Re: ubuntu and kubuntu

Eamonn Sullivan wrote:
On 9/2/06, marc <gmane@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
... their interface "dirty"! What does "clean" mean in the sense of an
interface? Is this a word losing it's meaning, like "solution" and
"experience"? Or losing ("loosing(sic)") even?

No disrespect meant. Perhaps (relatively) sparse or bare would be
closer to what I meant. I actually like the default, brown theme in
Ubuntu, but I can see how others would see that as "dirty."

I like the Dapper Ubuntu theme (more orange). I didn't care much for
the previous incarnations.

But I'm not so concerned with default themes since they can be easily
changed.

I've probably got 20 GNOME and 10 KDE themes installed right now.


Agreed, although I'm still primarily a Gnome user. I'm an unusual
case, however. I spent most of the 1990s as a computer
software/operating system reviewer (for PC Week, which is now called
eWeek). I've used Linux since 0.9something, on TAMU and then
Slackware, where the graphical user interface was some Motif thing. I
used to be very interested in user interfaces and happily got paid to
review CDE (once on Sun workstations and others), Windows 3.X/98/XP,
Mac, OS/2, and then Gnome and KDE.

I'm so glad we've graduated from Motif and CDE (and to a much lesser
extent - Windows before XP).

I like functional, but I also like attractive.

I got burnt out. Now, user
interfaces rank up there with toe-nail clipping on the interest scale.
I regularly switch between Windows (at work), Mac, Gnome and KDE and
barely notice the difference. I use mostly Web apps and emacs (another
religious war-starter), anyway. What's under the app window is
irrelevant.

I like the concept of Web apps. I've played with the Google office
stuff, but there's still something about having the app on your hard
drive that appeals to me.

As far as Emacs goes (I assume you were talking about the Emacs - Vi(m)
wars), I have no opinion. Each is far too complex for me. I prefer
Kate or Gedit in Linux and Notepad++ in Windows.



If I designed an ideal user interface, it would probably resemble Mac
OS X (God intended application menus to be on the top of the screen,
in my opinion), but with no icons on the desk at all.

I didn't think OS X had any desktop icons.

Completely
blank. And then I'd use something very similar to Quicksilver to
launch applications. Type one keystroke and then start typing the name
of the application and hit enter once recognized. But it would run on
Linux, not locked down with Apple's proprietary formats and DRM. I
haven't found it yet.

I'm not sure you ever will. :-) Windows Vista (I'm running the beta)
does have a nice "type the name of the app and launch it" feature now,
which I really like.

I tend to not limit myself to one OS or interface. If I could afford a
Mac Pro, I'd be running OS X, Windows XP, Windows Vista, (K)Ubuntu,
Fedora Core and FreeBSD it.

As it stands right now I'm running (K)Ubuntu, Fedora Core, Windows
Vista, Windows XP, and FreeBSD. I'm contemplating Nexenta as well.

It just occurred to me today that I actually should let my wife and
kids decide for themselves too, so I put kubuntu-desktop on both of
our Ubuntu computer and told them how to change the session in gdm.
It'll be interesting to see which wins.

What if they decide to use both? ;-)

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