8.10 Updates? - drifting . . .

[Steven Vollom]

On Tuesday 24 February 2009 19:03:24 Michael wrote:
> Clay Weber wrote:
> > On Tuesday 24 February 2009 3:49:09 pm Cary Bielenberg wrote:
> >> I spent all day yesterday fixing friends PC's  (7) from the fallout. The
> >> 1st thing you have to do is go to the rescue console & repair broken
> >> packages from the dpkg menu then reinstall kwin & all of it's
> >> dependencies. I have 1 at the moment that is still pooched. I talk
> >> people into Linux because it's more dependable then we have this happen
> >> to us.
> >>
> >>
> >> Cary
> >
> > It *is* pretty dependable, until you enable the unsupported stuff ;)
>
> I can't remember if it was this list or another that had this long
> thread about upgrades.
> People seem to be brainwashed into the newest, latest, greatest, etc,
> even though their
> current version suits them just fine.  I think this is a combination of
> human nature and
> also from previous Microsoft marketing.  "Get the newest upgrade!"
>
> My $0.02:  I always wait to upgrade by at least a couple of months.  I
> have yet to even look
> at 8.10  due to all the negative feedback I've seen.  I /might/ upgrade
> to 8.10 when 9.04
> comes out . . .
I have Hardy on one partition and Intrepid on another.  When I need 
uninterrupted work time, I use Hardy, but mostly I am on Intrepid.  I just 
love it.  I don't  seem to mind the work that keeps it running right.  Just 
one of the new features makes it all worth while.

I multi-task all the time.  7 or 8 applications running at the same time is 
not unusual, 20 wouldn't be impossible, but there is a new feature of Intrepid 
that makes working with so many applications so much easier, and it is this.

I move the mouse to the upper left corner of the screen, and all of the open 
applications, no matter how many there are, are displayed on screen at the 
same time with none overlapping.  When you have a lot of applications open, it 
makes each visible app very small, but all are easy to identify.  So when you 
want to switch from one to another you shove the mouse to the upper left 
corner and a glance tells you the app you want.  You then click on the desired 
application and it comes front and center ready to work with.  You don't have 
to search for it under an overlapping application.  That is just great.

There are more things that I like, but some of them I can already hear 
complaints from people who don't like change.  Kmenu for one.  Once you get 
used to how it works, it is faster, by far from Hardy.  The way things opens 
keeps the mouse just a nudge away from what you want to apply.  Installation 
and removal is a lot easier, and adding equipment is the easiest I have ever 
experienced.  There are things still being worked out, but that is the way of 
progress.  And beauty is important to me, so the more beautiful presentation 
is a big plus.  It may lack function, but I have always preferred attractive 
to unattractive.

And lastly I have never been able to afford all the new bells and whistles.  I 
have always wanted to keep up with technology; this OS has been my first 
opportunity to do so.  It is just plain fun.

Steven