Re: is anyone here using the new ubuntu, 11.10?

 On Sat, 12 Nov 2011 00:25:50 +1300, Dagan wrote:
>  I went through the transition when Fedora moved to Gnome 3 in Fedora
> 15, and found a lot of things didn't work the same - some still not
> fixed in Fedora 16 either, like lack of option to set Terminal to 
> open
> using the "Open Terminal" keybind (you have to manually set some keys
> via CLI)
>
>  My first suggestion - stop hoping GNOME 3 is GNOME 2. It's not, and 
> it

 i'd agree. so, i didn't hope. i asked, searched and fixed.

> won't ever be. You can try Linux Mint or move to XFCE, if that is an

 hmm, i'm not keen. fixing gnome 3 how i like it was easier than 
 installing a whole new OS. i don't want to start a DE argument, but i 
 always found kde to be blingy and annoying for other reasons. gnome 3 is 
 good for me now, i'll stick with it for the time being

>  People use a Mac then try to make it work like Windows, and vice 
> versa,
> and we all know how useful that time sink is.

 i have good reason to demand the system fit to me, not the other way 
 round.

>  By the 'System menu', I assume you mean the administrative tools.

 yes

> A number of them have been deprecated, and yet to be replaced. GNOME 
> is
> simplifying the controls a user sees, and moving a lot more into the

 hmm, indeed

 <snip>

>  Also, try Fedora 16 LiveCD with the new GNOME 3.2 as it has some
> updates and tweaks, that I am not sure Ubuntu has properly carried,
> since they concentrate on Unity.

 i'm sure they'll get added soon enough. there were several in the ppa i 
 added, i guess there will be more added in universe by 12.10


-- 
 robin

 http://fu.ac.nz - Auckland's Free University

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