On Mon, Sep 17, 2012 at 6:32 AM, Lester Caine <les...@lsces.co.uk> wrote: > Mark Wendt wrote: >> Yah, I figgered that. I was just teasing a bit.;-) >> >> Fun stuff, ain't it? > > :) > > <rant> > What really pigs me off here is that XP is supposed to be getting 'security > fixes' only, but is NOW giving the same problem. There are perfectly good > reasons for a lot of what we do, but because it does not fit is someone's view > of how THEY think things should work we have to bend to that view! KDE4 and > Gnome3 are a case in point. Technically absolutely no reason that a 'classic' > - > 'non-animated' desktop should not be provided but because they want to force > us > to change the political decision is to make it as difficult as possible. THAT > takes more time and effort than simply providing the facility? > </rant> > > Anyway ... my current Gnome3 setup is is working nicely as a classic desktop > and > does everything I want, how I want it to work ... and I know I'm not alone in > wanting to maintain that :) Even Linus has switched to a 'classic' alternative > ... http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/08/05/linus_slams_gnome_three/ > > -- > Lester Caine - G8HFL
Marvelous rant! Feels good to get that kinda stuff outta your system, doesn't it? ;-) Mark ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Live Security Virtual Conference Exclusive live event will cover all the ways today's security and threat landscape has changed and how IT managers can respond. Discussions will include endpoint security, mobile security and the latest in malware threats. http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfrnl04242012/114/50122263/ _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
