[PLUG] Ubuntu how-to documentation rant

Word Wizard Word.Wizard at comcast.net
Thu Mar 22 23:35:01 UTC 2012


How ironic! I had been under the impression that WAS my problem when was 
I trying to make Windows Vista work for me!


On 03/22/2012 03:26 PM, Denis Heidtmann wrote:
> On Thu, Mar 22, 2012 at 12:23 PM, Russell Senior
> <russell at personaltelco.net>wrote:
>
>>>>>>> "Word" == Word Wizard<Word.Wizard at comcast.net>  writes:
>> Word>  Some thoughts on the Unity/Gnome 3 change I migrated to Ubuntu
>> Word>  Linux about 6 years ago after being alienated by the total mess
>> Word>  that Windows XP/Vista had become. The Gnome2 desktop was easy to
>> Word>  master, not all that dissimilar from Windows. Then Ubuntu
>> Word>  introduced Unity about the same time that Gnome3 superseded the
>> Word>  old linear menus. I really disliked the new interface models at
>> Word>  first and wondered why Linux developers just couldn't stick with
>> Word>  the old tried and true.
>>
>> Word>  A year of so later, my perspective has changed completely. I'm
>> Word>  currently using Ubuntu 11.10 w/Gnome 3.2 and the Avant
>> Word>  dock. After getting used to the change I'd never go back
>> Word>  (although Ubuntu 11.10 offers the option of the "classic Gnome"
>> Word>  desktop). The incredible flexibility of lenses combined with the
>> Word>  traditional linear menus and launchers in Avant makes just about
>> Word>  every task easier faster and more fun.
>>
>> Word>  My advice to those who find Linux' general move away from the
>> Word>  old Gnome/Windows menu model uncomfortable is to just slowly
>> Word>  acclimatize oneself to them. The fully user-customizable Avant
>> Word>  dock (AWN) is a great tool to ease that transition as it offers
>> Word>  everything the old Gnome2 menus did and more. Gnome2 fans can
>> Word>  explore the new paradigm without being lashed to it for every
>> Word>  task. I suspect most users will eventually find themselves more
>> Word>  comfortable with Unity or Gnome3 and many will become happy
>> Word>  fans.
>>
>> Dude.  This is called the "Stockholm Syndrome".
>>
>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stockholm_syndrome
>>
>>   "In psychology, Stockholm Syndrome is an apparently paradoxical
>>    psychological phenomenon in which hostages express empathy and have
>>    positive feelings towards their captors, sometimes to the point of
>>    defending them."
>>
>>
>> --
>> Russell Senior, President
>
> I do not doubt it, but if it were universally true, we would all be singing
> MS' praises.
>
> -Denis
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