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Ubuntu 10.10, huh. I'm not old enough to have experienced that, but I can say that we have the same thing happening with 16.04 They had it almost perfect and

by devxpy 8y ago

Ubuntu 10.10, huh. I'm not old enough to have experienced that, but I can say that we have the same thing happening with 16.04 They had it almost perfect and decided to throw it all out. History does repeat itself...

MetaDark 8y ago
Not old enough? Well this makes me feel old even though I'm not. I'm 22 and my first version of Ubuntu was 8.04.
- woolvalley 8y ago
  I'm guessing they got into using linux later in life. Not all of us messed with linux when we were 12 ;)
  - hobs 8y ago
    Still made me feel a billion years old as I am pretty sure I had quite a few Warty Warthog cds around at one point.
    - alttab 8y ago
      CDs? I had 7 floppies for Doom. And I bought a sound card!
  - nurettin 8y ago
    When I was 12, it was all windows 3.1, IBM OS/2 and Solaris for the cool cats.
    - _Codemonkeyism 8y ago
      When I was 12 it was C64.
      - linker3000 8y ago
        Acorn System 1
        bushin 8y ago
        this thing https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mechanical_calculator#/media/File:Calculator_walther_hg.jpg https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mechanical_calculator#/media/F...
      - tssva 8y ago
        When I was 12 the VIC-20 was released but I rocked a TRS-80 Model 1.
    - Moru 8y ago
      If that makes you feel old, I must be ancient.
  - pjmlp 8y ago
    When I was 12, we were messing up with the Amiga on geek friend's house, ProTracker had just been released, playing Defender of the Crown on the school PCW computers and doing Z80 programming on my own Timex 2068. :)
  - devxpy 8y ago
    Matter of fact, I was using linux when I was 12! Actually installed ubuntu myself. However, I wasn't into it to the extent that I could follow the linux distro culture. Don't even remember the version now; must have been 10 or 11. There was also the fact that I had limited access to the internet in the early days (that's just how it was in India). I was just sick of trying to make pirated software work (including windows), so was looking for something I can just download and run. I do remember that I liked how easy it was to install games, compared to my windows desktop. Only now, that I am familiar with software development cycles do I understand how stupid it is of Ubuntu to discontinue fully featured, polished software. For example, Mac has changed so little over the years (haven't personally used it much), which probably is the reason why it's so much more mature as compared to linux DEs... P.S. I am 19
bubblethink 8y ago
>but I can say that we have the same thing happening with 16.04 Yes, 16.04 (unity 7) is peak desktop for years to come. Nothing else works quite as well for me. Luckily, you can use unity 7 with 18.04 without too much friction.
- devxpy 8y ago
  I wished I could install unity on my daily driver; solus. Budige is great, but it's not as mature as untiy 7.
- copperx 8y ago
  What do you use as a file manager? Ubuntu's built in one lacks the basic functions that one might expect from Windows Explorer or the Finder (e.g., the ability to rename multiple files, open folder as path in terminal, mount SMB shares, see file previews).
  - bubblethink 8y ago
    With 16.04, I'm using the default bundled nautilus version. With 18.04, I think nautilus lost some functionality. I haven't switched to 18.04 yet though. So I don't know how serious it is. I don't use the file manager too heavily. You can switch to nemo, dolphin or caja if it works better for you. Not sure how nicely they all play with Unity. There was a patched nemo version for Unity 7.
    - pbhjpbhj 8y ago
      Worth noting that Dolphin devs have disabled it's use as superuser, ... I can't comprehend why. Krusader is my fallback option.
  - manaskarekar 8y ago
    Lubuntu's 'PCMan File Manager' does all those and some more except for renaming multiple files. 'rename' [1] is a good way to do it anyway. [1] http://manpages.ubuntu.com/manpages/trusty/man1/prename.1.html http://manpages.ubuntu.com/manpages/trusty/man1/prename.1.ht...

by devxpy 8y ago

MetaDark 8y ago

Not old enough? Well this makes me feel old even though I'm not. I'm 22 and my first version of Ubuntu was 8.04.

woolvalley 8y ago
I'm guessing they got into using linux later in life. Not all of us messed with linux when we were 12 ;)
- hobs 8y ago
  Still made me feel a billion years old as I am pretty sure I had quite a few Warty Warthog cds around at one point.
  - alttab 8y ago
    CDs? I had 7 floppies for Doom. And I bought a sound card!
- nurettin 8y ago
  When I was 12, it was all windows 3.1, IBM OS/2 and Solaris for the cool cats.
  - _Codemonkeyism 8y ago
    When I was 12 it was C64.
    - linker3000 8y ago
      Acorn System 1
      - bushin 8y ago
        this thing https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mechanical_calculator#/media/File:Calculator_walther_hg.jpg https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mechanical_calculator#/media/F...
    - tssva 8y ago
      When I was 12 the VIC-20 was released but I rocked a TRS-80 Model 1.
  - Moru 8y ago
    If that makes you feel old, I must be ancient.
- pjmlp 8y ago
  When I was 12, we were messing up with the Amiga on geek friend's house, ProTracker had just been released, playing Defender of the Crown on the school PCW computers and doing Z80 programming on my own Timex 2068. :)
- devxpy 8y ago
  Matter of fact, I was using linux when I was 12! Actually installed ubuntu myself. However, I wasn't into it to the extent that I could follow the linux distro culture. Don't even remember the version now; must have been 10 or 11. There was also the fact that I had limited access to the internet in the early days (that's just how it was in India). I was just sick of trying to make pirated software work (including windows), so was looking for something I can just download and run. I do remember that I liked how easy it was to install games, compared to my windows desktop. Only now, that I am familiar with software development cycles do I understand how stupid it is of Ubuntu to discontinue fully featured, polished software. For example, Mac has changed so little over the years (haven't personally used it much), which probably is the reason why it's so much more mature as compared to linux DEs... P.S. I am 19

bubblethink 8y ago

>but I can say that we have the same thing happening with 16.04 Yes, 16.04 (unity 7) is peak desktop for years to come. Nothing else works quite as well for me. Luckily, you can use unity 7 with 18.04 without too much friction.

devxpy 8y ago
I wished I could install unity on my daily driver; solus. Budige is great, but it's not as mature as untiy 7.
copperx 8y ago
What do you use as a file manager? Ubuntu's built in one lacks the basic functions that one might expect from Windows Explorer or the Finder (e.g., the ability to rename multiple files, open folder as path in terminal, mount SMB shares, see file previews).
- bubblethink 8y ago
  With 16.04, I'm using the default bundled nautilus version. With 18.04, I think nautilus lost some functionality. I haven't switched to 18.04 yet though. So I don't know how serious it is. I don't use the file manager too heavily. You can switch to nemo, dolphin or caja if it works better for you. Not sure how nicely they all play with Unity. There was a patched nemo version for Unity 7.
  - pbhjpbhj 8y ago
    Worth noting that Dolphin devs have disabled it's use as superuser, ... I can't comprehend why. Krusader is my fallback option.
- manaskarekar 8y ago
  Lubuntu's 'PCMan File Manager' does all those and some more except for renaming multiple files. 'rename' [1] is a good way to do it anyway. [1] http://manpages.ubuntu.com/manpages/trusty/man1/prename.1.html http://manpages.ubuntu.com/manpages/trusty/man1/prename.1.ht...