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I happen to like the look and feel of Gnome 3. One shortcoming I
think is the search only searches for programs. I think unity also searches for files. Otherwise, it works well for what I need. Phil -- ubuntu-users mailing list ubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-users |
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On 09/25/2012 01:29 PM, ssc1478 wrote:
I happen to like the look and feel of Gnome 3. One shortcoming I think is the search only searches for programs. I think unity also searches for files. Otherwise, it works well for what I need. Phil I'm a GNome3/Shell guy too. But i do like that the search doesn't search my files. If I'm looking for a file, Use Nautilus and it's search function. That's what it's there for. -- --- Dave Woyciesjes --- ICQ# 905818 --- AIM - woyciesjes --- CompTIA A+ Certified IT Tech - http://certification.comptia.org/ --- HDI Certified Support Center Analyst - http://www.ThinkHDI.com/ Registered Linux user number 464583 "Computers have lots of memory but no imagination." "The problem with troubleshooting is that trouble shoots back." - from some guy on the internet. -- ubuntu-users mailing list ubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-users |
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On Tue, Sep 25, 2012 at 1:32 AM, MR ZenWiz <mrzenwiz@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Mon, Sep 24, 2012 at 9:32 AM, Liam Proven <lproven@gmail.com> wrote: > : >> >> So I wanted vertical panels in GNOME. This is easy in Windows and >> works well in everything up to Windows 7, where it is a kludge but >> still works. >> >> It never worked worth a damn in GNOME 2, very badly in KDE and poorly in XFCE. >> > > I had huge issues with GNOME 2's vertical panels, but I find XFCE's > are easily good enough. Yes, there are issues, but they don't > irritate me anywhere near as much as Unity's and GNOME3's complete > inflexibility with being able to reconfigure the launcher and the menu > bar (top panel) to be where I want them. > > Other than that and having to experiment around to set various > features the way I can live with them, I much prefer the whole menu > system of XFCE above and beyond what I found to be a confusing mess in > Unity. Perhaps you are! > Maybe I'm just a stiff from the old school, but I like it. (I never > liked much of anything about KDE, so I won't even go there, not even > to argue about it.) That makes TWO of us. I just like the minimal approach without bells & whistles... and if i want some i can install it. I started using xubuntu before Unity and kubuntu i found too many bells & whistles - but nice with it (if you want it). james -- ubuntu-users mailing list ubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-users |
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On Tue, 25 Sep 2012 21:12:06 +0100
James Freer <jessejazza3.uk@gmail.com> wrote: > On Tue, Sep 25, 2012 at 1:32 AM, MR ZenWiz <mrzenwiz@gmail.com> wrote: > > On Mon, Sep 24, 2012 at 9:32 AM, Liam Proven <lproven@gmail.com> > > wrote: : > >> > >> So I wanted vertical panels in GNOME. This is easy in Windows and > >> works well in everything up to Windows 7, where it is a kludge but > >> still works. > >> > >> It never worked worth a damn in GNOME 2, very badly in KDE and > >> poorly in XFCE. > >> > > > > I had huge issues with GNOME 2's vertical panels, but I find XFCE's > > are easily good enough. Yes, there are issues, but they don't > > irritate me anywhere near as much as Unity's and GNOME3's complete > > inflexibility with being able to reconfigure the launcher and the > > menu bar (top panel) to be where I want them. > > > > Other than that and having to experiment around to set various > > features the way I can live with them, I much prefer the whole menu > > system of XFCE above and beyond what I found to be a confusing mess > > in Unity. > > > Perhaps you are! > > > Maybe I'm just a stiff from the old school, but I like it. (I never > > liked much of anything about KDE, so I won't even go there, not even > > to argue about it.) > > That makes TWO of us. I just like the minimal approach without bells & > whistles... and if i want some i can install it. I started using > xubuntu before Unity and kubuntu i found too many bells & whistles - > but nice with it (if you want it). > > james > Uh, hmm... Minimal? LXDE Cybe R. Wizard -- For security's sake all Windows should be barred. Cybe R. Wizard -- ubuntu-users mailing list ubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-users |
