[OT] Ubuntu Should Be Forked!

[Johnny Rosenberg]

2012/1/30 Ric Moore <wayward4now at gmail.com>:
> On 01/30/2012 04:09 AM, Swapnil Bhartiya wrote:
>>
>> http://www.muktware.com/articles/3252/ubuntu-should-be-forked
>>
>> I have been a long time Ubuntu user, been using it since 2006. I loved
>> it and have been installing it on user's PC until version 11.04 came out
>> with Unity. Before you get a wrong impression let me make it clear that
>> I love to try new things as long as they don't come in between me and my
>> work.
>>
>> I started using Unity since its alpha days and am currently running
>> Ubuntu 12.04 with HUD and KDE 4.8. The reason is simple -- I am curious
>> and love trying new things. I am also running openSUSE with Gnome 3 to
>> stay updated with the latest development.
>>
>> I am not certain if I will continue to use Ubuntu after 12.04 if they
>> force HUD on me. Mark Shuttleworth has given clear indication that HUD
>> will ultimately replace the menus. I don't know what he meant by that.
>> When he introduced Unity has specifically said that this doesn't make
>> much sense for bigger screens and now we are all stuck with Unity and
>> Global Menus. We have seem mass exodus from Ubuntu to Linux Mint. Most
>> of my associates have moved to Linux Mint and DistroWatch is an
>> indicator of that migration.
>
>
> Jeeeez... just use KDE or XFCE or Mint then. Ubuntu supports those as well,
> through their noble efforts to make the Ubuntu platform open as possible. If
> you don't want HUD, don't use it. It's like complaining about limping home
> with a flat tire when you have a spare in the trunk. IYou cannot claim that
> Mark Shuttleworth has restricted your choices in any way, as that is not
> true.
>
> And, if MicroSoft, or some other patent squatter, decides to sue over drop
> down menus, we'll be in the unmistakable clear, and Mint/KDE/XFCE/LXDE and
> the rest, including SUSE and Red Hat will be scrambling like mad, at the
> last minute, to adopt a HUD scheme. Mark didn't make his dough by being
> stupid. I think he's staying ahead of the game and just might know a thing
> or two neither you nor I nor anyone else does. There is that, as his
> decisions are above our pay grade.
>
> Myself, I plan on using a USB headset and bark voice commands at my HUD
> desktop. That will be a fun toy, for sure. For now, I use XFCE (Xubuntu) and
> I'm happier than a little clam with it.

Just of curiosity, sorry for being somewhat off topic, can you run
Compiz-Fusion and Emerald in XFCE (or LXDE)?


Kind regards

Johnny Rosenberg
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