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After some research & feedback from here & elsewhere, I decided to give Debian Stable another try. I used Debian once before, years ago & at the time Debian seemed difficult to configure & software was way behind the times. I don't know if I'm just getting older & more cranky, but I*think*I'd rather have older but stable & "just works". For now, I'll have the option to boot into either Debian or Ubuntu. I've used Ubuntu for years, but this Unity is killing me. Maybe Debian will be a better fit for me. If so, I'll shrink my Ubuntu partition or, maybe even delete the partition. If not, vise-versa ...Linux does give you options.


I've put my time in with Unity as my main OS ...I'm not a fan. I tried to like Unity. At this point, instead of seeming "dated" I'm betting Debian is going to seem more like the old Ubuntu I once loved where as Unity is just frustrating. I*wanted*to like Unity. I appreciate the*concept*of one OS for phones, tablets & computers. Regretfully, Unity has only taught me to appreciate how great my iPhone works.


For the same reason Canonical wants to be on multiple devices, I could see my next computer purchase being a Mac. I found Unity ...while pretty... was also cumbersome, poorly executed, non-intuitive, buggy &very*frustrating.*Meanwhile*iOS is*so*polished, so easy, so intuitive & yesvery*pretty.*If*Unity ever makes it to phones/tablets, I'm sure I'll give it a good look-see on those devices. I must admit though, it'll take a*lot*for me to switch from iOS. While I "prefer" my Linux just work, I*demand*my phone "just works". Anyway, back to configuring the new OS.
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On Thu, 2011-11-10 at 22:53 -0500, Douglas Saylor wrote:
> After some research & feedback from here & elsewhere, I decided to
> give Debian Stable another try. I used Debian once before, years ago &
> at the time Debian seemed difficult to configure & software was way
> behind the times. I don't know if I'm just getting older & more
> cranky, but I think I'd rather have older but stable & "just works".
> For now, I'll have the option to boot into either Debian or Ubuntu.
> I've used Ubuntu for years, but this Unity is killing me. Maybe Debian
> will be a better fit for me. If so, I'll shrink my Ubuntu partition
> or, maybe even delete the partition. If not, vise-versa ...Linux does
> give you options.
>
> I've put my time in with Unity as my main OS ...I'm not a fan. I tried
> to like Unity. At this point, instead of seeming "dated" I'm betting
> Debian is going to seem more like the old Ubuntu I once loved where as
> Unity is just frustrating. I wanted to like Unity. I appreciate
> the concept of one OS for phones, tablets & computers. Regretfully,
> Unity has only taught me to appreciate how great my iPhone works.
>
> For the same reason Canonical wants to be on multiple devices, I could
> see my next computer purchase being a Mac. I found Unity ...while
> pretty... was also cumbersome, poorly executed, non-intuitive, buggy
> &very frustrating. Meanwhile iOS is so polished, so easy, so intuitive
> & yesvery pretty. If Unity ever makes it to phones/tablets, I'm sure
> I'll give it a good look-see on those devices. I must admit though,
> it'll take a lot for me to switch from iOS. While I "prefer" my Linux
> just work, I demand my phone "just works". Anyway, back to configuring
> the new OS.
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wasn't it you that said goodbye last week?

So don't use Unity. Install KDE

FWIW - Apple is getting a lot of griping about Lion doing pretty much
the same thing (OS convergence) as did Microsoft for their Windows 8
preview.

Craig


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Le 11/11/2011 04:53, Douglas Saylor a écrit :

I don't know if I'm just getting older & more cranky, but I /think/ I'd
rather have older but stable & "just works".


Then why not use Ubuntu 10.04 LTS? Supported until April 2013. Works
very nice here ("here" meaning in production environments for various
clients), and if you need the odd more recent app, working with PPAs is
very easy.


If you're curious:

$ svn co svn://svn.tuxfamily.org/svnroot/microlinux/ubuntu

Take a peek in the config/scripts directory.

Cheers,

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hi,
On Thu, 10 Nov 2011 22:53:16 -0500
Douglas Saylor <absdoug@gmail.com> wrote:

> Ubuntu. I've used Ubuntu for years, but this Unity is killing me.
> Maybe Debian will be a better fit for me. If so, I'll shrink my
> Ubuntu partition or, maybe even delete the partition. If not,
> vise-versa ...Linux does give you options.
.... snipped a lot more ranting ....

could you please stop (ab)using this list as an anti-unity blog tool ?
it is getting really really tiring, get a blog and post the links here
if you like but having to read several pages of anti unity and anti
canonical ranting several times a week starts to get annoying.

ciao
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On Thu, Nov 10, 2011 at 9:53 PM, Douglas Saylor <absdoug@gmail.com> wrote:


After some research & feedback from here & elsewhere, I decided to give Debian Stable another try. I used Debian once before, years ago & at the time Debian seemed difficult to configure & software was way behind the times. I don't know if I'm just getting older & more cranky, but I*think*I'd rather have older but stable & "just works". For now, I'll have the option to boot into either Debian or Ubuntu. I've used Ubuntu for years, but this Unity is killing me. Maybe Debian will be a better fit for me. If so, I'll shrink my Ubuntu partition or, maybe even delete the partition. If not, vise-versa ...Linux does give you options.



