[plug] Reinforcement for the Ubuntu fans

[Tomasz Grzegurzko]

On 11/7/06, Martin Barry <marty at supine.com> wrote:
> $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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> "inactive." But as Damien Hirst suggests with his maxim "Minimum effort for
> maximum effect," there's nothing wrong with being inactive.
>
> "An Idler's Glossary" - http://www.hermenaut.com/a158.shtml
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Agreed. It sounds like a case of giving up way too soon (what OS does
work exactly as YOU want out the box??).

Tomasz