[Bradford] Introduction :-)

[Nick Rhodes]

Hi

Unity.
Earlier versions had too many minor issues that made it annoying to use 
(I've only used it full time since 12.04), now most of that is ironed 
its reasonable to use and is reasonably tweakable with the third party 
tools such as Ubuntu Tweak and Unsettings (my preference).
I am still not as comfortable with it as I was with Gnome 2. But I did 
configure Gnome 2 desktop to have a MS Window style layout and I do 
still use Windows daily, so it may be an adjustment thing as I've only 
used Unity seriously for 9 months.

When I get time I do want to have a go a configuring an XFCE environment 
(app selection + config) to my liking and see how it compares to Unity.

Cheers, Nick

On 01/02/13 21:28, Philip Wyett wrote:
> Hi Nick,
>
> Children and 3 girls will certainly keep you busy and on your toes.
>
> You say you use Ubuntu. How do you find unity?
>
> Regards
>
> Phil
>
> On Friday 01 Feb 2013 21:22:20 Nick Rhodes wrote:
>> My gaming days are over. 3 little daughters make sure I don't get the
>> time :)
>>
>> Cheers, Nick
>>
>> On 01/02/13 21:16, Philip Wyett wrote:
>>> Hi Nick,
>>>
>>> Nice intro. It is good that you are going full time Linux etc. You maybe a
>>> good man to know as things like web, php are not my strong area - Lets
>>> just
>>> say that. I like things that start class or struct. :-)
>>>
>>> After your uni days. Do you still game a bit?
>>>
>>> Regards
>>>
>>> Phil
>>>
>>> On Friday 01 Feb 2013 21:06:18 Nick Rhodes wrote:
>>>> Cheers Phil.
>>>>
>>>> Maybe every one could think about introducing themselves on this list. I
>>>> speak to many people and don't know much about their backgrounds ?
>>>>
>>>> I am Nick Rhodes. A 35 year old family guy and Software Developer with
>>>> 15+ years commercial experience, mostly with MS asp.net do web based
>>>> business systems. In a few weeks I am swapping departments to be a full
>>>> time Linux/PHP/Python dev.
>>>>
>>>> Been a Linux user for around 5 years thanks to the influence of another
>>>> long time Linux dev/user that some of you may know, Martyn (/me waves) .
>>>> My first exposure to Linux was at Uni where we used a mix of
>>>> Linux/Windows and OS9 machines.
>>>> My first distro was Slackware, used to install a Quakeworld server for
>>>> our Uni house LAN gaming sessions. I use Ubuntu generally as it usually
>>>> works the best of the box for what I need.
>>>>
>>>> I have in the past contributed lots code to an obscure PHP CMS project
>>>> and a steady flow of bug reports, work arounds and suggested fixes/code
>>>> to the various software [projects] I have used from Drupal CMS modules
>>>> to Ubuntu udev rules for USB wifi devices. I tend to prefer to help with
>>>> support than code (as my day job is coding), helping out on various
>>>> forums (generally smaller community ones) and Wiki when I have the time.
>>>>
>>>> Cheers, Nick.
>>>>
>>>> On 01/02/13 19:46, Philip Wyett wrote:
>>>>> Hi all,
>>>>>
>>>>> Here is my introduction.
>>>>>
>>>>> I am Phil Wyett; 39 year old former soldier and over a decade as a Linux
>>>>> user and developer. I have been a developer of the OSS Crystal Space 3D
>>>>> game engine, CEL project for over a decade and still am plus the release
>>>>> manager. I have also been a contributing dev to Debian, Ubuntu, Kubuntu
>>>>> and Redhat for years, plus many upstream projects.
>>>>>
>>>>> My production systems are Kubuntu and for server Ubuntu. If you ask
>>>>> nicely,
>>>>> you can get access to my semi public AMD 8x  CPU 32 Gb RAM 4TB SSD
>>>>> (kubuntu
>>>>> 12.4.x) system or my AMD 6x 12 Gb RAM 2TB SATA (kubuntu 12.04.x) system.
>>>>>
>>>>> I have some bits to give away (many cpu's ( many single cores and some
>>>>> dual
>>>>> and triple cores, over 300 Gb of RAM of varying speeds (16 Gb is Corsair
>>>>> DDR 3 @ 2000 MHz), new PSU's, etc.) but as I mentioned it on twitter -
>>>>> So
>>>>> Dick get first refusal on them (I did say to you I would catalogue it
>>>>> all
>>>>> ;-))- it's only right. You all can have what's left. ;-)
>>>>>
>>>>> Regards
>>>>>
>>>>> Phil
>>>>>
>>>>>
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