[Gambas-user] Ubuntu 11.10 64 - Build 4200

[Kevin Fishburne]

On 10/14/2011 06:24 PM, Dag-Jarle Johansen wrote:
> Off topic is my fault, Jesus, I started.
>
> But I am a fan of Ubuntu still - I am a user of 10.04.3 LTS, and I read
> about Unity, what I also did not like to hear, in fact. If the evolution of
> Ubuntu is going this way, well I will have to think about it, and perhaps
> Debian is better, I have no ideas yet. I would not like to try out 45
> different versions of Linux to get the smartest.
>

Kubuntu 11.10 may be configured to look and act almost exactly like 
GNOME 2.x and is still officially supported by Canonical. I switched due 
to Unity/GNOME 3 and wish I had done so a long time ago. You can 
configure the desktop to show icons, have multiple fully-customizable 
panels, a traditional main menu, etc. No need to install Compiz either, 
as the built in compositing window manager has most of the same plugins 
and uses hardware acceleration. Themes are ridiculously customizable, 
more than GNOME 2.x and can be be browsed, sorted by rating and 
downloaded/installed from the native GUI. See my desktop here:

http://www.eightvirtues.com/misc/Kubuntu%2011.10.jpg

It took me a day or two of going through settings and experimenting with 
panels before I had it set up properly. Once it was, I was happier than 
I'd ever been with my OS. No reason to look back for me.

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Kevin Fishburne
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