Comments on: A Very Lucid Release Party http://www.flyingsquirrel.ca/index.php/2010/05/12/a-very-lucid-release-party/ Darcy Casselman's weblog. Like the world needed another one. Mon, 09 Jan 2012 19:01:53 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Darcy http://www.flyingsquirrel.ca/index.php/2010/05/12/a-very-lucid-release-party/comment-page-1/#comment-1426 Darcy Thu, 10 Jun 2010 12:55:40 +0000 http://www.flyingsquirrel.ca/?p=468#comment-1426 <p>Hi Chris. Do I know you?</p> <p>Ubuntu's main goal these days seems to be to iterate quickly on usability issues. They've hired designers and user experience people and Mark Shuttleworth is stepping in personally to work on this stuff. We're starting to see the results of that.</p> <p>Drastic usability changes are going to be the hallmark of Ubuntu releases for a while yet. I understand the frustration and I'm not saying every change is great. Fortunately, this is free software. I'm sure there will be derivative distributions (eg. Linux Mint) which turn their back on a lot of these changes.</p> <p>As for your boot problems, I'd suggest talking to the friendly people on <a href="http://ubuntuforums.org" rel="nofollow">Ubuntu forums</a></p> Hi Chris. Do I know you?

Ubuntu’s main goal these days seems to be to iterate quickly on usability issues. They’ve hired designers and user experience people and Mark Shuttleworth is stepping in personally to work on this stuff. We’re starting to see the results of that.

Drastic usability changes are going to be the hallmark of Ubuntu releases for a while yet. I understand the frustration and I’m not saying every change is great. Fortunately, this is free software. I’m sure there will be derivative distributions (eg. Linux Mint) which turn their back on a lot of these changes.

As for your boot problems, I’d suggest talking to the friendly people on Ubuntu forums

]]> By: Chris http://www.flyingsquirrel.ca/index.php/2010/05/12/a-very-lucid-release-party/comment-page-1/#comment-1425 Chris Thu, 10 Jun 2010 04:53:53 +0000 http://www.flyingsquirrel.ca/?p=468#comment-1425 <p>I'm still trying to figure out why Ubuntu had such a dramatic change. Did Microsoft sue them? 'cause the close, minimize, etc... buttons are all in the wrong (different) place. Any idea why my computer had more problems booting since the change? 64 bit (at least last I looked) updated Ubuntu.</p> I’m still trying to figure out why Ubuntu had such a dramatic change. Did Microsoft sue them? ’cause the close, minimize, etc… buttons are all in the wrong (different) place. Any idea why my computer had more problems booting since the change? 64 bit (at least last I looked) updated Ubuntu.

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