Unity ROCKS not!!!

[Douglas S. Saylor]

On Sun, 2011-05-08 at 19:59 +0100, Liam Proven wrote:

> I'm telling them to grow up, not shut up. :¬)

There IS a difference!

> Nope, because the users don't really know.

AND even if legacy Ubuntu WAS what users wanted, legacy Ubuntu has not
attracting a lot of users ...in the big picture. "We" are a
drop-in-the-bucket. SO FAR, I have not been able to give a reason for
Windows friends CASUAL computer users to switch to Linux. So far Ubuntu
11.04 might change that. 

> Good for you. 'Bye, then!

AND why feel bad for those that leave since there really is so many
choices of highly customizable versions of Linux. Wana live in the past?
Get Debian! (I tried it, yikes! But others love it)

> Why? Why should they care? You're not a paying customer. You're a
> freeloader. We all are.

Bitingly true ...and funny to imagine those that would be insulted
<grin>

> Is it? Really? Why? I see no question. GNOME 2 doesn't have a future.
> GNOME has a future, and for now, it's GNOME 3. GNOME 2 is history.

I think there seems, with some, they want what they have/had. They don't
want new/better cause they got THIS figured out. I get it, sorta, but
newer=better pretty much 99% of the time that just IS the reality. Is
there a learning curve that might be uncomfortable? Of course. But I
guess if learning new stuff is considered a "problem" ...I'm gunna have
to agree to disagree with those folks.

> Kill it how? By no longer supporting a superseded piece of code? Well
> what else should they do?
> 
> Why would a modern distro cling to outdated legacy code?
> 
> Seriously, I'm curious, why?

I guess this goes to some people wanting what they got without change so
they never have to learn new stuff <sigh>. I guess if you like old
motorcycles, cars, etc, you can do that. Computers, software ...that
world is obsolete in 6-months!