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On Tue, Sep 25, 2012 at 9:26 PM, Cybe R. Wizard
<cyber_wizard@mindspring.com> wrote: > On Tue, 25 Sep 2012 21:12:06 +0100 > James Freer <jessejazza3.uk@gmail.com> wrote: > >> On Tue, Sep 25, 2012 at 1:32 AM, MR ZenWiz <mrzenwiz@gmail.com> wrote: >> > On Mon, Sep 24, 2012 at 9:32 AM, Liam Proven <lproven@gmail.com> >> > wrote: : >> >> >> >> So I wanted vertical panels in GNOME. This is easy in Windows and >> >> works well in everything up to Windows 7, where it is a kludge but >> >> still works. >> >> >> >> It never worked worth a damn in GNOME 2, very badly in KDE and >> >> poorly in XFCE. >> >> >> > >> > I had huge issues with GNOME 2's vertical panels, but I find XFCE's >> > are easily good enough. Yes, there are issues, but they don't >> > irritate me anywhere near as much as Unity's and GNOME3's complete >> > inflexibility with being able to reconfigure the launcher and the >> > menu bar (top panel) to be where I want them. >> > >> > Other than that and having to experiment around to set various >> > features the way I can live with them, I much prefer the whole menu >> > system of XFCE above and beyond what I found to be a confusing mess >> > in Unity. >> >> >> Perhaps you are! >> >> > Maybe I'm just a stiff from the old school, but I like it. (I never >> > liked much of anything about KDE, so I won't even go there, not even >> > to argue about it.) >> >> That makes TWO of us. I just like the minimal approach without bells & >> whistles... and if i want some i can install it. I started using >> xubuntu before Unity and kubuntu i found too many bells & whistles - >> but nice with it (if you want it). >> >> james >> > Uh, hmm... Minimal? > > LXDE > > Cybe R. Wizard It's less minimal than Unity and kubuntu. LXDE i haven't tried but i agree it is more minimal than xubuntu... perhaps too minimal. I must say LXDE seems to be increasingly popular on many distros and i'll have to try it someday and see why! james -- ubuntu-users mailing list ubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-users |
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On Mon, Sep 24, 2012 at 6:32 PM, Liam Proven <lproven@gmail.com> wrote:
> So I wanted vertical panels in GNOME. This is easy in Windows and > works well in everything up to Windows 7, where it is a kludge but > still works. > > It never worked worth a damn in GNOME 2, very badly in KDE and poorly in XFCE. > Hi Liam. One of the reasons that I stick with KDE is for the vertical panel, which never worked well for me in Gnome. I would love to see a screenshot of your Gnome vertical panel, but even more so, I would love to know what issues you had with a vertical panel in KDE. Back in KDE 4.2 / 4.3 I filed quite a few bugs on the KDE vertical panel and just about all of them have been addressed. -- Dotan Cohen http://gibberish.co.il http://what-is-what.com -- ubuntu-users mailing list ubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-users |
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Am Mon, 24 Sep 2012 18:06:35 +0200
schrieb Jan Litwiński <jlitwinski@vp.pl>: > I would like yours opinions about Unity, sorry my mistake. I think Unity is the best desktop environment ever so far if you are willing to use the keyboard but may not work that well for most mouse-only users. -- Plugin for Nautilus to create and modify application starters (.desktop files): <http://www.florian-diesch.de/software/arronax/> -- ubuntu-users mailing list ubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-users |
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On 25 September 2012 23:57, Florian Diesch <diesch@spamfence.net> wrote:
> Am Mon, 24 Sep 2012 18:06:35 +0200 > schrieb Jan Litwiński <jlitwinski@vp.pl>: > > >> I would like yours opinions about Unity, sorry my mistake. > > I think Unity is the best desktop environment ever so far if you are > willing to use the keyboard but may not work that well for most > mouse-only users. I have learned many of the keyboard shortcuts, but there is nothing vital that I can do with them that I cannot do with the mouse. It works fine with a mouse or trackpad, in my experience. What sort of issues have you encountered? -- Liam Proven • Profile: http://lproven.livejournal.com/profile Email: lproven@cix.co.uk • GMail/G+/Twitter/Flickr/Facebook: lproven MSN: lproven@hotmail.com • Skype/AIM/Yahoo/LinkedIn: liamproven Tel: +44 20-8685-0498 • Cell: +44 7939-087884 -- ubuntu-users mailing list ubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-users |
