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Ubuntu discussing moving to LTS + rolling release modelUbuntu discussing moving to LTS + rolling release modelPosted Mar 1, 2013 5:26 UTC (Fri) by Cyberax (✭ supporter ✭, #52523)In reply to: Ubuntu discussing moving to LTS + rolling release model by ericc72 Parent article: Ubuntu discussing moving to LTS + rolling release model
>I'm not a big fan of the OSX UI (the UI itself is okay, but when I click the green maximize button, I want fully maximized - I also really like the Windows 7 snap feature and cannot live without it on OSX when I am forced to use.)
You can use http://www.irradiatedsoftware.com/cinch/ for that. I think "maximize" can also be fixed by an extension.
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Ubuntu discussing moving to LTS + rolling release model Posted Mar 1, 2013 5:45 UTC (Fri) by ericc72 (guest, #41737) [Link]
Thanks for the tips. A quick search reveals some options. No different I suppose on my Win setup where I tweak quit a bit and run utilities that enhance the experience.
That said, I'm interested to see what sort of desktop innovation comes out of having a modern graphics "stack". I actually really like Linux in many ways, but there are things that get in the way of my "workflow". To have an awesome desktop (and I know for many it already is) that runs on the same underlying core that runs (my) server stuff, that will be great. Yeah, I can do it now, but there are still some nuances that are annoying (not that for Windows not using UTF-8 by default and CRLF line feed issues are not annoying too!)
Ubuntu discussing moving to LTS + rolling release model Posted Mar 1, 2013 13:32 UTC (Fri) by renox (subscriber, #23785) [Link]
> That said, I'm interested to see what sort of desktop innovation comes out of having a modern graphics "stack".
*Sigh* I wouldn't hold my breath: Wayland is a low level evolution which will simplify maintenance of the low level GUI stack for its developers, so for them it's a nice improvement but I see no reason why it would provide "desktop innovation".
Ubuntu discussing moving to LTS + rolling release model Posted Mar 1, 2013 20:56 UTC (Fri) by ericc72 (guest, #41737) [Link]
I hear what you are saying. I guess what I am thinking, or maybe hoping, is that the reality of a more modern graphics stack will "inspire" so new lower-level toolkit stuff or whatever. Maybe some really cool, simple, yet effective window managers, etc. in addition to desktop environment things. Basically, the fact that whatever gets created can now use a modern graphics stack with much better (graphic related) performance, might just inspire some stuff. Maybe even the same workflow stuff, but better (I don't mind the classic style desktop.) Just a more polished experience maybe.
Not a not not pun Posted Mar 4, 2013 9:33 UTC (Mon) by man_ls (subscriber, #15091) [Link] not that for Windows not using UTF-8 by default and CRLF line feed issues are not annoying too!Not that triple negatives cannot be said to not be becoming uncommon :)
Ubuntu discussing moving to LTS + rolling release model Posted Mar 1, 2013 17:32 UTC (Fri) by tjc (subscriber, #137) [Link] Thanks for the link. I didn't try Cinch, not liking that sort of thing much in Cinnamon, but SizeUp is really nice — it helps relieve some of OS X's inherent "Steveness."
Ubuntu discussing moving to LTS + rolling release model Posted Mar 7, 2013 16:41 UTC (Thu) by fatrat (subscriber, #1518) [Link]
Since this is an OSS forum, there's also Slate
https://github.com/jigish/slate
which does the same sorts of things and is OSS. I use it daily.
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