On Fri, 29 Apr 2011, Russell Senior wrote: >>>>>> "Paul" == Paul Heinlein <[email protected]> writes: > > Paul> The default destop feels like the old netbook-spin desktop. > Paul> It's not really my favorite, but it's pretty attractive and > Paul> its operation is easy enough to grok. > > Making it hard to find and re-enable the "old style" desktop, so > that people can be functional, is a pain-in-the-butt. I really > don't like the computer-as-uncomfortably-large-smartphone idea. > Wrong direction.
It would have made more of an impression on me had I not been working with an Eeepc, which *is* just an uncomfortably large smartphone. :-) I typically install Ubuntu only on laptops; its firmware support for wireless devices is (imo) ridiculously good. Desktops and servers get Debian or CentOS (or, occasionally, Fedora). -- Paul Heinlein <> [email protected] <> http://www.madboa.com/ _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
