[Bug 1193978] Re: Ubuntu is losing it's Ubuntu

Fri Aug 9 09:13:53 UTC 2013

Workaround : apt-get install compizconfig-settings-manager

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Title:
  Ubuntu is losing it's Ubuntu

Status in “ubuntu-meta” package in Ubuntu:
  Opinion

Bug description:
  Release Using: 13.04

  What Happened:
  I am not bringing up this topic to discourage anyone or to put down the Ubuntu distrobution itself but I've recently converted to a vegetarian diet. As a result (after three days), I have to say I feel like my entire system has been cleaned out and upgraded. Upon reading about the critical condition of Nelson Mandela, I grew nastalgic for the olden days of Ubuntu (many of the older members of the community can remember where a video of his was distrobuted with the distro itself) where I came upon what I would classify as a bug. If the first bug could be that Linux didn't have a major share of desktop world, then this bug is equally as important. I would like to say that I do not wish to devalue the years of work put into this great OS or demean the hundreds of man hours that programmers have slaved over something given away to the general public for FREE (as in BEER). To show even a bit of the feeling I'm having, I would like to share the original video which has been distributed IN past copies of Ubuntu itself as an attachment: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HED4h00xPPA
  Ubuntu's original images were simple and humanistic by nature. They didn't look like every other "pretty" image online and they inspired people to take part in making the distro better. They weren't marked by trying to be better-than-the-last. They were marked by creativity and preference.

  Images:
  http://ubuntu.ecchi.ca/wallpapers/6.10//2.png
  http://ubuntu.ecchi.ca/wallpapers/6.06//1%20ws.png
  http://ubuntu.ecchi.ca/wallpapers/6.04/1.png
  http://ubuntu.ecchi.ca/wallpapers/5.10/1.png
  http://ubuntu.ecchi.ca/wallpapers/5.04//1%20ws.png
  http://ubuntu.ecchi.ca/wallpapers/4.10//1.png

   As a senior of this community, I have cheered and praised this distro
  from nearly the beginning. One of Ubuntu's original goals has been to
  keep an entire OS on one CD for ease of storage and compatibility for
  the user. It used to be distributed with logos of actual people
  forming the "Circle of Friends" by embracing oneanother's arms. The
  desktop used to be able to have some of the most stunning animations
  with a simple installation of compiz-settings and a little creativity.
  Those animations are what brought MANY people to the Ubuntu desktop.
  It stood out and didn't blend in with everything else b/c it was built
  on "Ubuntu" the concept. Now, the Ubuntu desktop has been locked down.
  The best animation an average user could hope to achieve is changing
  the color of the window outline when it's being moved, or changing the
  windows opacity while it's moved. Though the code is open, because few
  understand the code, the settings which once freed the users for
  customization, have been locked up. "Linux for human beings" has
  become "Linux for corporations". Each and every release of this
  wonderful distro seems to step away from the costumization of the
  users and towards the inclusion of corporate plugins. I can
  communicate with Facebook friends, stay in sync with my timeline, surf
  amazon, youtube, vimeo. . . from my desktop without even a browser but
  I cannot turn my desktop into a cube and flip, rotate, flatten it into
  something which looks like a film-strip anymore. This gone from an
  advanced, personalizable, intuitive, helpful, compassionate community
  driven desktop, to a corporately maintained distrobution which is no
  different than the system it first tried to break away from.  It's
  being compiled by mindless drones who are following everyone else's
  perception of what beauty is instead of looking with their own hearts.
  When this happens, true art is lost. It's no longer about the emotions
  but about what everyone else thinks is "pretty." Everyone else on the
  other hand is looking to the rest of society, and they're looking to
  the rest of society. . . and so forth.

  What I expected to happen:
  I expected to open my laptop to a fully configurable desktop which integrated a community of proud users, innovative features, customizable features, community driven help, gaps I could fill in for other users, translation services and a direct link from user to developer which didn't mean the user had to run through hoop after hoop to get there. 

  NOTE: You can do whatever you'd like with this bug. It's not directed
  to anyone in particular and isn't for discouragement. It's to edify
  this distrobution. I have nothing but positive reviews for this OS and
  I know this is a religious independent OS but each and every religion
  has it's golden nuggets. Being Agnostic I try to keep up with the
  nuggets of quite a few of them and in the Christian bible, it says
  something along the lines of every man having his own gift, for the
  edification of the group. When I look to distrobutions past, these are
  some of the things I wished we would've held onto. The things which I
  feel I should bring to the community for it's edification. Thanks for
  your time in reading this.

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 13.04
  Package: ubuntu-release-upgrader-core 1:0.192.11
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.8.0-25.37-generic 3.8.13
  Uname: Linux 3.8.0-25-generic x86_64
  ApportVersion: 2.9.2-0ubuntu8.1
  Architecture: amd64
  CrashDB: ubuntu
  Date: Sun Jun 23 20:35:37 2013
  InstallationDate: Installed on 2013-06-15 (8 days ago)
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 13.04 "Raring Ringtail" - Release amd64 (20130424)
  MarkForUpload: True
  PackageArchitecture: all
  ProcEnviron:
   PATH=(custom, no user)
   XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
   LANG=en_US.UTF-8
   SHELL=/bin/bash
  SourcePackage: ubuntu-release-upgrader
  Symptom: ubuntu-release-upgrader
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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