[plug] Reinforcement for the Ubuntu fans

Martin Barry marty at supine.com
Tue Nov 7 14:06:48 WST 2006


$quoted_author = "Gavin Chester" ;
> 
> Two BIG things I can't abide that have turned me off Ubuntu and most of
> its children:  1/ the only default desktop is gnome and gnome REALLY

Kubuntu?


> went wrong a few years ago when it decided to dumb-down all user options
> and hide them away; 2/ I've never had so few options givven to me to
> customise an install as when I gave Ubuntu a try - ie, more gnome-style
> dumbing-down, sadly.

Advanced install?

cheers 
marty

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