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| Authored by: Anonymous on Saturday, July 28 2012 @ 11:11 PM EDT |
Gnome 2 in combination with compiz allowed huge flexibility in customizing the
desktop environment. I'm one of the many who revelled in that freedom. My
desktop environment is consequently very far from standard and is the end result
of a long process of evolution. People like me, who tend to be the ones who live
and work on their desktops, are the ones who have been most hurt by unity.
The worst thing about unity is the change in philosophy which says THERE SHALL
BE ONLY ONE way to use a desktop, and if you want to use it in a different way
then TOUGH. Some of the ideas in unity are interesting. I'd like to adopt some
elements of it. But I can't because you have to use the whole package and so
many other things about unity drive me insane.
Once you are used to being able to tweak things around exactly the way you want
them you find that you simply cannot go back to simply accepting what is foisted
on you by some desktop designer. Especially one who thinks purple and orange is
a tasteful color scheme.
Why are so many desktop designers implacably determined to make my beautiful
desktop look and behave like a bloated smartphone with "apps" and all
that other ridiculous garbage. I have a serious machine on which I do serious
work, not a giant phone.
Gnome3 is even worse. Once again the main problem is that it is almost
uncustomisable and drives me insane when I try to use it. Gnome 2 allowed people
to virtually design their own desktops. Once you are used to doing that it is
very hard to give it up and simply accept the standard rubbish.[ Reply to This | Parent | # ]
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