>>>>> "Paul" == Paul Heinlein <[email protected]> writes:
Paul> 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 its Paul> 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. Paul> It would have made more of an impression on me had I not been Paul> working with an Eeepc, which *is* just an uncomfortably large Paul> smartphone. :-) As it happens, I am typing this on an EEEpc 701 4G with ubuntu 11.04 (there are parts that overflowed onto an SD card). I did manage to find and reselect the Classic Desktop, so it is reasonable comfortable again. What I read about future intentions, though, gives me considerabe pause about the future of Ubuntu. Paul> I typically install Ubuntu only on laptops; its firmware support Paul> for wireless devices is (imo) ridiculously good. Yeah, I finally buckled as more and more devices started showing up (family laptops, family desktops) that I didn't want to have to pay so much attention to. Ubuntu has historically given a pleasant out-of-the-box experience for non-nerds. Maybe Unity would be fine for a non-nerd, but ... when they ask *me* about something, it would be nice to know the answer. I can't see myself using that thing enough to know the answer. -- Russell Senior ``I have nine fingers; you have ten.'' [email protected] _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
