On Tue, Oct 25, 2011 at 8:49 PM, Simon Elliott alug@sionide.net wrote:
On 25 October 2011 17:54, Chris G cl@isbd.net wrote:
And I'm in complete agreement with Mick, Unity sucks, Gnome 3 is no better so I'm seriously looking for non-kde and non-minty alternatives. Poss Lubuntu or Xubuntu? Shame because I've been with Ububtu since Warty and I'm loath to change now. But since I've been forced away from a usable Gnome interface...
I've used xubuntu for several years now and it seems to keep on going without drastic changes.
Ugh.. me too. Reluctantly at first but I initially went straight for Crunchbang 10 "Statler" based on Debian but had no luck with wireless; downloaded Xubuntu instead.. Usual issue with my laptop's strange back light which I had had before with Ubuntu anyway.
So now much preferring the sleek minimalist Xubuntu desktop to the odd Unity and bizarre Gnome3 (when I installed Gnome3 instead of Unity to 11.04 it went weird and X refused to start on tty7 ?!) but it *is* encouraging that Linux seems to be testing the waters in different directions and eventually something good could come of it - as has been mentioned in the other thread on this topic..
-Simon
Encouraging... i'm not alone on xubuntu any more. I've used it from April 2010 when i decided i like Ubuntu 10.04. I really like the minimalist approach - i add apps whereas in Ubuntu i would add some and take off others.
james