Jesus! I hate 11.04, WTF happened? This is awful. Somebody's head should be smacked!

[sdavmor]

On 03/05/2011 05:55 AM, Jeff Lane wrote:
> On Sat, Mar 5, 2011 at 05:15, sdavmor<sdavmor at systemstheory.net>  wrote:
>> On 03/05/2011 02:11 AM, Alan Pope wrote:
>>>
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> On 5 March 2011 10:02, sdavmor<sdavmor at systemstheory.net>    wrote:
>>>>
>>>> So...I want gnome back on my desktop immediately and unity
>>>> drop-kicked over the horizon, never to be seen again.
>>>>
>>>
>>> Booting 11.04 to the logon screen you'll find an option to choose
>>> 'session'. You can select Classic GNOME for the traditional
>>> 2-panel layout you're used to.
>>>
>>>> ...and I despise Firefox 4 (barf). It's as bad (maybe worse)
>>>> than Idiot Explorer 8. I never thought I'd say that about a *nix
>>>> based browser. So I want my 3.6x back.
>>>>
>>>
>>> Mozilla provide the source code and binary installers for their
>>> browser. You can get them from their website.
>>>
>>> Al.
>>
>> Thank you! May {deity of your choice} shower you with blessings and
>> protect you from whatever malevolence possessed Shuttleworth et al
>> for this profound put-me-out-of-misery stupidity!
>
> I bugs me that this has to be said EVERY SINGLE TIME there's an Ubuntu
> alpha or beta...
>
>> From the relase announcement, as is in EVERY release announcement:
> "Pre-releases of Natty are *not* encouraged for anyone needing a stable
> system or anyone who is not comfortable running into occasional, even
> frequent breakage.  They are, however, recommended for Ubuntu developers and
> those who want to help in testing, reporting, and fixing bugs."
>
> For your benefit, I am attaching the entire release announcement,
> including information on where to file bugs, where to find a list of
> known issues, and even where to download the images.
>
> But PLEASE, this is alpha level software.  that means you're lucky if
> it boots.  So if you have a problem, instead of posting to a mailing
> list with no ability to fix the issue using sensationalist subject
> lines like "ZOMG WTF I TRIED THIS ALFA AND IT'S BROKEN UBUNTU SUXORZ",
> file bugs in the appropriate place and help make sure that the actual
> final release of Natty is the best it can be.

I know all about alphas and betas.  Been there done that for years in 
a wide range of *nic environments.  However this is the first time I 
put an Ubuntu alpha in and was really annoyed by what happened.

Once I reinstalled gnome (the upgrade deinstalled it..marvelous) and 
shunted Unity off to one side where I don't have to use it 11.04 is 
quite nice.  FF4 beta is fast but I'm still going to roll back to 3.6 
out of personal preference.

> As has been said previously, NO OS is ever released without bugs, and
> no new Desktop Environrment is released without bugs.  And thats at
> release time.  We're still a fair bit out from release and there will
> be a LOT of work put into Natty before it's actually released in a
> form meant for daily use.

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