Unity ROCKS not!!!

[Liam Proven]

On 9 May 2011 05:45, Douglas S. Saylor <absdoug at gmail.com> wrote:
> 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>

:¬D Thanks, man!

>> 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 By no longer supporting a superseded piece of code?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 Why would a modern distro cling to outdated legacy code?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 world is obsolete in 6-months!

Good call, actually. I /do/ like retro stuff myself. A lot.

But also, one of the really cool things about free software is that I
get cool /new/ toys all the time, and I love that.

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