On Thu, 2012-07-05 at 21:40 +0100, Gordon Scott wrote:
No, it hasn't. The option to select which desktop to use at logon time
is there and always has been in every release.
I'd never, ever, noticed any of it, presumably because when they appear,
I'm looking at the password box and I have
On 04/07/2012 23:34, Leszek Kobiernicki 1 wrote:
On 04/07/12 10:19, Alan Pope wrote:
Mark Shuttleworth:
It was tough to lead ( snip ) We had done very well just shipping the
best of FLOSS, but it clearly wasn't enough. ( snip ) we found
industry politics blocked us ( snip )
So, now we know why
On 05/07/12 11:16, Gordon Scott wrote:
Not so long ago the login screen had an 'desktop chooser' option on it,
so if you preferred a different WM than the 'standard', you just chose
it there. I was disappointed that that had gone (I'm sure I could find
how to restore it, but didn't .. life's too
On 05/07/12 11:16, Gordon Scott wrote:
Not so long ago the login screen had an 'desktop chooser' option on it,
so if you preferred a different WM than the 'standard', you just chose
it there. I was disappointed that that had gone
No, it hasn't. The option to select which desktop to use at
Pertinent to the thread on this list recently, I thought some of you
might be interested in what the guy who (currently) bankrolls a lot of
the Ubuntu development has to say on the matter. In an open online chat
via The Register yesterday:-
Pertinent to the thread on this list recently, I thought some of you might be
interested in what the guy who (currently) bankrolls a lot of the Ubuntu
development has to say on the matter. In an open online chat via The Register
yesterday:-
That is certainly interesting, and I totally missed it on the reg.
FWIW, I don't doubt Mr Shuttleworth believes wholeheartedly in the
direction he's taking Ubuntu, and no question he has the right to do
so but.
On 04/07/12 10:19, Alan Pope wrote:
SNIP
Mark Shuttleworth:
Windows 8 is
On 04/07/12 11:03, Chris Liddell wrote:
This is where I can't follow his lead. To my way of thinking phone,
tablet, POS, PVR, desktop and probably others are totally separate use
cases which demand *very* different things from the user interfaces.
I agree! I don't think you'll see the same
On 04/07/12 10:19, Alan Pope wrote:
( snip _
Mark Shuttleworth:
(snip ) We had to leave a lot of friends behind
Cutting away at your user-base ? How very wise that is .
Mark Shuttleworth:
It was tough to lead ( snip ) We had done very well just shipping the
best of FLOSS, but it clearly
