Comments on: Ubuntu: Jaunty isn't Pretty

By: slumbergod

slumbergod — Fri, 29 May 2009 18:25:54 +0000

I have been using Xubuntu since Gutsy. I saw a solid improvement with each release though often there were issues that took a while to be patched in subsequent updates. Jaunty though has been terrible. It reintroduced many of the problems that had been sorted out in Intrepid.

To all the trolls, yes, I could go back to an older version if I wanted to…but I have enough stability to get by until the next release. And I simply can’t be bothered doing a clean install because I have better things to do than customising a system to suit my needs. Bitching about a release is a normal response. I mean, trolls like to bitch about people bitching!!!! What is the difference.

Something simple like themes are easy to fix. Something more fundamental like regressions in Intel video support less so. I think Jaunty was a backward step and I really hope Koala is more stable.

By: doctormo

doctormo — Sat, 09 May 2009 10:14:21 +0000

Yes we _could_ fork the entire of Ubuntu and create our own OS, but why not just bitch a bit and hopefully get the designers to see sense instead?

By: kindofabuzz

kindofabuzz — Sat, 09 May 2009 08:37:23 +0000

quit bitching people. you’re on Linux. if you don’t like something, you CAN change it you know.

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Thu, 30 Apr 2009 06:22:30 +0000

[...] Una solució que em va donar Internet va ser purgar completament tots els paquets que tenen a veure amb el driver fglrx i instal·lar el paquet de la ati (xserver-xorg-video-ati), i efectivament el sistema no es penja, però no pots fer res perquè la pantalla sembla la de canal+ codificada, on difícilment pots veure els colors amb contrasts del nou tema predeterminat d’ubuntu, el qual ja critiquen alguns… [...]

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Mon, 27 Apr 2009 17:20:16 +0000

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By: Fabian Rodriguez

Fabian Rodriguez — Mon, 27 Apr 2009 14:37:41 +0000

I wish they had upgraded the face browser too. When/if using GDM, I only use the face browser, all my systems are multi-user (except my laptop).

By: Aaron Strontsman

Aaron Strontsman — Mon, 27 Apr 2009 13:49:43 +0000

Agree, if Fedora have done something right with version 10, it’s their boot process. Simply awesome. Well, hopefully Ubuntu will get the same consistency after move from Usplash to Plymouth.
Anyway, about the default Gnome theme: in Jaunty I see subtle improvements to it and I think if the window title bar could be changed (I really like the Dust title bar) and the font be changed to Droid Sans, I guess there would be no need to switch to Dust (great, but even with the (new) lighter parts too dark) / New Wave (ugly title bars, imo) / Darkroom (usable, but weird).

By: yawn

yawn — Mon, 27 Apr 2009 13:16:24 +0000

haha I agree. If you do not like the theme or splash page just change them, it takes like 10 seconds after you find the custom one you desire.

This is the first Ubuntu release I kept the default GDM splash active as I like it for some reason. But then again, I am one of those “heavy metal guys” Lorenz talks about. The desktop background does suck tho, change that for sure.

By: Jan Peter

Jan Peter — Mon, 27 Apr 2009 05:12:59 +0000

With the new Jaunty, I have mistakenly type the password field in the username. Gosh, that didn’t happen before. Then, I realized that GDM on Jaunty only gives one chance to type the password. But, still…

I agree with the face browser or different field just to notice.

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