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[Dick Hollenbeck <dick@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

On 05/16/2012 04:39 PM, Moses McKnight wrote:
> On 05/16/2012 12:33 PM, Dick Hollenbeck wrote:
> <snip>
>> (If all fixed, I can probably postpone that gcc install until I upgrade to newer Ubuntu in
>> the next 1 or 2 weeks.  4.6.2 seems to be commonly used now, and my Ubuntu Lucid system is
>> showing its whiskers.  Probably most of the bleeding on the new Ubuntu LTS is over now,
>> thinking safe to upgrade.)
> I don't know if you've used Unity yet, but in case you don't like it I 
> recommend XFCE.  The only problem I'm having with 12.04 is that Gtk3 
> programs will randomly decide when I click in their window that I'm 
> dragging them with the mouse offset about half the screen width to the 
> left of the window.  Somewhat annoying.
>
> Moses


Thanks Moses, that was very thoughtful.

No I have not used Unity yet.  Is there any possibility that I might like it?


Apparently Cinnamon is another option, from some other debian distro, or ubuntu derivative...