2012/11/4 Steve Kinney <ad...@pilobilus.net> > > Ubuntu 10 has worked great for me but alas, Canonical has gone the > way of the "dedicated touchscreen interface". I will be bailing out > when the version I am using reaches "end of life" next year. Can't > sit a very computer illiterate user in front of the "Unity" desktop, > and expect them to figure it out and use it without problems. Can't > expect me to toss 20 years of reasonably efficient workflow habits > out the window either... > > You don't need to do that. Using Ubuntu 12.04 with the look and feel of Ubuntu 10.04 is rather easy. Of course, it needs a little work, but nothing complicated. I'm using that on all my computers and on all the computers I manage. The major visible differences is that I cannot use any more the theme I liked (but probably still a little more work probably would do that, if it was so important), and the System global menu is now hidden in the Applications menu.
I did not yet try version 12.10, and Ubuntu Gnome Remix 12.10 seems promising, but it uses Gnome 3, which some people consider as much offending as Unity... I have been very impressed with Mint - the other day I had occasion > to use the Live DVD in conjunction with a printer/scanner on a > random PC on a random office LAN, and the thing "just worked" all > around. > > Mint is very pleasant and refreshing indeed, and I'll shift to it if combining Ubuntu 12.10 with Gnome 2 is impossible. > Running an OS that works for not against the user is a very > addictive thing. Token on-topic reference: The GIMP was the first > major gateway drug that started me down the path to a 100% Free > Software world. Ubuntu stopped including the GIMP in its default > installation package, and that's another strike against Canonical... > sure it's stupidly easy to install, but dang it, GNU/Linux is > supposed to include the GIMP right out of the box, is all! > > :o) > The only problem, in my opinion, is that Ubuntu still insists on fitting on a CD instead of a DVD, for reasons I don't know. -- Olivier Lecarme
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