Three reasons to hold off on Windows 10

[Richard Demaret]

Hi Phil and All,

Phil, do you like Ubuntu / Unity or Mint / Cinnamon better?

I have downloaded the latter, but have yet to do anything with it.

Just looked for Ubuntu / Unity.  A pay site come up.  Is there a way to get
it free?

Best Wishes
Richard KI4KXJ

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On Fri, Sep 4, 2015 at 8:53 PM, Phil via Tacos <tacos at amrad.org> wrote:

> Well, installing Ubuntu / Unity was such a joy compared with just about
> any other software I've installed lately, I went ahead and installed Mint
> as well, so now I can play with both. I do rather like the simplicity of
> Unity. Now I can learn at leisure.
>
> Please do bear in mind that my other current computer project involves
> reviving a 1986 Acorn BBC Master 128K microcomputer, with the long-term
> plan of interfacing it to my homebrew analogue (sound) synthesizer - using
> FORTH as the language of choice. Let nobody say that I have accepted the
> 21st century gracefully!
>
> Thanks for all the help.
>
> Phil M1GWZ
>
>
>
> On 5 Sep 2015, at 01:41, Terry N4TLF wrote:
>
> > You are right of course.
> > I would probably lead Phil "into the weeds" with my personal biases by
> suggesting Mint Cinnamon over Unity.  Unity is just fine for the average
> person.  Until they want to do more than simple stuff.  Or use it two years
> later when the Ubuntu gods decide to alter the current distro yet again and
> break stuff.
> >
> > He is happy, so I am as well.  You did good Rob.
> > 73, Terry, N4TLF
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message----- From: Rob Seastrom
> > Sent: Friday, September 04, 2015 5:59 PM
> > To: Terry N4TLF
> > Cc: tacos at amrad.org ; fgentges at mindspring.com ; rs at seastrom.com
> > Subject: Re: Three reasons to hold off on Windows 10
> >
> >
> > "Terry N4TLF" <n4tlf at wb4jfi.com> writes:
> >
> >> I agree on Mint.  I really don't like the Ubuntu Unity desktop
> >> anymore, with the icons only along the left edge.  Mint allows you to
> >> put the icons on the desktop like "normal".
> >
> > I don't particularly care for Unity either, but as someone who may
> > have a longer track record than I do with Unix-flavored OSes (which is
> > unusual; it's since 1984 for me), you're solving an entirely different
> > problem than Phil is.
> >
> > Getting some experience and being able to steer his own ship is more
> > important than optimization and customization.  I kind of feel like
> > getting down into the weeds on stuff he can't use straight out of the
> > box and religious wars on UI is like telling people with freshly
> > minted Tech or General licenses that they really need to go out and
> > get a Flex-6500, IC-7851, or FT-DX-5000MP in order to get on the air.
> >
> > A suggestion of Ubuntu LTS was along the lines of the IC706MkII that I
> > lend out for Field Day (or run myself) - short on bells and whistles,
> > but lots of people can intelligently answer questions about it or
> > drive it themselves, even if they may grumble.
> >
> > I have an ample set of complaints about current Ubuntu; they start
> > with systemd, not Unity...  but I won't bore people with them here,
> > nor will I let it get in the way of recommending Ubuntu when I think
> > it's the right tool for the job.
> >
> > 73 de ai4uc...
> >
> > -r
> >
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