Even I'd Ubuntu fails it has made some neat inroads that debian can pick up
and the several forks can pick up as well.

I had liked gnome for years Andaman somewhat fond of xfce as a result. But
Kadee is appealing to me more lately.

I think my first exposure to *nix at all was in school on Solaris 5 system
which prompted me to take a Unix multiuser class at mccauley to gain a real
shell acct. About 2 weeks later I had grabbed red hat 6 and installed it to
a spare drive.

I loved it but still have this small stack of software that doesn't quite
work right in a vm.

So a little over 1/3rd of my life has been technical and I have used and
abused computers since before I was about 5.

Right now the virtual display and virtual cry stuff is getting closer to my
dream system and I can finally make my full transition.

Now that I have geek babbled to the list o have been here for maybe 5-6
years about the same amount of time I have been married.
On Nov 14, 2011 7:45 PM, "Thomas Gail Haws" <tom.haws@gmail.com> wrote:

> Well, Unity really isn't a browser.  It's the desktop, which essentially
> for a "disinterested" user like me, means it IS the OS experience.  Yes, I
> think you can switch to a different desktop than the default.  But the
> average user isn't likely to do that.  I'm not.
>
> Tom
> --
> "To forgive is the highest, most beautiful form of love. In return, you
> will receive untold peace and happiness." - Dr. Robert Muller
>
>
> On Mon, Nov 14, 2011 at 7:36 PM, Michael Havens <bmike1@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Can't you just install another browser?
>>
>> On 11/14/11, Thomas Gail Haws <tom.haws@gmail.com> wrote:
>> >>
>> >> I'm still on the fence as to which distro will take
>> >>
>> > the lead when Ubuntu fails, unless they wise up and default to something
>> >> other
>> >> than unity. I'm not trying to start a flame war, but I really think
>> Unity
>> >> is a
>> >> mistake.
>> >>
>> >
>> > No argument there, Nathan.  I've been on PLUG one year now since I
>> decided
>> > to augment my business doing LAMP programming.  So I'm rather green.
>> >
>> > I always wanted to run Linux, but I took the "role" of disinterested
>> user.
>> > I decided I would run Linux when it was ready to run for me.  I
>> > occasionally tried this or that distro.  I remember Knoppix.  When
>> Ubuntu
>> > appeared, I started trying it.  Eventually a version appeared that
>> > installed effortlessly on my PC.  Since then I have more or less had at
>> > least one box that will run Linux.
>> >
>> > Part of my Linux desire was to give my three kids exposure to something
>> > different.  And my middle child, my 14-year-old Michael, has been the
>> > Ubuntu user for about a year now.
>> >
>> > I'm far from a power user.  But I sort of know enough to do my LAMP
>> > development as a junior programmer at age 45.
>> >
>> > I wish Ubuntu wouldn't fail.  It's really sad.  But they don't seem
>> ready
>> > to acknowledge that Unity is plain hard to use.
>> >
>> > Tom
>> >
>>
>>
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