Desktop Metaphor

[Liam Proven]

On Tue, 23 Oct 2018 at 17:58, Jon Elson <elson at pico-systems.com> wrote:

> ARRGhhh!  I HATE Unity!  I have switched all my Ubuntu
> systems to gnome-classic, which suits me fine.
> (You have to hack the theme xml file to make the borders
> wide enough to grab and stretch.)
> I lasted about 4 hours with Unity.  I am a spatial thinker,
> I want all my icons and toolbar icons to STAY PUT, I grab
> them by position, not by searing for the picture (icon) I
> want to select.

I am not trying to impose my choices on anyone.

I liked Unity. It was simple, quick, clear and effective.

I find GNOME 3 to be frustrating to the level of shouting incoherently
at my computer within half an hour. Ditto KDE (any version >1.x).
Others like them.

Chacun à son goût.

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