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[anthropornis <anthropornis@xxxxxxxxx>]

I suspected that. Naturally, at least 98% of Canonical's new target 
demographic(s) is quite capable of editing the source.

Certainly, if I had the know-how, I could just go create my own OS from 
scratch, build my own mobo from scratch, etc. This is Ubuntu, not Arch, 
and yes, everyone knows they can do everything themselves, whether it's 
their operating system, or changing their oil.

In other words,  Jo-Erlend Schinstad had nothing constructive to add. 
Why do people post such unhelpful things so routinely on this list? It 
seems to be perhaps one quarter (yes, that is wild guess made up on the 
spot) of all replies on any thread on this list, usually by the same 
individuals over and over. If you have nothing helpful to say, why 
bother posting? Snarkiness doesn't fix anything (certainly not bug #1) 
and just makes it a chore to follow this mailing list, particularly when 
the same people serially state "install something else" as if that never 
occurred to people critiquing their pet pieces of software. It gets 
tiresome after awhile.


On 11/02/2011 12:43 AM, Ian Santopietro wrote:
> He's being quite facetious. He means you are free to edit the source 
> code and make Unity be gave exactly the way you want.
>
> On Nov 1, 2011 6:11 PM, "Omar B." <estelar57@xxxxxxxxxxx 
> <mailto:estelar57@xxxxxxxxxxx>> wrote:
>
>
>     i dont understand his reply either
>
>     but i think this would be a better source:
>     http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2011/11/ubuntu-desktop-designers-clarify-on-configurability
>
>     ----------------------------------------
>     > Date: Tue, 1 Nov 2011 17:47:32 -0400
>     > From: anthropornis@xxxxxxxxx <mailto:anthropornis@xxxxxxxxx>
>     > To: ayatana@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:ayatana@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>     > Subject: Re: [Ayatana] option to disable Unity launcher
>     >
>     > I'm not sure I understand your reply, I cannot tell if you are being
>     > facetious or what
>     >
>     > On 11/01/2011 04:44 PM, Jo-Erlend Schinstad wrote:
>     > > Den 01. nov. 2011 21:26, skrev anthropornis:
>     > >>
>     > >> Will Canonical ever permit the user to disable the launcher
>     so that
>     > >> he or she can use the dock of their choice (or something else
>     > >> altogether)?
>     > >
>     > > Canonical has chosen to permit 100% configurability. Is that
>     awesome,
>     > > or what?
>     > >
>     > > Jo-Erlend Schinstad
>     >
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