[ale] I really incredibly exponentially hate ubuntu unity

[vernard at venger.net (Vernard Martin)]

On 05/15/2012 12:46 PM, 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.
>
> F
one of the reasons that Linux has so little Desktop Traction is the 
desire to reinvite the desktop environment so blasted often. I remember 
back when we used to have "Windows Manager Wars" instead of "Desktop 
Wars".  Your distro was NOT your desktop. And switching distros to get a 
new desktop just seems absurd to me.

Then again, Ubuntu has made a fortune by selling their pre-packaged 
goodness as an environment. Kinda like Windows has.

Anyone here using plain old debian? How does it handle the multiple 
desktop situation?

V