Re: oh no something is definitly wrong adieu debian.
On 8/27/13, Phi Debian <phi.debian@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi Zeenan,
Hi Phi,
*please*, reply only to the list. I do not need multiple copies of your email.
> I have a permenant vnc session
I don't really know what you mean by "permenant vnc session".
> on the server (trusted network) and I
> do most of the tiny things with GUI, else cui for stuff like NW,
> iscsi, etc...
>
> Yes I choose ubuntu as the less disorientating choice after many many
> years on debian, next chice would have been mint, etc...
OK. You might find that working to solve the bug in Debian is less
disorienting ... if this your first real bug in Debian, for so many
years, you are doing very well, better than me.
> I don't go xfce because again I have very litle time to customize
> thing, and learning how to script XFCE is out of my time bufget though
> I exploded it with vnc on debian :)
I did not mean "you must customize XFCE".
I mean "try XFCE, it might work ok, for server" (I use for desktop).
Also I mean "if XFCE is not perfect for you, a little bit of
customization (like change color of task bar) might be easy, might
just work for you".
Also I mean "scripting should not be necessary, may be not needed at
all for server". Only you can try it on your environment and see if it
works, just same as trying Ubuntu - no different, but I think much
less differences long term than Ubuntu. Ubuntu makes more and more
changes, probably more pain for you :(
> What I liked with old gnome, was the custom can be done without
> learning anything, drag drop panels, click on color that suite you,
> focus follow mouse was trivial, etc....
I agree. We learn it. It worked. Then they decide something _new_ and
_shiny_ and _paradigm-changing_ must be better. Sad.
> Well I learn a bit about gconf editor and I am about done on ubuntu...
OK. So if it works for you, use it. May be after some months it will
still be just fine. If not, come back to Debian, or something else.
> So I wait a bit see if I can stay on debian (my prefered choice for
> historical reasons)
Sounds like you are on Ubuntu now.
May be Wayland and Weston will save the day for us XP-era GNOME2 junkies
http://lwn.net/Articles/559647/
:)
Good luck,
Zenaan
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