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On 2014-10-02, Andy Burns <usenet.feb2014@adslpipe.co.uk> wrote:
> Hils wrote:
>
>> In my XP-using days I used this GPL'ed software, which worked very well:
>>
>> http://virtuawin.sourceforge.net/
>>
>> But now a happy Gnome workspace user. :-)
>
> I must be a change-hating old Hector ...
>
> I've use windows from Win2.x days to WinXP, skipped Vista, liked Win7, 
> also used DECwindows, X with Gnome etc over the years, sure they had 
> differences, but generally with time everything improved, and if you 
> could use on, you could use another, I never felt like a fish out of 
> water ... until recently.
>
> With win8 I just *had* to have Start8 to make it usable.  I recently 
> installed a Gnome 3.12 distro, no more minimize icons as here's nowhere 
> to minimize *to*, what?  The activities corner only pops-up half a dozen 
> or so items, beyond that I have to type the name of what I want, why 
> even call it a GUI?  The "explorer" (is it still Nautilus?) doesn't let 
> me see my actual folders, just friendly names like My this, My That, My 
> The other for some of them.
>
> It really does seem that every "modern" desktop is anti-productive.

Couldn't agree more. I've not "upgraded" from Ubuntu 10.04LTS for this very
reason, and am presently looking round for a "traditional desktop
metaphor" distro to upgrade to. Mint, probably.


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Windows 10 RS Wood  <rsw@therandymon.com> - 2014-09-30 21:42 +0000
  Re: Windows 10 Paul Sture <nospam@sture.ch> - 2014-10-01 00:22 +0200
  Re: Windows 10 Sylvia Else <sylvia@not.at.this.address> - 2014-10-01 10:56 +1000
  Re: Windows 10 Rich <rich@example.invalid> - 2014-10-01 01:05 +0000
    Re: Windows 10 gazelle@shell.xmission.com (Kenny McCormack) - 2014-10-01 15:14 +0000
      Re: Windows 10 Hils <hils@saynotospam.net> - 2014-10-01 17:26 +0100
        Re: Windows 10 Andy Burns <usenet.feb2014@adslpipe.co.uk> - 2014-10-02 11:29 +0100
          Re: Windows 10 Rich <rich@example.invalid> - 2014-10-02 10:53 +0000
            Re: Windows 10 Andy Burns <usenet.feb2014@adslpipe.co.uk> - 2014-10-02 13:17 +0100
              Re: Windows 10 Marko Rauhamaa <marko@pacujo.net> - 2014-10-02 16:23 +0300
              Re: Windows 10 Rich <rich@example.invalid> - 2014-10-03 01:08 +0000
            Re: Windows 10 Mike Spencer <mds@bogus.nodomain.nowhere> - 2014-10-02 12:28 -0300
              Re: Windows 10 scott@alfter.diespammersdie.us (Scott Alfter) - 2014-10-02 15:35 +0000
                Re: Windows 10 Richard Kettlewell <rjk@greenend.org.uk> - 2014-10-02 17:36 +0100
                Re: Windows 10 Johny B Good <johnny-b-good@invalid.ntlworld.com> - 2014-10-02 17:55 +0100
                Re: Windows 10 RS Wood <rsw@therandymon.com> - 2014-10-02 20:05 +0000
                Re: Windows 10 Mike Spencer <mds@bogus.nodomain.nowhere> - 2014-10-03 03:50 -0300
                Re: Windows 10 Paul Sture <nospam@sture.ch> - 2014-10-03 10:29 +0200
              Re: Windows 10 Rich <rich@example.invalid> - 2014-10-03 01:11 +0000
            Re: Windows 10 Hils <hils@saynotospam.net> - 2014-10-12 00:40 +0100
          Re: Windows 10 Huge <Huge@nowhere.much.invalid> - 2014-10-02 11:13 +0000
            Re: Windows 10 Andy Burns <usenet.feb2014@adslpipe.co.uk> - 2014-10-02 13:10 +0100
            Re: Windows 10 Rich <rich@example.invalid> - 2014-10-03 01:13 +0000
        Re: Windows 10 gazelle@shell.xmission.com (Kenny McCormack) - 2014-10-02 14:54 +0000
    Re: Windows 10 Dan Espen <despen@verizon.net> - 2014-10-01 11:58 -0400
      Re: Windows 10 RS Wood <rsw@therandymon.com> - 2014-10-01 20:14 +0000
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