<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <meta content="text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1" http-equiv="Content-Type"> <title></title> </head> <body text="#000000" bgcolor="#ffffff"> On 04/22/2011 05:38 PM, Shaun Jones wrote: <blockquote cite="mid:BANLkTi=KPBU_XrKenK3aE+BLhQZZQtYHpg@mail.gmail.com" type="cite"> On Apr 22, 2011 4:32 PM, "Thierry de Coulon" <<a moz-do-not-send="true" href="mailto:tcoulon@decoulon.ch">tcoulon@decoulon.ch</a>> wrote: > > On Friday 22 April 2011 10:58:29 pm Colin Law wrote: > > On 22 April 2011 21:43, Alan Pope <<a moz-do-not-send="true" href="mailto:popey@ubuntu.com">popey@ubuntu.com</a>> wrote: > > > On 22 April 2011 20:26, Zach <<a moz-do-not-send="true" href="mailto:zach@zcsmith.com">zach@zcsmith.com</a>> wrote: > > >> I'm asking this in all sincerity as I'm trying to grasp as to why > > >> Ubuntu is so hell-bent on promoting this desktop when, from what I've > > >> seen so far, it's nothing to write home about. > > > > > > Given this is a support list, your question is somewhat offtopic, and > > > despite the disclaimer could well be seen as trollish, especially when > > > worded the way it is. > > > > I suggest that asking for help in understanding the logic behind the > > evolution of Ubuntu is a perfectly valid subject for this list. An > > answer would increase the readers understanding of Ubuntu and where it > > is going and would presumably help us to get the most out of the OS. > > > > So is there an answer to the question as to why Ubuntu is going down > > this route? Hopefully the answer is not 42. > > > > Colin > > I absolutely second this. I don't really feel concerned with Unity - I run > Trinity on a desktop, with wired mouse and keyboard, so I am probably even > more turning "dodo" than Ric. > > However, I've allready experienced this on the SuSE lists with KDE 4: we are > told that we should move on with the others, but when we ask _why_ the > new "thing" is better.... no answer. > > No one on this list seems able to answer the simple question that is in the > title of these mails. Ric did not either actually: the desktop computer is > supposed to die, ok, but in what does this make Unity so great? > > Thierry > > > -- > ubuntu-users mailing list > <a moz-do-not-send="true" href="mailto:ubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com">ubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com</a> > Modify settings or unsubscribe at: <a moz-do-not-send="true" href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-users">https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-users</a> Xubuntu will give you the classic style your looking for plus there are other options. For example you could use icewm with gnome apps and this works quite well. There are many alternatives out there, unity gnome 3 are all aiming at the tablet and mobile platform and I don't think this way of thinking is gonna change. If you come to the Xubuntu side ill see ya there moved awhile ago and haven't looked back. Mister Jones </blockquote> I see that several of the contributors here have mentioned the death of the home computer, and the ascendancy of the tablet. I don't know about anyone else, but when the touchscreen becomes all there is, I hope to have passed on. Certainly I won't be using it. (My daughter has one, and I've tried it. What a disaster!) I'll join in with the previous poster who said he's an old fogy. Me too! --doug <pre class="moz-signature" cols="72">-- Blessed are the peacekeepers...for they shall be shot at from both sides. --A. M. Greeley</pre> </body> </html>