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On Fri, Jul 13, 2012 at 1:05 AM, Rob  wrote:
> On 07/12/2012 05:32 AM, Alexandre Prokoudine wrote:

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> > "Perfection is achieved perfection not when there is nothing left to

> > add, but when there is nothing left to take away=94 =96 Antoine de

> > Saint-Exupery

> >

> > I wish more people had that in mind :)

>

> Yeah, if all our user interfaces resembled "The Little Prince", we'd get

> so much more done.

>

> I often hear reduced functionality touted as a feature. iOS users like

> to claim that not having full multitasking is actually a plus, much as

> Mac users did before OS X gave it to them, and Microsoft users did

> before Windows NT. I tend to view praise for the absence of a popular

> feature as sitting somewhere between the sunk-cost fallacy and Stockholm

> syndrome.

>

> Personally, I dumped both GNOME and Unity last year and am pretty happy

> with Xfce for coding and making music. It stays out of my way, uses less

> than 5% of my screen real estate. (It's also much, much more friendly to

> being controlled remotely, as I'm doing right now, than the other two.)

> The Ubuntu Studio guys have come to the same conclusion in the last

> year, it seems. I think it's a good one.

>

> But if I ever have a need to use a tablet with something other than

> Android, sure, I'll look at them again. And I love the search-focused UI

> paradigm... on my phone.

>

> Rob

>

My debian system's upgrades got stuck on gnome, ie it would not upgrade

basic system stuff like apt without upgrading half a GB of gnome stuff.
This was some concern so I switched to xfce removed as much gnome as I

could and reinstalled.  Considering that xfce is new to me the experience

was not too unfriendly.
Then one day I find all the windows stuck in the left corner with the

buttons inaccessible.
So now I am back to gnome(3). The new default is completely unusable so I

tried 'classic.'  It at least works except that half the things that used

to work have stopped working.
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On Fri, Jul 13, 2012 at 1:05 AM, Rob <lau@k=

udla.org> wrote:

On 07/12/2012 05:32 AM, Alexandre Prokoudine wrote:

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> "Perfection is achieved perfection not when there is nothing left=

 to

quoted text
> add, but when there is nothing left to take away=94 =96 Antoine de

> Saint-Exupery

>

> I wish more people had that in mind :)

Yeah, if all our user interfaces resembled "The Little Prince&qu=

ot;, we'd get

so much more done.
I often hear reduced functionality touted as a feature. iOS users like

to claim that not having full multitasking is actually a plus, much as

Mac users did before OS X gave it to them, and Microsoft users did

before Windows NT. I tend to view praise for the absence of a popular

feature as sitting somewhere between the sunk-cost fallacy and Stockholm

syndrome.
Personally, I dumped both GNOME and Unity last year and am pretty happy

with Xfce for coding and making music. It stays out of my way, uses less

than 5% of my screen real estate. (It's also much, much more friendly t=

o

being controlled remotely, as I'm doing right now, than the other two.)=
The Ubuntu Studio guys have come to the same conclusion in the last

year, it seems. I think it's a good one.
But if I ever have a need to use a tablet with something other than

Android, sure, I'll look at them again. And I love the search-focused U=

I

paradigm... on my phone.
RobMy debian system's upgrades =

got stuck on gnome, ie it would not upgrade basic system stuff like apt wit=

hout upgrading half a GB of gnome stuff.This was some concern so I =

switched to xfce removed as much gnome as I could and reinstalled.=A0 Consi=

dering that xfce is new to me the experience was not too unfriendly.

Then one day I find all the windows stuck in the left corner with the b=

uttons inaccessible.So now I am back to gnome(3). The new default i=

s completely unusable so I tried 'classic.'=A0 It at least works ex=

cept that half the things that used to work have stopped working.
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