(Adventures with Ubuntu 8.04)

Not WYSIWYG: The way a GUI desktop works in Linux is not at all the same as it is in Windows. You are not forced to use a desktop in Linux. Maybe Ubuntu has chosen a less then desirable color scheme, who cares? That has nothing to do with how YOUR desktop looks. Your desktop is your own and you can pretty much do what you want with it to make it anyway you like. You can change window managers, colors, looks of buttons, sliders, and other gizmos. So it really does not make much sense to knock any Linux Distro because of how it looks. If you don't like how your desktop looks then you only have yourself to blame.

Arguing functionality makes some sense, but not how it looks.; Posted by: GemNEye Posted on: 04/25/08 You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use

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