> This is exactly the reason why I really start to dislike ubuntu ... it seems like "we want you to use overlay-scrollbars, and the Ambiance theme, otherwise you may get a broken desktop".
Note that this specific issue is a GNOME one, see i.e https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=670268, GNOME forced a specific size so it works only with their theme and the default locale,font. What we do is just to adjust that to the default Ubuntu theme, we don't really create any issue there > It's not their decision to stick with Totem 3.0, Evolution 3.2 it's because it's a lts cycle and those were problematic updates, they will get updated next cycle > So now I really am about to move to debian testing / Linux Mint Debian Edition, because they deliver a GNOME experience that is closer to as it was meant to be by the GNOME developers, not "crippled" by unity- specific patches. Good luck, those tweak their theme as well btw, and tend to have at least as many "is not up to date" issues than Ubuntu, note that Ubuntu has less and less patches to GNOME since the default desktop is Unity and not a patched GNOME > Should I write to the ubuntu-desktop mailing list about this, maybe as a > starting point for an open discussion about this issue? No real point, what is lacking to maintain a "first class citizen" GNOME is contributors wanting to maintain GNOME, and extra emails which will to the "lack of resources" reason will not bring you any closer from that ** Bug watch added: GNOME Bug Tracker #670268 https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=670268 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to gnome-control-center in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/974573 Title: gnome-control-center layout problems w/o overlay-scrollbars Status in “gnome-control-center” package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: I am using precise and up-to-date software packages plus the gnome3-team PPA packages. As far as I know, in the appearance section of GNOME Control Center, 4 wallpapers should be displayed in a row. But if you don't use overlay-scrollbars, the layout doesn't fit the width of four wallpaper icons anymore, and so a "line break" after three thumbnails is generated (which looks ugly gecause of the unused space between the third thumbnail and the scrollbar). (I am using Adwaita from gnome-themes-standard 3.4.) I added a screenshot to better explain what I mean :) ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04 Package: gnome-control-center 1:3.4.0-0ubuntu4 Uname: Linux 3.3.1-ck1-bfs x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.0-0ubuntu4 Architecture: amd64 Date: Thu Apr 5 21:31:13 2012 InstallationMedia: Xubuntu 12.04 "Precise Pangolin" - Alpha amd64 (20120209) SourcePackage: gnome-control-center UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-control-center/+bug/974573/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
