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Ubuntu lost me years back when they introduced Unity. The single biggest issue I had with it was the positioning of the dock and how there was no officially sup
by tjpnz 9y ago
Ubuntu lost me years back when they introduced Unity. The single biggest issue I had with it was the positioning of the dock and how there was no officially supported means of changing it. I didn't like it from a design perspective but far worse was my RSI which was particularly bad at the time, even subtle things like button placement would just set everything right off.
I wasn't the only one who wanted the option to customize this but such requests fell on deaf ears, I was told by one of the Unity devs that the dock placement was a "design decision" and that they had no intention of changing it. Until they did but that was many years later and long after I had moved on to Linux Mint and Cinnamon.
I think adopting Gnome is a positive step in the right direction for Ubuntu, it sounds like they may actually be listening to their users now.
- nobleach 9y agoUnity was a terrible pock-mark on the face of desktop interfaces. I was excited to see Gnome 3 supplant it (I've held the unpopular opinion that Gnome 3 isn't all that bad, and I've used it off and on since 10.10). After a couple of hours use, I've seen it crash just like Unity. It's almost as if they took the crashy bits and put them into Gnome. I'm also dismayed at how hard it is to enable theming. Gnome Tweak Tool comes with that option locked out by default. Themes in general have been a pain for many years.
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- nightcracker 9y agoI've been using Xubuntu for years now, and am very satisfied. The comfort of Ubuntu packages/support with the same good 'ol XFCE UI that doesn't shove the latest flashy mobile touch interface in my face.
- dingo_bat 9y agoThe linked article mentions that there are zero UI customization options. You can't even change the font or colors. They are certainly not listening to their users.
- tjpnz 9y agoThat's a real shame, I always thought customization was one of Gnome's strong points (at least compared to Unity). Sounds as though the arrogance I experienced all those years back is still in play.
- spacenick88 9y agoSwitch to Kubuntu then, all the ease of Ubuntu with the customizability of Plasma/KDE