thanks fedora

[Angus MacGyver]

On Tue, 2010-09-21 at 01:02 -0700, Robert Holtzman wrote:
> On Mon, Sep 20, 2010 at 10:57:36PM -0400, Tom H wrote:
> > On Mon, Sep 20, 2010 at 6:37 PM, Robert Holtzman <holtzm at cox.net> wrote:
> 
>            .........snip.........

...snip

> 
> The things you mentioned are all cosmetic but while we're talking about
> that, for one example, the change in the right click options on usb
> drivesfrom "unmount" to "safely remove drive" is pure M$. 


Maybe - but, and this was a welcome change for me...
If you have a USB device with multiple partitions, the umount option
only unmouted the one you right clicked on...

"safely remove" on the other hand, does them *ALL* if if can.
That from my perspective is a Good Thing.

The number of times I did the umount option for one slice, and forgot
the other(s) and had to do an fsck before they'd remount when I plugged
the drive in next time is something I am pleased I don't have to do any
longer.
(and I ain't no Winduhs junkie, I'm a UNIX engineer by day job)

> Maybe the next
> release will have  "My Computer" or "My Documents" icon.  

At least there would be a "common" ground for training and migrations.
Not something I would like to see mind, but that's the key - we can
always change it :-)

There is nothing actually stopping someone doing that to their machine
right now if they want to.

> Also the
> abbreviatedboot messages are another example of dumbing down. If it weren't 
> so late and I wasn't so tired I could think of more.

If everything has worked - why would I care ?
If not - then that's maybe the time to output them to screen.
I can always look at them later if required.
(dmesg, /var/log/messages, /var/log/syslog etc...)

I admit, I do miss seeing screens and screens worth of boot messages
sometimes..... but not on my laptop, when I need it *NOW* 

> 
> How far are the devs going to go to make Ubuntu non intimidating to the
> technology averse?
> 

or more productive and easier for the techies (like me) who appreciate
that a desktop machine should be low maintenance productivity
enhancement tool.