[ale] I really incredibly exponentially hate ubuntu unity

Tue May 15 13:42:33 EDT 2012

Unity has a place.  It just isn't on my desktop...your's either I
guess...

11.04 (and 11.10 if I remember right) support what is called "Ubuntu
Classic" - which is basically a Gnome2 DE.  I deploy a lot of 11.04
these days and always default the DE to that.  

Simply open System Settings > Login Screen (from the power "button"), or
go to "System > Administration > Login Screen" if in Gnome2; unlock the
control applet and make your selection from the drop-down menu at the
bottom of the page.  I personally use "Ubuntu Classic" and am happy with
that.  That will buy me time until I settle on a new DE; but I'm not in
a hurry to make changes.

Repeat after me:  "Find a happy place...find a happy place...find a
happy place..."

As for Windows 8?  I've already been testing it at work.  

I'LL PASS THANK YOU!!!!  All too happy in keeping the Linux Oath and
continuing my studies toward RHCSA/RHCE.......

Cheers!   ----Rich (RinL)

On Tue, 2012-05-15 at 12:46 -0400, Ron Frazier (ALE) wrote:

> Hi all,
> 
> Warning - ranting follows. Apologies in advance to anyone who likes
> Ubuntu Unity. I've been using a Ubuntu 11.10 live cd to do some disk
> maintenance. I have to vent, here, or I'm going to have to break some
> fragile objects in the house. By the way, I know I've said some of
> this before. After all the careful consideration and observation and
> pondering I can stand, I have concluded that:
> 
> <RANT ON>
> 
> I hate unity.
> No, I HATE unity.
> No, I REALLY hate unity.
> No, I really INCREDIBLY hate unity.
> No, I really incredibly EXPONENTIALLY hate unity.
> 
> For my purposes and style of computer use and preferences, it is
> probably the worst UI I've ever seen in my life. Here are just a few
> of the reasons I hate it.
> 
> 01) They combine a menu button bar with a taskbar. If I want to start
> something, I want a menu. If I want to know what's running and switch
> to it, I need a taskbar. I don't need some mongrel hybrid of the two.
> 02) There is no obvious way to change any button bar settings.
> 03) There are no text names for the apps on the button bar, unless you
> hover your mouse on them. (Couldn't do that if it was a tablet.)
> 04) Apps are much harder to find and browse through. I'm aware of the
> search function. Windows has it too. I don't like it, and rarely use
> it.
> 05) The menu for the WINDOW I'm in is sitting in the bar at the top of
> the SCREEN.
> 06) If I have multiple windows open, there is no easy way to tell
> which menu I'm reading.
> 07) The window menu HIDES as soon as you roll your mouse away. The
> very first or second thing I do when I install an OS, even Windows, is
> disable every stinking function that auto hides things.
> 08) The scroll control is normally invisible.
> 09) The scroll control moves around and is never in the same place,
> like the old arrows at the top and bottom of a scrollbar. So, every
> time I want to scroll, I have to go looking for the current location
> of the control.
> 10) The scroll control hides itself, EVEN IF YOUR MOUSE IS ON IT. So,
> say you're reading a long document. You want to read some, click the
> scroll down arrow, read some more, click again, etc. YOU CANNOT DO
> THIS WITHOUT MOVING YOUR MOUSE OFF THE SCROLL CONTROL AND BACK ON TO
> MAKE IT REAPPEAR. Just writing this virtually has steam coming out of
> my ears.
> 11) If I want to see all my apps or find an app that I don't know the
> name of, I have to click the menu button, then more apps, then see 87
> more results. For all that pain, I get this giant list of icons that
> are not categorized at all, all occupying lots of screen real estate,
> AND AS FAR AS I CAN TELL, THERE IS NO ACCESSIBLE SCROLL CONTROL. I can
> only scroll with the thumbwheel or the edge of the touchpad. A
> heirarchical text based menu is TEN THOUSAND times better. An OPTION
> to display icons might be handy, ON OCCASION.
> 12) The running things on the combined menu bar and taskbar are not
> grouped together. So, if I've selected several things from the button
> bar to run, and I want to know what's running, I have to scroll up and
> down the bar and look for the stupid little carret indicators.
> 13) There is apparently no way to move the button bar or resize it.
> 14) There is no obvious way to change any settings for the button bar.
> 15) The buttons on the button bar are too large, and it takes up too
> much vertical space for the number of apps it displays.
> 16) While I do normally keep my taksbar vertical, most people are used
> to horizontal bars, and may actually like them that way, but this
> gives you no choice, apparently.
> 17) The close, minimize, maximize buttons are on the wrong side of the
> window.
> 18) Most of the appearance and font options I'm used to seem to be
> gone, or exceptionally well hidden.
> 19) The button bar "squishes" when there are too many icons, until you
> roll over it (which you couldn't do on a tablet by the way), then it
> unsquishes, generally hiding the icons at the bottom.
> 20) There are no "panels" apparently, that I can position around the
> screen and put little objects on like the CPU usage indicator, etc.
> 21) This is a TABLET interface and I'm using it on a LAPTOP OR
> DESKTOP. Those interfaces and environments should NEVER be mixed, in
> my opinion.
> 
> </RANT OFF>
> 
> Pant, Pant. OK, breathe, count to 10, think about a peaceful scene.
> 
> Well, amazingly, that's all I could think of after testing the product
> for a full 30 minutes. Perhaps I WON'T continue later.
> 
> Suffice it to say, that if I have to run THIS, then I won't be running
> Linux. I've heard bad things about Window 8 too, but haven't
> investigated it. Now, I know you are going to tell me that there are
> alternatives. So, hypothetically speaking, if I were to upgrade from
> Ubuntu 11.04 to Ubuntu 12.04, can I still run GNOME 2 on it? If not,
> what would be the closest thing to that user experience that I'm used
> to and THAT I LIKE?
> 
> Thanks in advance. Any help and advice is appreciated.
> 
> Sincerely,
> 
> Ron
> 
> 
> --
> 
> Sent from my Android Acer A500 tablet with bluetooth keyboard and K-9
> Mail.
> Please excuse my potential brevity.
> 
> (To whom it may concern. My email address has changed. Replying to
> former
> messages prior to 03/31/12 with my personal address will go to the
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> address. Please send all personal correspondence to the new address.)
> 
> (PS - If you email me and don't get a quick response, you might want
> to
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> 
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