Re: [gentoo-user] The future of linux, and Gentoo specifically now

[Gevisz <gevisz@gmail.com>]

On Tue, 25 Nov 2014 06:53:14 +0200 Gevisz <gevisz@gmail.com> wrote:

> On Mon, 24 Nov 2014 21:05:16 +0000 Neil Bothwick <neil@digimed.co.uk> wrote:
> 
> > On Mon, 24 Nov 2014 20:25:22 +0200, Gevisz wrote:
> > 
> > > I switched from Ubuntu 10.04 to Gentoo just because it forced closing
> > > window button "x" to the upper-left corner of the window in Unity of
> > > Ubuntu 12.04 while I used to look for it in the upper-right corner. :)
> > 
> > Wouldn't it have been easier to use the simple configuration option to
> > move the button back to where you expected it? Far less effort than
> > switching distros.
> 
> No. It is not possible in Unity or, at least, it was not possible
> in Unity at the time when Ubuntu 12.04 was released. They really
> *forced* their users to accept the new place of the closing window
> frame button and have argued that it is more ergonomic.
> 
> There was not any possibility to change the place of the closing
> window frame button in Unity via configuration options. Quite a
> lot of Ubuntu users complained about it yet in Ubuntu 10.04,
> where the new place of that button was a new default though
> it was possible to change it back via configuration options.
> In Unity, it was absolutely impossible.
> 
> I even can agree with them that a new place of that button was
> logical, ergonomic and saved screen space.

Only now, I have realized that, logically, it was possible
to rearrange all the elements of Unity in such a way that
it was logical, ergonomic, saved space, and moreover kept
the window frame close button at its usual place, but
it was not possible with the Unity configuration anyway.
 
> It is *forcing* old users to change their habits just after upgrade
> from Ubuntu 10.04 LST to Ubuntu 12.04 LST make me looking for an
> alternative distribution. And it was the first time when I carefully
> looked though all the alternatives and make my choice consciously.
> (Before that my choice was mainly influenced by the people who
> helped me to install and maintain my first Linux systems: Suse
> at the time when it was still free :), Red Hat :(, or just advised
> me to try them: Alt Linux, Ubuntu.)
> 
> I think that I made the right choice now and I like Gentoo
> distribution, though it has its own shortcomings.
> 
> For example, Firefox 24.8.0 in stable Gentoo tree when outdated
> Ubuntu 12.04 has Firefox 33.0. (It is not that I am running for
> the version numbers but Google sites do not support Firefox 24.8
> any more.)  
>   
>