purge telepathy-logger telepathy-indicator telepathy-salut # pidgin is enough for me
   apt-get purge unity-scope-musicstores unity-scope-openclipart # No need for that in Unity
   apt-get purge oneconf # I don't want to sync my settings
   apt-get purge empathy # pidgin works fine 
   apt-get purge software-center* # synaptic is enough 
   apt-get purge evolution-data-server evolution-data-server-goa evolution-calendar-factory # thunderbird and lightning for me
   apt-get purge unity-scopes-runner unity-webapps-common xul-ext-unity xul-ext-websites-integration # my browser is enough - no integration for me

   apt-get --purge autoremove
   apt-get install pidgin synaptic
Shrinks RSS from 622MB to ~400MB on my system.

Re: Fix Ubuntu

#30

Post by danielweber »

Nursie wrote: post #17
danielweber wrote: post #12

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It's so depressing that I need to keep on devoting mental energy to Linux environments. When I use Windows or OSX I don't have to keep on guessing on what-the-what is going on. Then I go back to Linux for something and everything I used to know is now completely useless.

Is it much mental energy to take a couple of minutes to just pick one? I had to expend a lot more mental energy last time I tried to use modern Windows, and has OS X got a maximise button yet? --edit-- I'm not trying to say "My OS is better than your OS" because we all know where that leads. I just don't think anything is perfect and it likely comes down to what you're used to.

And then I find out that all the old ways I had of managing the box are out-of-date. /etc/ files give way to gnome-config-* gadgets, and don't even get me started about sound.
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