I've put my time in with Unity as my main OS ...I'm not a fan. I tried to like Unity. At this point, instead of seeming "dated" I'm betting Debian is going to seem more like the old Ubuntu I once loved where as Unity is just frustrating. I*wanted*to like Unity. I appreciate the*concept*of one OS for phones, tablets & computers. Regretfully, Unity has only taught me to appreciate how great my iPhone works.



For the same reason Canonical wants to be on multiple devices, I could see my next computer purchase being a Mac. I found Unity ...while pretty... was also cumbersome, poorly executed, non-intuitive, buggy &very*frustrating.*Meanwhile*iOS is*so*polished, so easy, so intuitive & yesvery*pretty.*If*Unity ever makes it to phones/tablets, I'm sure I'll give it a good look-see on those devices. I must admit though, it'll take a*lot*for me to switch from iOS. While I "prefer" my Linux just work, I*demand*my phone "just works". Anyway, back to configuring the new OS.



I guess Nicolas has suggested you right way. Give Ubuntu LTS 10.04 a try, its good. Even not, then try Kubuntu. Both are better than Debian, however, based on Debian. While I am here not going into the debate of 'Debian vs something', but experience tells me that Debian is not so easy to use like is Ubuntu LTS or Kubuntu!


Greetings.

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On Fri, Nov 11, 2011 at 5:35 AM, Oliver Grawert <ogra@ubuntu.com> wrote:



could you please stop (ab)using this list as an anti-unity blog tool ?

it is getting really really tiring, get a blog and post the links here

if you like but having to read several pages of anti unity and anti

canonical ranting several times a week starts to get annoying.


+1

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That's a rather unfair thing to ask. Like it or not, Unity is part of Ubuntu therefore folks have the right to say both good and bad.

I'm sure the folks that do post good things about Unity would not be asked to stop posting (using or abusing) to this list.

Decent is a good thing, as long as it dies not get nasty, degrading and/or violent.

Asking folks not to post negitive things is in reality, a form of sensorship. Do you really mean to do that?

Again, this list is about Ubuntu, for or against. Asking folks not to post negitive remarks is not the way to move a project onward.

Keep the lines of communication open (both positive and negitive) will ensure a better product as a whole.

/Soapbox



Sent from my HTC.

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Date: Fri, Nov 11, 2011 5:44 am
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On Fri, Nov 11, 2011 at 5:35 AM, Oliver Grawert <ogra@ubuntu.com> wrote:



could you please stop (ab)using this list as an anti-unity blog tool ?

it is getting really really tiring, get a blog and post the links here

if you like but having to read several pages of anti unity and anti

canonical ranting several times a week starts to get annoying.


+1


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On Fri, Nov 11, 2011 at 6:08 AM, Chris <racerx@makeworld.com> wrote:



That's a rather unfair thing to ask. Like it or not, Unity is part of
Ubuntu therefore folks have the right to say both good and bad.

I'm sure the folks that do post good things about Unity would not be asked to stop posting (using or abusing) to this list.


Decent is a good thing, as long as it dies not get nasty, degrading and/or violent.

Asking folks not to post negitive things is in reality, a form of sensorship. Do you really mean to do that?

Again,
this list is about Ubuntu, for or against. Asking folks not to post
negitive remarks is not the way to move a project onward.


Keep the lines of communication open (both positive and negitive) will ensure a better product as a whole.
+1
+1

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On Thu, Nov 10, 2011 at 10:00 PM, Craig White <craigwhite@azapple.com> wrote:
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wasn't it you that said goodbye last week?

Was it really he?
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hi,
On Fri, 11 Nov 2011 05:38:14 -0600
"W. Scott Lockwood III" <vladinator@gmail.com> wrote:

> Wouldn't it be nice if the people making the decisions that made the
> entire community get up in arms about Unity (and to be fair other
> issues as well) actually listened to community feedback? Then there
> would be a lot less bitching.
>
iirc there is a bug open about better community involvement in the
decision process, feel free look it up on launchpad to subscribe there,
this here is the:
'Ubuntu user technical support, not for general discussions' mailing
list ... do we actually need to change it to "..., not for general
discussions and bitching" in the title ?

seriously these mails belong onto a blog not into a technical support
mailing list, how about a fedora enthusiast that would post here twice a
week how much cooler it is to use fedora instead of ubuntu because it
uses systemd and is the upstream of all pulseaudio work in several page
long posts ? would you like it ?

sorry, but this list is simply not the right forum for such rants.

ciao
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