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On 25 September 2012 22:19, Dotan Cohen <dotancohen@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Mon, Sep 24, 2012 at 6:32 PM, Liam Proven <lproven@gmail.com> wrote: >> So I wanted vertical panels in GNOME. This is easy in Windows and >> works well in everything up to Windows 7, where it is a kludge but >> still works. >> >> It never worked worth a damn in GNOME 2, very badly in KDE and poorly in XFCE. > > Hi Liam. One of the reasons that I stick with KDE is for the vertical > panel, which never worked well for me in Gnome. I would love to see a > screenshot of your Gnome vertical panel, but even more so, I would > love to know what issues you had with a vertical panel in KDE. Back in > KDE 4.2 / 4.3 I filed quite a few bugs on the KDE vertical panel and > just about all of them have been addressed. I have not tried KDE in over a year, so this might be dated, but a rough description of the Windows config I sought to emulate is this: * vertical panel on left edge of the screen * set to a width approximately equal to the standard width of a taskbar button when the panel is at the bottom of the screen * above the app-switcher buttons, a shortcut area with /small icons/ arranged left-to-right in 2+ rows, /not/ huge ugly panel-width icons * in the tray, similarly small icons, arranged left-to-right (or R-to-L in languages that work that way, I guess!) The main failure for KDE was resizing the panel and getting VAST UGLY ICONS SCREAMING AT YOU as they had been resized to fit the width of the panel. Here's an example of how it should work: http://www.edmundtse.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/01/taskbar.jpg (from http://www.edmundtse.com/2007/11/26/on-the-usability-of-the-windows-taskbar/ - found via Google images) -- Liam Proven • Profile: http://lproven.livejournal.com/profile Email: lproven@cix.co.uk • GMail/G+/Twitter/Flickr/Facebook: lproven MSN: lproven@hotmail.com • Skype/AIM/Yahoo/LinkedIn: liamproven Tel: +44 20-8685-0498 • Cell: +44 7939-087884 -- ubuntu-users mailing list ubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-users |
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On 09/25/2012 05:04 PM,
ubuntu-users-request@lists.ubuntu.com wrote: Send ubuntu-users mailing list submissions to ubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-users or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to ubuntu-users-request@lists.ubuntu.com You can reach the person managing the list at ubuntu-users-owner@lists.ubuntu.com When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific than "Re: Contents of ubuntu-users digest..." Today's Topics: 1. Re: Is there any way I can get access to the rest of my memory? (NoOp) 2. Re: about networks apps (Amaury Viera Hern?ndez) 3. Re: Unity! (James Freer) 4. Re: Unity! (Cybe R. Wizard) 5. Re: Unity! (James Freer) 6. Re: Quicktime stuff doesn't play (Thomas Kaiser) 7. Re: Quicktime stuff doesn't play (William Scott Lockwood III) 8. Re: Quicktime stuff doesn't play (William Scott Lockwood III) 9. Re: Quicktime stuff doesn't play (NoOp) Well I myself have tried most of the desktops, KDE.......LXDE........XFCE........Openbox.......Fl uxbox......Enlightenment...and of course Gnome (my favorite!....especially the latest version!) I can say that what I appreciate even MORE is the fact that NO two users are the same....and that's the biggest "draw" to Linux for a lot of people. My brother is JUST starting to get interested enough in Linux that he's asking about installing it.....if his 2003 laptop will be up to the task etc. Anyone care to advise as to what he should install? I personally don't think it can handle Unity and Ubuntu.....what's the lightest distro out there?.... EGO II -- ubuntu-users mailing list ubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-users |
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