[Wylug-discuss] Ubuntu and Unity Desktop ... anyone like it?

[James Holden]

On Wed, 2011-10-12 at 02:56 +0100, Dave Fisher wrote:
> Am I the only one struggling to be productive with the new GUI?

Nope!

> I'm trying to use it on a traditional desktop and laptop ... and
> despite my willingness to learn new tricks and my openess to the idea
> that it might eventually work well, it's really getting in my way at
> the moment.

I really don't understand it. It seems very mouse intensive. I just open
it and use the search bar to find what I want by typing.

Or rather, I used to... then I went back to Gnome 2 aka "Ubuntu
Classic".

> When deadlines approach I'm forced to go back to the "Gnome Classic",
> but the latest Ubuntu version of Gnome seems to be suffering from the
> withdrawl of love, with many components breaking and the whole thing
> dog slow.

Hadn't particularly noticed this, although now you mention it nm-applet
seems to keep dying on me so maybe you're right :-/

> Is it just me?

No.

> 
> Dave
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