What they did on Ubuntu with Unity is what here in Brazil peoples say that someone had "defecate and sit on top".
On Sat, Oct 15, 2011 at 10:10 AM, elian <668...@bugs.launchpad.net> wrote: > I am posting this here because I know Mark is reading.. > > I have always been interested in linux ever since I downloaded root and > boot floppies for kernel version 0.97 in the 90's. I have tried linux > on and off over the years and always found it to be unstable, lacking > support - at least until i found Ubuntu. I have been a Ubuntu supporter > since version 7 because it was the first distro I loaded that no matter > what kind of desktop I threw at it, it ALWAYS seemed to load no problem > and it offered a great set of featured applications right out of the box > (ever try that with Windows installs?). Versions up through 8 or 9 I > could even load on older PC's..I had 8.04 running on a P-II 450MHZ > machine and a 233Mhz bondi blue iMac Rev A - avoided having to throw > that hardware in the trash. I also appreciated the corporate philosophy > of wanting to make software freely available to all people. > > Lately however, I have come to realize that with every new release > support for older hardware is going away, increased graphic requirements > and processing power are now a prerequisite..that's a sad thing to me > because a lot of the software you are running like "openoffice" really > doesn't need compositing and more advanced features. I've tried Xbuntu > but I think a lot of users prefer a more polished interface..and gnome > was just right..not too much..not too little...if you happened to have a > GPU with good OpenGL support then you could have the eye candy, but > otherwise it defaulted back to a usable generic system and that was > great. > > I have more than one netbook and I thought that the netbook remix > launcher was really cool for that platform, big ol' clunky "fisher > price" icons, great for people not used to a desktop too - and there, > on such a small screen playing with the window controls makes sense. > However I'm afraid that I just don't care for Unity on the desktop. > > You are trying to simplify the desktop interface? How is Unity > "simpler" than having three simple drop down menus at the top of the > screen that say "Applications", "Places" and "Settings" ? How is > hiding the standard close, minimize, maximize buttons until you mouse > over them "simpler" ? How is replacing the application menu with a > composited, compartmentalized display with a ton of > expand/collapse/close window controls "simpler" ? > > You are combining like the worst features of the windows vista start > menu with the worst features of the OS X dock, and somehow the team > believes that is an improvement? I used to recommend Ubuntu to ALL of > my windows friends because it was RELIABLE (compared to windows) and the > gnome desktop really WAS simpler than windows, very little learning > curve. Now I can't really imagine anyone who is used to MS Windows > being able to pick up how to navigate in Ubuntu without some serious > tutoring help. You've just created the need to prompt first time users > to go through an online training course. > > Actually that's not a bad idea, if you want people to feel comfortable > then be the first distro that offers to walk people through the > application interface (ala - remote control style) when they log on for > the first time. > > I like unity on my netbook, but I am really disappointed running it on > my full screen desktop. I am really disappointed in the direction this > product is going. > > I upgraded to 11.10 and whenever I log on now I get a warning about not > being able to find a proper scan mode..I wanted to get you the actual > message but it is taking a while to open a terminal since I tried to > click on the dash button and it took five seconds to load the menu, > tried to click "More Apps" and it wouldn't do anything, clicked the > Maximize button, it shaded the full screen and then I clicked "More > Apps" again and it finally showed "SOMETHING" on the screen, but still > now terminal - so I searched for terminal - and it found 7 things that > "said" terminal so I clicked the one that said "terminal" but I didn't > see that it was in the list of things that could be downloaded and > installed and not in the list of things that were already installed..all > of this JUST to open the terminal and view the X server logs??? You > have GOT to be kidding right.. Oh and by the way, my system used to > shut down practically instantaneously - now it just sits there for about > 20 seconds after I click "Yes I want to shut down" and finally things > start "blinking away" until the ubuntu logo comes up again.. I'm very > disappointed. I just searched for and clicked to start the text editor > so I could paste this in case the web interface hiccuped when I try to > post and the text editor didn't even appear on my screen - are you > kidding me? I started it a second time and it finally appeared. Is > there a problem with my video chipset that is causing all of these > issues.. I'm sorry Mark, I can't recommend Ubuntu anymore..windows now > has a more reliable UI. > > -- > You received this bug notification because you are subscribed to a > duplicate bug report (821156). > https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/668415 > > Title: > Movement of Unity launcher > > Status in NULL Project: > Invalid > Status in Unity: > Won't Fix > Status in Ubuntu: > Won't Fix > > Bug description: > Please consider this a possible feature request or wishlist. > > Now when Unity will be default desktop for 11.04 could you please > consider to add option to configure Unity launcher placement. Add > simple option to lock/unlock through right-click menu and drag > launcher to desired location like left/right and bottom. > > To manage notifications about this bug go to: > https://bugs.launchpad.net/null/+bug/668415/+subscriptions > -- Fernando -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/668415 Title: Movement of Unity launcher To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/null/+bug/668415/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
