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[Wayne Stambaugh <stambaughw@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

On 5/16/2012 9:58 PM, Dick Hollenbeck wrote:
> 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
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> Thanks Moses, that was very thoughtful.
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> No I have not used Unity yet.  Is there any possibility that I might like it?

I highly doubt you'll like Unity and GNOME 3 only tolerable with the 
optional extensions installed.  The new desktop designs sure look pretty 
but why the designers think that cascading menus are such a bad idea is 
beyond me.  I fail to see how clicking through multiple pages of icons 
to open a program is superior to a cascading menu but maybe I'm just 
getting intolerant in my old age :)

Wayne

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