>>>>> "Word" == Word Wizard <[email protected]> writes:
Word> Some thoughts on the Unity/Gnome 3 change I migrated to Ubuntu Word> Linux about 6 years ago after being alienated by the total mess Word> that Windows XP/Vista had become. The Gnome2 desktop was easy to Word> master, not all that dissimilar from Windows. Then Ubuntu Word> introduced Unity about the same time that Gnome3 superseded the Word> old linear menus. I really disliked the new interface models at Word> first and wondered why Linux developers just couldn't stick with Word> the old tried and true. Word> A year of so later, my perspective has changed completely. I'm Word> currently using Ubuntu 11.10 w/Gnome 3.2 and the Avant Word> dock. After getting used to the change I'd never go back Word> (although Ubuntu 11.10 offers the option of the "classic Gnome" Word> desktop). The incredible flexibility of lenses combined with the Word> traditional linear menus and launchers in Avant makes just about Word> every task easier faster and more fun. Word> My advice to those who find Linux' general move away from the Word> old Gnome/Windows menu model uncomfortable is to just slowly Word> acclimatize oneself to them. The fully user-customizable Avant Word> dock (AWN) is a great tool to ease that transition as it offers Word> everything the old Gnome2 menus did and more. Gnome2 fans can Word> explore the new paradigm without being lashed to it for every Word> task. I suspect most users will eventually find themselves more Word> comfortable with Unity or Gnome3 and many will become happy Word> fans. Dude. This is called the "Stockholm Syndrome". http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stockholm_syndrome "In psychology, Stockholm Syndrome is an apparently paradoxical psychological phenomenon in which hostages express empathy and have positive feelings towards their captors, sometimes to the point of defending them." -- Russell Senior, President [email protected] _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
