Comments on: Ubuntu 9.10 http://they.misled.us/archives/1314 Featuring rants unworthy of due consideration. Spell checked, but not proofread Sat, 04 Feb 2012 17:32:15 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: ross http://they.misled.us/archives/1314#comment-85091 ross Tue, 08 Dec 2009 01:26:24 +0000 http://they.misled.us/?p=1314#comment-85091 i have to agree. linux has always been ugly. i have to agree. linux has always been ugly.

]]> By: Jeff http://they.misled.us/archives/1314#comment-83917 Jeff Sun, 08 Nov 2009 18:46:12 +0000 http://they.misled.us/?p=1314#comment-83917 Saying that it is the best linux distribution is not setting the bar very high in terms of aesthetics. Since it uses X, and all the major window managers are horribly inefficient, it remains hideous. All the icons looks like crap, and there is just so much wasted space. The height between the file menu and where the website starts in firefox is twice as tall in ubuntu as it is in snow leopard. There isn't really any reason for it. And, I know there are brutally awful window manager that make everything pixel fonts, and those are just as bad in the opposite direction. The bottom line is that gnome, kde, etc... just need to pick it up and create a nice clean, efficient interface. Saying that it is the best linux distribution is not setting the bar very high in terms of aesthetics. Since it uses X, and all the major window managers are horribly inefficient, it remains hideous. All the icons looks like crap, and there is just so much wasted space. The height between the file menu and where the website starts in firefox is twice as tall in ubuntu as it is in snow leopard. There isn’t really any reason for it.

And, I know there are brutally awful window manager that make everything pixel fonts, and those are just as bad in the opposite direction.

The bottom line is that gnome, kde, etc… just need to pick it up and create a nice clean, efficient interface.

]]> By: Vanberge http://they.misled.us/archives/1314#comment-83916 Vanberge Sun, 08 Nov 2009 16:32:20 +0000 http://they.misled.us/?p=1314#comment-83916 It is an impressive improvement. Personally I can't fathom how you can call it "hideous" - I think it is long and away the best linux distribution release of all time. I am running it on a spare work pc and dual booting it on my laptop. I rate it very very highly. It is an impressive improvement.

Personally I can’t fathom how you can call it “hideous” – I think it is long and away the best linux distribution release of all time.

I am running it on a spare work pc and dual booting it on my laptop. I rate it very very highly.

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