[ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu - Wrong Direction?

[Tony Pursell]

On 2 December 2011 23:36, Paul Tansom <paul at aptanet.com> wrote:

> ** Alan Pope <alan at canonical.com> [2011-12-02 11:03]:
> > On 01/12/11 23:52, thegeeksquadron at ymail.com wrote:
> > >Is Ubuntu going in the wrong direction?
> >
> > I personally don't believe so, no. I personally think it's going in
> > exactly the _right_ direction, but some people seem obsessed by
> > yesterday, today and tomorrow and not next year or next decade.
>
> I agree, I think in the longer term this will probably be good. I certainly
> prefer Unity to Gnome Shell (with the proviso that this is based on reading
> about both, but only having used Unity so far!). My main gripe is that it
> has
> been rushed out as the primary desktop when it is so painfully unfinished.
> Things I want to do just aren't easy yet and force me to the command line
> and
> Google (this feels very last millenium Linux!), and some of the changes
> I'm not
> keen on I could easily adjust if there were configuration options for them.
>
> A few examples:
>
>
You can use the Ubuntu Unity Plugin options in CompizConfig Settings
Manager to alter how the Launcher hides/reveals.  You will probably have to
install CompizConfig Settings Manager.  Its not installed by default as far
as I know, and I think that is because it is dangerous to change some of
the other features with Unity running.

There is also a GUI being developed for creating .desktop files as used in
the Launcher, etc,  For now, there is some stuff around, particularly on
AskUbuntu, which describes how they are put together.

Tony
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