[olug] The microcosm that says so much

[Adam Lassek]

After spending 10-12 hours using Lucid, the button-placement is a complete
non-issue. I was used to it after only a couple hours, and the final release
looks very nice & polished.

Also, the boot-time for 10.04 is AMAZING. If you're running an older version
of Ubuntu, you owe it to yourself to upgrade for this reason alone. I have
not been this impressed with an OS's boot-time since BeOS r5. I don't even
have an SSD HDD either, standard Dell workstation.

On Mon, Mar 15, 2010 at 4:59 PM, Adam Lassek <adam at doubleprime.net> wrote:

> I'm withholding judgement until the theme is at least beta-quality. I think
> some of the 'uproar' if you can call it that is over a misunderstanding;
> Lucid Lynx is under UI-Freeze, which people take to mean the theme is done.
> In fact there's a lot more tweaking in store before this gets released, so
> what we are seeing is unfinished.
>
> Most of the arguments against the change that I have seen amount to
> 'Windows does it that way, and so Ubuntu should do it that way' which I
> don't think is a valid criticism.
>
>
> On Mon, Mar 8, 2010 at 10:41 AM, T. J. Brumfield <enderandrew at gmail.com>wrote:
>
>> Ubuntu announced their next LTS release will feature a new theme.
>>
>>
>> http://arstechnica.com/open-source/news/2010/03/ubuntu-dumps-the-brown-introduces-new-theme.ars
>>
>> Personally, I still can't stand the stock icons most Gnome desktops
>> use. Ick. Look at the Windows 7, Mac OS X, or KDE Oxygen icons for
>> comparison.
>>
>> But what has most people up in arms is the order of buttons on the
>> window decoration. People are screaming this is just copying OS X.
>> (For the record, I have no qualms copying good design, which is why I
>> urged Kwin to adopt the Aero Snap feature, which they eventually did).
>>
>> However, all the hate and vitrol isn't necessary. As someone who very
>> rarely uses Gnome, it never occured to me that you can't simply
>> configure the window decoration buttons how you want.
>>
>>
>> http://blog.nixternal.com/2010.03.05/let-me-tell-you-where-to-put-the-buttons/
>>
>> In KDE, you can configure the window decorations to behave exactly how you
>> want.
>>
>> Then again, Gnome doesn't even ship with a Font Installer. I know the
>> goal is to have sane defaults, but at some point, shouldn't a user be
>> empowered to customize their desktop how they want? Reading the Gnome
>> HIG, I see that the Gnome developers feel users are stupid and should
>> not be afforded choice. Am I crazy to think I shouldn't be patronized
>> by my desktop?
>>
>> If you want to see the difference between Gnome and KDE, I can think
>> of no better example than this. With Gnome, you get what you get, and
>> you better like it. If you don't, too bad. In KDE, you can have it
>> anyway you want.
>>
>> I'm sincerely shocked that the Linux community (who seems to value
>> choice) would prefer a desktop environment determined to limit choice.
>>
>> -- T. J. Brumfield
>> "I'm questioning my education
>> Rewind and what does it show?
>> Could be, the truth it becomes you
>> I'm a seed, wondering why it grows"
>> -- Pearl Jam, Education
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